The problem was that McGovern began to talk at 2: 48 a. m. , or prime time in Samoa, as the humorist Mark Shields quipped.
问题是，麦戈文到了凌晨2点48分才开始演讲，按照幽默作家马克.谢尔德的说法，那是萨摩亚的黄金时间。The next morning, she saw a light on the front of her, so she knew that she was nearing the shoreside as the light was on a high cliff.
第二天凌晨，她看到前方有灯光，知道自己已经接近岸边了，因为那灯光是在高高的峭壁上。It is not unusual for the scientist to go to bed at two or three in the morning.
对于这位科学家来说，凌晨两、三点钟上床睡觉是很平常的事。Now ask yourself: If it were 2 in the morning, and you were in trouble, who would you want to see on your doorstep?
现在问问自己：如果你在凌晨两点遇到了麻烦，最希望以上三位当中的哪一个出现在你家门口来帮你？The flock, which had been abandoned by their former owner, prowled the streets in a pack and would begin crowing at 0400 BST each morning.
这群鸡在被前任主人抛弃后，成群结队地在大街上散步，每天凌晨一到英国夏令时4点钟就开始打鸣。It was 3 a. m. when a 95-year-old Bartlesville woman heard somebody break the glass on her front door and push the door open.
这个95岁的妇女住在巴特尔斯维尔，凌晨3点，她听到有人打破前门的玻璃，想要把门推开。When I think would be perfectly good because If I have been trying to ring BT at two o'clock in the morning, yes it may have taken hours.
当我想这可能很好，因为，如果我试图给BT在凌晨两点打电话，是的，这可能会花几个小时。There are enough men prepared to make an early morning start for the sake of an open-air job with a fair measure of freedom.
有足够的人准备为一个露天工作做一个凌晨开始以自由一项公平的措施。We finished the "Star Sign Guide To Your Legs" by 4 a. m. Downtown was an empty set. I felt like a New York copywriter now as I drove home.
到凌晨4点，我们终于完成《美腿星座指南》的稿子。回家的路上空荡荡的，我开着车，感觉自己就像是一个纽约撰稿人，感觉很好！