It's telling time.

它能显示时间

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

but at the same time, whenever my friends are telling about the classes they have to go,

但是，每当我朋友说起他们要上的课，

社团小组信息 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Now this on page 2. This is how he talks: All this time Dean was telling Marylou things like this.

这是在第二页，他这样说：,一直以来安总是对玛丽露说些这样的话。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

At a time when beards meant a great deal religiously, he's telling the men to shave off their beards.

在当时人们把大胡子当做虔诚的象征,彼得却叫人把胡子都刮了

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

So, you can understand they really felt quite confident at this time that we could explain everything that was going on and in fact, a really telling quote from the time was said by a professor at the University of Chicago, and what he said is, "Our future discoveries must be looked for in the sixth decimal place."

所以你可以理解,为什么当时的人那么,自信的说我们可以解释,这世界上发生的一起事情,事实上，当时有个著名的名言,是芝加哥大学的一个教授说的,他说“我们今后的科学发现,就在于弄清楚小数点第六位后的数，“

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

I need to spend less time at the office and more time with my family, telling the people that I love that I love them, doing the things that are important to me, spend less time worrying about getting ahead, making money,getting the plasma TV,whatever it is.

我要花更少时间在工作上，多陪陪家人，告诉我爱的人们我爱他们，做那些对我来说重要的事情，不再浪费时间担心如何获得成功，想着赚大钱，买等离子电视什么的。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

- Well -- and I'll fix this blue next time -- I'm first telling the compiler I need access to the standard io library because printf is declared there.

哦！--下次我把这个字体颜色改成蓝色的-,我先告诉编译器--我需要使用,标准输入输出库,因为printf在那个库里面申明的。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

I had such a great time with it, so I'm telling you my experience.

读这本书是种享受,跟你们交流下经验吧

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选