My watch always gains ten minutes a day.

我的手表总是每天快十分钟。

Jane: My watch always gains ten minutes a day.

简: 我的手表总是每天快十分钟。

Mary: That's funny. My watch always loses ten minutes a day.

玛丽: 真有趣。我的手表总是每天慢十分钟。

Jane: No kidding.

简: 别开玩笑。

Mary: I'm serious. Every morning I set my watch by the radio, but it still loses ten minutes.

玛丽: 我是认真的。每天早上我按广播调表, 但它仍慢十分钟。

Jane: You know what you can do?

简: 你知道你能做什么吗?

Mary: Throw it away and buy a new one?

玛丽: 扔掉它,买一个新的吗?

Jane: No, you don't have to. You only need to set your watch forward ten minutes every day.

简: 不，不必。你只需每天把你的表拨快10分钟。

Mary: So you set your watch back ten minutes every day?

玛丽: 你每天把你的表拨慢十分钟了吗？

Jane: Yeah, that's what I'm doing.

简: 是的，我每天都这样做。

Mary: Why bother? Just buy a new watch. It doesn't cost much. Besides, I just can't put up with this thing any more.

玛丽: 何苦呢？只是买一块新手表。成本也不高。另外，我只是不能再忍受这种东西了。

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词语回顾

gain v．（钟、表等）快；增加

lose v．（钟、袁等）走慢；遗失

No kidding 别开玩笑。

serious adj．严肃的；认真的

set v．拔准（钟表）；设置

put up with… 忍受，容忍