“那肯定不是钟。”其中一个孩子说，他躺下静听着。
"That surely cannot be the bell," said one of the children, lying down and listening.
这个钟是正点打点报时而不是半小时打点报时。
这并不是说生物钟的周期是固定不变的。
This is not to suggest that the period of this biological clock is immutably fixed.
我让出租车司机等我2分钟，而不是20分钟！
7点钟，管弦乐队来了——不是单薄的五个人演奏的乐曲，而是满满一大堆双簧管、长号、萨克斯管、弦乐器、小号、短笛和高低鼓点。
By seven o'clock the orchestra has arrived—no thin five-piece affair, but a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos and low and high drums.
如果你像美国疾病控制与预防中心建议的那样，每周适度锻炼150分钟，或者少于150分钟，你可能就不是一个极限运动员。
If you're moderately exercising for 150 minutes a week, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends, or less than that, you're probably not an extreme athlete.
迪蒂等了大约十分钟，看看孩子们是不是跟在山羊后面。
Deta waited about ten minutes to see if the children were coming up behind with the goats.
这有助于养成晚上早点做作业的习惯，而不是留到周末的最后一分钟才做。
It helps to get into a habit of doing homework early in the evening, and not leave it until the last minute at weekends.
亨利四世可不是唯一钟情于蛋挞的英国君王。
Henry IV is not the only English monarch with a liking for them.
不过，在现实生活中，任务在每次运行时并不是始终正好用5分钟的时间。
In real life however, tasks do not always take exactly 5 minutes each time they run.
另一方面，你的孩子就会了解这一惯例，他们会等待和你一起玩的时间，而不是每隔15分钟就来烦你。
You children on the other hand will know the routine and they will be looking forward to your play time instead of nagging you every 15 minutes.
也许今年，我们应该注重物品的使用期，追求那种能连续用好几代的礼物。 比如所谓传家宝式的小物件儿，像一个手机，可能用25年而不是短短25分钟的。
Maybe this year keep time in mind and go for the kind of gift that can continue to be used for generations—so-called heirloom gadgets, like a cellphone that might last 25 years rather than 25 minutes.
赌注不是问题，比赛时，每一秒钟数以百计的英镑被下注。
And the stakes are not trivial: hundreds of pounds a second are wagered during the match.
我尽量把会议安排成45分钟，而不是通常传统的60分钟。
I tend to schedule meetings in 45 minute increments rather than the traditional 60.
我们恰巧在六点钟到达了那个要隘，而不是四点钟，膝盖颤抖着，不仅仅是由于筋疲力尽，简直要崩溃了。
And so it happened that we reached the pass at six, not at four, near collapse, and with a certain trembling in our knees that wasn't just from exhaustion.
很难说我们是不是累了，你可以看到最后30分钟球员们的努力，大家都很卖命啊。
It's difficult to say we were tired when you see the effort the players made in the last 30 minutes.
贝尔格莱德与萨拉热窝之间距离200公里，坐飞机只需45分钟，如果不是那种以螺旋浆推进的飞机，速度会更快。
The daily flight between Belgrade and Sarajevo takes 45 minutes to cover the 200-odd kilometres; it would be quicker in a plane that was not propellor-powered.
尽管不是即时的，但服务也是很快恢复的——通常小于一分钟。
While not instantaneous, services are restored quickly — often in less than a minute.
对进行提前预订的旅行者进行奖励，并以此为基础构建价格体系，而不是向“最后一分钟预订”提供价格优惠。
Reward travelers for advance bookings and build rate on that base rather than offering the best deals on last-minute bookings.
再次煮沸高汤，加进猪肉丝和腌猪肉的酱汁，煮到猪肉不是粉色为止，这大概要4-5分钟。
Bring the broth back to a boil and add the pork and marinade. Cook until the meat is no longer pink, 4-5 minutes.
当你每天花大约15分钟，而不是几小时，来玩这些游戏，你将受益匪浅。
You'll get benefit more by doing these games a little bit every day-spend 15 minutes or so, not hours.
他打了好长时间，令我恐惧、震惊。大约有五分钟，最后，不是鞭子被打坏了也不会停下来。
He continued for a length of time that frightened and astonished me - about five minutes, it seemed - ending up by breaking the riding-crop.
如果处理整个房间还不是时候，就花15分钟到处打量打量，清理一下。
If tackling a room is not in the time budget just yet try spending 15 minutes walking through the house resetting it.
如果你保持这个习惯，很有可能你会依赖你的生物钟而不是闹钟。
If you maintain this routine, it's likely that you can start relying on your biological clock rather than an alarm clock.
所以关键在于着手开始干，这并不是说你在五分钟内重复60次，而是说要努力在一两天内重复5次。
So the key is to get started, and you do that not by trying to go from 0 to 60 in 5 seconds, but by trying to go from 0 to 5mph in a day or two. That's doable.
我很幸运看到了330分钟的电视版，而不是美国影院放的160分钟剧场版。
I was lucky enough to catch the full 330-minute TV version, not the 160-minute feature released in U.S. theatres.
穿上跑步鞋，然后出发，而不是看30分钟电视。
Instead of watching TV for 30 minutes, put on your running shoes andget moving.
穿上跑步鞋，然后出发，而不是看30分钟电视。
Instead of watching TV for 30 minutes, put on your running shoes andget moving.
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