在每一个人都在仔细观察房间内的物品、并专心地尽可能记住更多的信息的时候，我几乎可以听见钟表齿轮的转动声，以及从人们之间流露出的竞争影响力。

I can almost hear the cogs turning and the competitive juices flowing as each person scans the room frantically trying to absorb and remember as much (relevant) information as possible.

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钟表匠团队一共三个人，他们正在监测钟表、气压、温度、齿轮，看问题是否严重。

The team of three clocksmiths are monitoring the pendulum, air pressure and temperature and the gears to uncover the extent of the problem.

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第一个利用齿轮做成的机械装置就是钟表，事实上，它只不过是用了一系列的齿轮。

One of the first mechanism invented using gears was the clocks. In fact, a clock is little more than a train of gears.

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