Some rebalancing of global flows might lessen the impact of plying the longer route: Gulf oil bound for Europe could be dispatched east and African oil bound for Asia sent to Europe instead.

一些在国际间石油流动的重新调整可能减轻使用长距离路线的影响：供给欧洲的海湾石油可以分派到东方，而供给亚洲的非洲石油可以运送到欧洲。

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And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

上前用油和酒倒在他的伤处，包裹好了，扶他骑上自己的牲口，带到店里去照应他。

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Yet at the airport, Ms Rakoczy may have crossed a young Briton bound for Shanghai, a Chinese computer programmer moving to Canada or a Portuguese worker on his way to oil-rich Norway.

然而，Rakoczy有可能在机场能遇见一个前往上海的年轻英国人，一个前往加拿大的中国计算机程序员，或者是一个去石油丰富的挪威的葡萄牙工人。

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