到底几点了？
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What’s the time?
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People often collect things. Stamps, books and records are fairly common. But the strangest collection I have ever seen belongs to a man who has 1,500 clocks. There are clocks in every room of his house. The living room is lined with shelves which have been filled with clocks. As there is not enough room for so many clocks, the man has filled several trucks and stored them in the garage. His wife complains every day about the work she has to do, for it is not easy to dust several hundred clocks. She also complains about the noise. Each clock keeps its own time, so chimes can be heard almost any time during the day and night. In her opinion, however, there is something even worse than dust and noise. Even with so many clocks around, she never knows what time it is!
人们经常收藏东西。邮票、书籍和唱片都相当常见。但我所见过的最奇怪的收藏，要属一位拥有1,500个时钟的人了。他家的每个房间都有时钟。客厅里排列了很多架子，上面摆满了时钟。由于没有足够的地方摆放这么多的时钟，这个人把几辆卡车都装满时钟，放进了车库。他的妻子每天都在抱怨她必须要做的事情，因为给几百个时钟除尘并非易事。她还抱怨时钟的噪音。每个时钟都走着自己的时间，所以几乎在白天和晚上的任何时候都能听到钟响。然而，在她看来，还有比除尘和噪音更糟糕的事情。即使周围有这么多的时钟，她也从来不知道现在到底几点了！
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