鐘的指針指在八點(diǎn)半上, 我們?cè)撟尯⒆觽兩洗菜X(jué)了。
The hands of the clock pointed to half past eight.It was time we put our children to bed.
那天早上八點(diǎn)半,我正在《紐約客》編輯部的辦公室寫(xiě)一篇有關(guān)印度艾滋病情況的稿件。
At eight-thirty that morning I was in my office at The New Yorker working on a story about AIDSin India.