Faintly through the pipe Tim heard the factory whistle. One blast. Five minutes to seven! He would look five minutes more, then he would quit.

微弱地穿过管道，蒂姆听到了工厂的哨声，一声响，六点五十五分，他还要再看五分钟，之后撤离。

Parish marriage certificates measured the point at which fossil fuels freed workers from the rhythms of nature and instead tied them to the factory whistle.

教区结婚证书衡量的是化石燃料将工人从自然节奏中解放出来并将他们绑在工厂汽笛上的程度。