The reason being that some time ago, the bell ringers were practising.

原因是在不久以前，敲钟人在练习敲钟。

What first lured him to bell ringing?

是什么吸引他来敲钟呢？

Now the bell is struck by a big wooden ram in the shape of the wheel.

用于敲钟是根轮状大木锤。

I could think, if it was just chimes, said George.

“如果只是敲钟，那我可以思考，”乔治说。

So you are looking to see where they are looking, to see where you should be ringing.

你要看他们在哪里，从而判断你敲钟位置。

Upon hearing this, the old clock became so enraged that it was upon the very point of striking.

听到这话，又恰逢敲钟节骨眼上，老钟顿时怒火中。

Plenty of firms have less involved celebratory rites, like ringing bells or banging gongs when they hit certain sales milestones.

许多公司庆祝仪式没有这么复杂，比如当他们达到某个销售额里程碑时，只是敲钟或敲。

Martin hev been tolling ever since, almost.

几乎从那以后， 马丁就直在敲钟。

He raised the hammer and hit the bell.

【hit】他举起鎯头敲钟。

His heart beat in his chest like the clapper of a bell.

他心在胸膛里跳动， 就像敲钟样。

Meanwhile, his boss would knoll for him.

同时，他老板为他敲钟报时。

Wen picked up the rock again and slammed it against the bell, over and over.

温又捡起石头，用它敲钟，遍又遍。

No one rang the bells at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, as would have been done with a serving pope.

没有人在梵蒂冈城圣彼得大教堂敲钟，这是在任教皇应该做事。

And so then when he died, quickly there was a lot of talk about getting the bell.

因此，当他去世后，很快就有很多关于敲钟讨论。

It was his own repast, it was his own bed, which the bellringer had gone in search of.

那是他自己饭菜，那是他自己床，是敲钟人四处寻找。

Wen knew that if he banged the bell with the rock again, the bell would again hurt his ears.

温知道，再用石头敲钟，又会痛到他耳朵。

Many ancient inventors created mechanical devices that performed functions automatically, like keeping the time and striking bells on the hour.

许多古代发明家创造了自动执行功能机械设备，例如报时和敲钟。

Thousands of South Koreans were expected to fill the streets of the capital Seoul for a traditional bell ringing ceremony near City Hall.

预计，成千上万韩国人聚集在首都首尔市街道，参加市政厅附近举行传统新年敲钟仪式。

At midnight, temples rings their bells 108 times, in order to purify the 108 human sins that, according to Buddhism, cause human suffering.

午夜时分，寺庙里会敲钟108下，以洗清人类108个原罪，佛教认为正是这些原罪给芸芸众生带来了烦恼。

The key was in the church door; he opened it, entered, and ascended to the ringers' loft in the west tower.

钥匙在教堂门里。 他打开它，走进去，然后登上了西塔敲钟人阁楼。