Long ago, the queen of England knew that many clocks had different times.

很久前，英国女王知道很多钟表的间都不一样。

Rick's lifelong study of clocks puts the concept of time into a unique perspective.

里克对钟表的毕生研间的概念置于一独特的视角。

Watchmakers kept the secrets they learned in their lonely working hours.

制表师们都各自保留着他们在孤独工作知悉的钟表的秘密。

The hour hand of the clock has moved all around its great face.

钟表上的针也会再钟表盘上转整整一圈。”

The One House project is the brainchild of Art Watch, a group of artists from the Washington DC region.

一房间项目是一叫做艺术钟表的组织发起的，这是一群来自华盛顿地区的艺术家。

But his pieces were private experiments, not commissions.

但是他制作的钟表都是人的试验品，而非受委托制作的商品。

That was time you could even reverse, by winding back the clock or tipping the hourglass over.

这样子的间甚至都往拨，钟表的指针调，漏颠倒。

Oscillate means to move back and forth in a regular rhythm – like the pendulum on a clock.

Oscillate是指有规律的节奏来运动，就像钟表上的钟摆。

This is the face of the clock.

这是钟表的表盘（表面）。

Anyway, in an agency, when we reach a point like this...

真的吗? 我为最棒的钟表匠都在欧洲。

The living room is lined with shelves which have been filled with clocks.

客厅里摆满了摆满钟表的架子。

The circle looks like a clock face.

这圆盘看起来像钟表的表盘。

Not everyone wants to hear about them, but everyone wants to hear about the clocks at the Palace of Westminster.

不是每人都想听到关于钟的事，但每人都想听听关于威斯敏斯特宫的钟表的消息。

Otherwise, people are gonna think you're a major league cuckoo clock.

不然大家只觉得你是职棒联盟里不起眼的破钟表。

At the Palace of Westminster, its resident clockmakers are responsible for maintaining this tradition.

在威斯敏斯特宫，当地的钟表匠负责保持这一传统。

Critics of moving clocks an hour forward every summer say it disrupts human biorhythms.

反对每年夏天钟表调快一小的人士表示这一做法扰乱了人体的生物钟。

Nothing is now heard but the ticking of a quaint old timepiece on the summit of a bookcase.

现在什么也听不见了， 只听见书柜顶上一古色古香的旧钟表的滴答声。

Yes. You can visit the excellent museums. I really like the clock and watch museum in Zurich.

是的。你参观很棒的博物馆。我很喜欢位于苏黎世的钟表博物馆。

But the newest generation of timepieces are optical atomic clocks.

但最新一代的钟表是光学原子钟。

But I've always wanted a Baignoire timepiece.

我一直想要贝尼瓦尔系列的钟表珍品。