I spent an hour reading.

我花了一小时读书。

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I spent an hour in explaining the plan.

我花了一个小时的时间去解释该项计划。

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I spent an hour calling his name un-self-consciously - who was there to hear me cooing?

我完全没有意识到自己喊了一小时它的名字——谁在那里听我咕咕叫？

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Yesterday I spent an hour flying this little rocket over the New Mexican desert.

FORBES: I Love Jets

Back home, I spent an hour standing in front of some fiction bookcases, checking on titles.

NEWYORKER: A New Page

Over in London meanwhile I spent an hour last week with Tom Moriarty of the Occupy movement there.

FORBES: Where Is The Occupy Movement in The Week of The General Strike?