Her wake-up call came when a man called the Dalton School in Manhattan, where Krents is admissions director, and inquired about the age cutoff for their kindergarten program.

克伦茨是曼哈顿道尔顿学校的招生主任，当一名男子打电话给道尔顿学校，询问他们幼儿园项目的入学年龄限制时，她的闹钟响了。

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Her wake-up call came when a man called the Dalton School in Manhattan, where Krents is admissions director, and inquired about the age cutoff for their kindergarten program.

克伦茨是曼哈顿道尔顿学校的招生主任，当一名男子打电话给道尔顿学校，询问他们幼儿园项目的入学年龄限制时，她的闹钟响了。

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I book a wake-up call for 4:45 a.m.

我预订了凌晨4点45分的叫醒电话。

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He says the financial crisis should be seen as a wake-up call to change systems and ways of thinking, and to re-establish trust.

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This is your morning wake-up call.

这是你早上的闹铃。

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For example, you could request a wake-up call in the morning.

比如你想要早晨的叫醒服务。

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Others see Ghana's failure to qualify for the Nations Cup as a wake-up call.

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He said it was a wake-up call "to give proper protection to our precious sea life".

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The Flash Crash of 2010 was the wake-up call for ordinary investors that these new markets.

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