So he went outand bought another which he placed in the kitchen.

“Ten minutes to four,I’ll check the others.”

于是，金老爷出去买了一只新的钟表，放在了厨房。

“现在是四点差十分，我去看看另外两只钟的时间!”

He ran up to the attic.The attic clock said eight minutes to four.

他跑上阁楼，可阁楼钟是四点差八分。

He ran down to the bedroom.The bedroom clock said seven minutes to four.

“I still don’t know which one is right,” he thought.

他又跑到楼下卧室，卧室钟是四点差七分。

“我还是不知道这些钟究竟哪一只钟上的时间准确。”

So he went out and bought another which he placed in the hall.

“Twenty minutes past four,” he said,

金老爷又出去买了一只钟。他把这只钟放在门厅。

“四点过二十分，”他说，

And ran up to the attic.The attic clock said twenty-three minutes past four.

接着他跑上阁楼，阁楼钟是四点过二十三分。

He ran down to the kitchen.The kitchen clock said twenty-five minutes past four.

He ran up to the bedroom.The bedroom clock said twenty-six minutes past four.

“This is no good at all,” thought Mr.Higgins.

他跑下厨房，厨房钟是四点过二十五分。

他又跑去楼上的卧室，卧室钟是四点二十六分。

“这一切简直是太糟糕透了!”

And he went to the Clockmaker.“My hall clock says twenty minutes past four,My attic clock says twenty-three mintues past four,My kitchen clocks says twenty-five minutes past four,My bedroom clocks says twenty-six minutes past four,And I don’t know which one is right!”said Mr.Higgins.

他去找钟表师傅帮忙了。金老爷说：“我门厅的钟是四点二十，阁楼钟却是四点二十三，厨房钟是四点二十五，卧室钟四点二十六，到底哪一只的时间是准确的呢!”

So the Clockmaker went to the house to look at the clocks.

于是钟表师傅决定来金老爷家看个究竟。

The hall clock said five o’clock.“There’s nothing wrong with this clock,”Said the Clockmaker.

”Look!”The kitchen clock said one minute passfive.“There!”shouted Mr.Higgins.

“Your watch said five o’clock.”“But it is one minute past now!”Said the Clockmaker.”Look!”

金老爷的门厅钟是五点。“这只钟什么问题也没有，” 钟表师傅说。

“你看看!”厨房钟是五点过一分，“瞧，刚才我说的没错吧”金老爷大叫着说。

“没错，刚刚门厅钟是五点，但到现在,时间已经过去了一分钟!”“你看看。”钟表师傅说。

The bedroom clock said two minutes past five.“Absolutely correct!”said the Clockmaker.

“Look!” The attic clock said three minutes past five.

“There’s nothing wrong with this clock either,”said the Clockmaker.

”Look!”

卧室钟是五点过两分。“这只钟绝对准确!”钟表钟表师傅说，

“你看看!”阁楼钟是五点过三分。

“这只钟也没问题。”钟表师傅说,“

你自己看看!”

“What a wonderful watch!”said Mr.Higgins.

“你的表真是太奇妙了!”金老爷说。

And he went out and bought one.And since he bought his watch all his clocks have been right.

金老爷也出去买了一只表，从此他所有钟表上的时间全都准确无误了。