我们等候时，出租汽车的计程器一直在滴答滴答地走着。
寂静中，我们能听到钟表滴答作响。
自从爱因斯坦以来，物理学家们一直告诉我们，时间——这个宇宙稳定的滴答滴答声——远远比我们想象的还要神奇。
Ever since Einstein, physicists have been telling us that time—this steady tick-tock of the universe—is much weirder than we think.
也许，恐怖的感觉就像是一系列的滴答声加快了我们的时钟。
Perhaps the feeling of terror is like a series of clicks, speeding up our clock.
当我们经过一个永恒静止的三维空间时，节拍器正有规律地滴答作响。
The metronome ticks steadily on as we move through a permanent static three-dimensional space.
他把不断的检查参观者、滴答声描述为“工作”，我们做这些以确保我们自己做得很好，而不是向未知领域迈进一步。
He describes the constant checking of visitors, clicks, mentions as "insecurity work" that we are doing to assure ourselves that we are doing OK, rather than moving forward into uncharted territories.
自从爱因斯坦以来，物理学家们一直告诉我们，时间-这个稳定的宇宙的滴答滴答声-远远比我们想象的还要神奇。
Ever since Einstein, physicists have been telling us that time - this steady tick-tock of the universe - is much weirder than we think.
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。
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.
即使是在今天，很多人都会发现，我们爷爷那辈人很少长时间打长途，他们脑袋中似乎有一个永远走着的表滴滴答答的提醒他们时间快到了，快点结束。
Even today, many find it hard to keep people of that generation on a long-distance call for very long-they still hear a meter ticking in their head and rush to finish.
我们等候时，计程车里的计程表一直在滴答地响着。
为什么我们的心会滴答？
我们听到雨滴滴答答打在小屋的屋顶上。
时钟的“滴答声”让我们意识到时间的存在，它还告诉我们时间正在流逝。
The ticks from the clock tell us the existence of time, and also let us know time is elapsing.
因此时间总是在我们内耳里面滴滴答答地走。
在我们关门时听到滴答声，我们就知道锁上了，而没有声音则表示还不保险。
When we close the door, we know that it is latched when we hear the click, but silence tells us that it is not yet secure .
反馈不必是复杂的，那些滴答声并没有告诉我们很多信息，但是它们必须是一致的。
The feedback doesn't have to be sophisticated—those clicks don't tell us much—but they must be consistent.
我们都知道时间是个复杂的概念。目前，世界上有一个由大约500台原子钟组成的网络，而我们就通过这些原子钟精确的滴答进行计时。
We all know time is a construct, and right now, it's kept by the very precise tick of an international network of around 500 atomic clocks.
我们听到滴答滴答的雨声。
我们听到滴答滴答的雨声。
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