tell the time

When there were no clocks and wrist watches, it wasn't a trivial matter to tell the time.(在没有钟表的时候啊，报时是不能随便的。)

She could not say how old she was or how many days were in a week, or even tell the time.(她也不能说出她多少岁，一星期有几天，甚至说不出时间。)

C. Tell the time in another way according to the example.(仿照例句用另一种方式报时。)

He lit the candle and could tell the time by counting the number of parts left of the burning candle.(他点燃了蜡烛，因为通过计算着燃烧着的蜡烛剩下的部分就能推测时间。)

Can you tell the time by the sun or something!(你能根据太阳什么的来判断时间吗！)

As master watchmaker Peter Roberts observed: 'there really are no bad watches out there, because they all have to perform the same basic function and perform it well: tell the time.(正如大师级手表工匠罗伯茨(PeterRoberts)所言，其实并不存在不好的手表，因为它们都要发挥同样的基本功能，并且也发挥得很好：显示时间。)

A quick, 20-minute power nap can revitalize us just enough to carry on with the rest of the day, but any longer than that and our ability to tell the time goes out the window.(飞快地睡上20分钟充电午觉，能恰到好处地让我们恢复元气、精神饱满地度过一天剩下的时光，不过若是比这再多睡一会儿，我们就能明显感到窗外的时间流逝了。)

I am writing to tell you that we were quite disappointed with your service. We had booked a table, but when we went there at the time as arranged, only to be told there were no seats available.(我想写信告诉你，我们对你的服务非常失望。我们已经预订了一张桌子，但是当我们按预定的时间去那里的时候，却被告知没有座位了。)

She's only five—she hasn't learnt to tell the time yet.(她才五岁，还没有学会看钟表。)

My four-year-old daughter cannot quite tell the time.(我4岁的女儿不太会看时间。)