While a pocket watch was common decades ago, it is a rarity now.

虽然怀表是常见十年前，它是一个瑰宝。

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It is almost incredible to think that when our grandparents were born cars were a rarity.

几乎让人难以想象的是，在我们祖辈出生的年代，汽车还为罕见之物。

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In fact, it is off a road that slices through the West Bank but, unlike several such arterial routes, it is one where Palestinians and Israelis can consort with each other—which is quite a rarity.

事实上，那里已经远离穿越约旦河西岸的公路了，但与其他交通要道不同，那却是十分罕见的巴以居民能够自由往来之地。

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It is a rarity in the Anglophone media.

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It says something about the political class today that the experience of having served in the military is such a rarity that it is seen, not infrequently, through a distorting lens.

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As more of our daily lives move to the virtual, and for photographers hard copy prints or transparencies become a rarity, it is a treat to find a project that focuses on the world of analogue photography.

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