Benjamin and his compatriots are trying to raise money through text ads on the site and sales of a "Swahili clock", which tells the time in terms of hours after dawn, rather than hours after midnight.

本杰明和他的同胞们在想法设法筹钱，他们在网站上加了文字广告，还在销售一种“斯瓦西里钟”，这种时钟是从天亮之后开始计时的，而不是从午夜开始。

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I figured it might help boost my book sales and it wasn't time wasted because the text I produced could always be reused as a book itself.

我认为它会有助于提高我的书的销量，也不浪费时间，因为我做的文字常常可以被在再用作书的内容。

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The senator is in a bookstore, promoting sales by signing copies of the text for buyers.

希拉里参议员坐在书店里，正通过为买书的人签名来促销。

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Frequent spenders might want to wear tags in high-end malls that would trigger text messages and videos about sales as they walk the mall.

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