In the four thousand rooms of the Centre the four thousand electric clocks simultaneously struck four.

中心的千间屋里千座钟同时敲了。

But inexorably, every thirty seconds, the minute hand of the electric clock above his bed jumped forward with an almost imperceptible click.

但无可改变的是，他床头钟的分外每三十秒就要发出乎听不见的一声“嗒”，跳前一步。

He stayed in the big room a long time listening to the buzz of the electric clock, listening to time.

他在大房间里久久地听钟的嗡嗡声， 听时间。

Electric bells and speaking-tubes afforded communication with the lower stories; while on the mantel stood an electric clock, precisely like that in Mr. Fogg's bedchamber, both beating the same second at the same instant.

里头还装铃和传话筒，可以跟地下室和二层楼的各个屋联系。壁炉上面有个挂钟，它跟福克先生卧室里的挂钟对好了钟。两个钟准确地同时敲响，一秒钟也不差。