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My father repaired watches for civil servants in a small shop.我父亲在一家小店里给「公务员」修手表。 He said a spark can outlive a civilization.他说，一点火花可以比一整个「文明」活得更久。 At that time I did not grasp his meaning.那时我没有「领会」他的意思。 Some days are cyclic, but others feel heavy.有些日子是「循环的」，另一些则显得沉重。 Every small job belongs to a cycle that never stops.每一件小事都属于一个从不停止的「循环」。

Later I began to wear a watch that counts my pulse.后来我开始戴一块会数我「脉搏」的手表。 Its screen draws each day as a graph.它的屏幕把每一天画成一张「图表」。 After a long walk I look at that graph.长途走路之后，我会看那张「图表」。

Last winter I worked in a hardware lab, and my battery began to drain fast.去年冬天我在一个硬件实验室工作，我的电池开始「流失」得很快。 A charge was moving between two plates inside it.一股电荷在里面的两层板之间移动。 I put a meter on the line, and the graph fell like water.我把电表接在线上，那张「图表」像水一样落下去。 We had no grasp of the cause, so we read a manual together.我们对原因没有「理解」，于是一起读了一本手册。

Then we found a link between two ideas from my father.接着，我们找到了父亲那两个想法之间的联系。 He told me a healthy pulse is a small impulse that keeps flesh in order.他告诉我，健康的「脉搏」是让「血肉」保持秩序的小「冲动」。 We did not fix everything, but we learned to watch the small cycles first.我们没有修好所有东西，但我们学会了先看那些小的「循环」。