He can't hear major elements of the soundscape: the truck horn behind him.

他对身旁的那些声音充耳不闻：,无论是在他身后鸣笛的卡车。

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But you're the man behind the decider who decides what the decider is going to read, to be informed of, to see, who he is to see.

但你是在决定人身后的人,你决定了他,要读什么，知道什么，看些什么，见哪些人。

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He doesn't at first hear the horn fail to blow, and then later, when a truck pulls up behind him, he fails to hear a horn that does blow: He was looking at the sign, and he didn't hear the horn.

在一开始,是他没有注意到这点，到后来卡车停在身后时，他连响的喇叭都听不到了：,“他看着那个标牌，以至于没听到喇叭声。

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Back on 108. This is the nurse who has just escaped from Dr. Hilarius: "'He thinks someone's after him.' Tear streaks had meandered down over the nurse's cheekbones."

这是一个刚从Dr。，Hilarius那逃走的护士：,“他觉得有人在身后跟着他’,眼泪从护士的面颊上留下来“

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