My four-year-old daughter cannot quite tell the time.

CORRESPONDENT Change the way we tell time that is, forget leap seconds, say a few academics, so computers, GPS phones, atomic clocks and people are all on the same time, and let our descendants sort it out later.

记者有学者建议改变我们记录时间的方法，忽略闰秒，这样计算机、全球、定位电话、原子钟和人们的时间将会一致，将（闰秒的问题）留给我们的后人去解决。

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Change the way we tell time that is, forget leap seconds, say a few academics, so computers, GPS phones, atomic clocks and people are all on the same time, and let our descendants sort it out later.

有学者建议改变我们记录时间的方法，忽略闰秒，这样计算机、全球、定位电话、原子钟和人们的时间将会一致，将（闰秒的问题）留给我们的后人去解决。

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At the Baselworld tradeshow, the horological spectacle that wrapped up earlier this year, the watches on display did much more than tell time.

在今年早些时候结束的钟表界盛会巴塞尔钟表展中，参展手表的作用可不仅仅只是显示时间。

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It could function as a testimonial to both the owner's ability to tell time and the fact that he was on his way up the social ladder.

这样的表有两种作用证明佩戴者有能力告诉别人时间，也表明他社会地位的提高。

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Ninja's were trained in nekome-jutsu, which was the ability to tell time just by looking at a cat's eye very closely.

忍者们在nekome-jutsu接受训练，学习通过密切观察猫的眼睛判断时间的能力。

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Even before they learned the answers to these questions, they developed a way to use the changing faces of the moon to tell time.

甚至在他们得出这些答案之前，他们就开始了利用月相的变化来得到时间。

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With this watch you can tell time in the dark because its hands and dial are luminous.

用这只表你可以在黑暗中看时间，因为它的针和针盘都是会发亮的。

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Though for those of us with fashionable watches that merely tell time, the Apple Watch presents a problem.

尽管对于我们来说，时尚腕表只是用来看时间的，但苹果手表还是指出了一个问题。

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Ross: Monica couldn't tell time' til she was 13!

罗斯：莫妮卡在13岁之前都不会看表！

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To find out how the bees manage to tell time, an unusual experiment was carried out four years ago.

为了研究蜜蜂如何辨别时间，四年前进行了一项不寻常的实验。

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No clocks can tell time.

时钟再不能指引时间。

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I taught her how to tell time, how to ride a bike.

我教她看钟、踩单车。

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The ancient Chinese believed they could tell time by looking into a cat's eyes.

古代的中国人相信，能从猫的眼睛看出时间。

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I remember the day he taught you how to tell time with it.

我还记得那天他教你如何认表。

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He cannot tell time yet.

他还看不懂时间。

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You can tell time by looking at the shadows.

你看影子就知道现在的时刻。

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Although he is only four years old, he is able to tell time.

虽然他才四岁，他就能看钟表报时了。

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How do we tell time?

我们是怎么知道时间的呀？

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The watch doesn't work and it can't tell time any more.

这手表坏了不能报时。

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His son is too little to tell time.

他儿子还太小不会看钟。

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