Stamps,books and records are fairly common. 郵票，書籍和唱片是相當普通的了。（人們最喜歡收集的壹般來說就數郵票，書籍和唱片了）
But the strangest collection I have ever seen belongs a man who prossesses 1,500 clocks.
但是我見過的最奇怪的收藏要屬於壹個擁有1500個鐘表的人了。
There are clocks in every house of his room. 他家的每個房間裏都有很多的鐘表。
The living room is lined with shelves which have been filled with clocks.
他的客廳裏放著壹排排的架子，所有的架子上都放滿了鐘表。
As there is not enough room for so many clocks,the man has filled several trunks and stored them in the garage.
由於沒有足夠的房間來放置那麽多的鐘表，這個人只好塞滿了幾個大箱子並把它們儲藏到車庫裏。
His wife complains every day about the work she has to do,for it is not easy to dust several hundreds clocks.
他的妻子每天都為了她的工作而抱怨，畢竟清理幾百個鐘表上的灰塵並不容易。
She also complains about the noise. 她對那些噪音也有怨言。
Each clock keeps its own time,so chimes can be heard almost any time during the day and night. 每個鐘表都保持著自己的時間，因此，不論白天黑夜，幾乎每時每刻都能聽到鈴聲。
In her opinion,however,there is something ever worse than dust and noise.
然而，在她看來，還有比清理灰塵和噪音更糟糕的事情。
Even with so many clocks around ,she never kowns what time it is.
盡管她被如此多的表包圍著（有這麽多的表），可她從來不知道現在到底是幾點了。
我親自在第二單元找了壹遍，沒找到，最後在單元前面的測試題裏給找到了。我外語不是很好，四級僅僅考了441分，而且是n年前的。我只能告訴妳壹下這篇課文的大體意思，只有原文的意思，沒有文采哈。湊合著看吧，自己大體明白什麽意思就行了哈。想學翻譯的話，可以忽略我的回答。