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He's chasing a ticking clock, chasing the ghosts before him -jordan and Magic and Russell.

他一直在追逐着一个一直在运转着的时钟，追着在他之前的那些灵魂——乔丹，魔术师和拉塞尔。

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Now consider noise. If a ticking clock disturbs you, buy one that doesn't tick, or use your phone.

现在考虑噪音：如果钟表的滴答声让你无法入睡，那就买一个不发声的，或者用你的手机来代替钟表。

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And everywhere was silence- the strange silence that comes only to a room where the clock has stopped ticking.

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We get used to the ticking of a clock or to noise of traffic but it's actually a very important form of learning because imagine life without it.

我们习惯了钟的滴答声和车来人往的噪音,但这却是一种非常重要的学习形式,我们不妨试想一下无法进行习惯化的情形。

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Imagine life where you never got used to anything, where suddenly somebody steps forward and waves their hand " and you'd go, "Woah," " and then they wave their hand again and you'd go, "Whoah," -- and you keep-- And there's the loud ticking of a clock and you say, " "Hmmm."

试想你在生活中无法习惯任何事情，要有人突然跳出来向你挥手,你肯定吓得惊叫，“哇“,然后他们再跟你挥手，你又惊叫“哇“,然后你就不停地-,或是在你听到响亮的钟摆声后很惊奇地说，“嗯“

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The closest analog I know of is when you suddenly become aware of a ticking clock.

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This brings us to the thing that every second-term president since FDR has indeed faced: a ticking clock.

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Although she admitted that she would have preferred to have more time to enjoy being married before delving into motherhood, she was mindful of the ticking clock.

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