Tiny societies of pearl divers, coastal merchants, and nomadic Bedouin were transformed in the last half of the 20th century by oil and natural-gas wealth.

自二十世纪后半叶以来，在石油和天然气财富推动下，昔日的采珠人阶层、海滩商贩们和贝都因游牧部落早已改天换地。

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Add one egg white and half a tea-spoon honey, 0.3 gram of nanometer pearl powder. Stir until they form a paste.

将一个鸡蛋清加入半茶匙蜂蜜，一支0.3克纳米珍珠粉，打匀制成敷面剂。

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Pearl is Luke's better half.

珀尔是卢克的好助手。

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And there has been a human toll: more than half of the pearl farmers in Masaki have been forced out of business since 1988.

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