VOA慢速英语:Time is One of the Great Mysteries

短语讲解：

1. One way to think about time is to imagine a world without time.

think about 考虑…; 捉摸…
例句：I don't think about it much.
我不想过多地考虑这些。

2. They moved in groups or tribes from place to place in search of food.

in search of 寻找
例句：Hungry beggars roamed the streets in search of food.
饥饿的乞丐在街上徘徊寻找食物。

3. Clocks in different parts of the world do not show the same time at the same time.

at the same time 同时;  一起
例句：At the same time, infrastructure investment is growing.
与此同时，基础设施的投资也在增加。

4. We know a film is moving forward if it shows a glass falling off a table and breaking into many pieces.

break into 打断; 闯入
例句：They break into an office so that jack can use the phone.
他们闯入了一间办公室，因为杰克需要使用电话。

5. In fact, there are more conditions of disorder than of order.

in fact 实际上，其实
例句：In fact quite the opposite.
事实上，情况恰好相反。

6. If time moved backward, the broken pieces could come together in a great many ways.

come together 聚会，相见
例句：The parallels seem to come together in the distance. 
平行线在远处看上去似交合在一起。