The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.

全世界都在倒接新千年的到来。

For two millennia, exogamy was a major transgression for Jews.

两千年来，异族婚一直是犹太人的一大禁忌。

We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.

我着钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。