I'm most grateful to you for taking so much trouble to explain the best way of getting there.
你不厌其烦地给我解释去那里的最佳途径,我对些深表感激。
'It's working all right, but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it.
“不错,钟能报时了,但是,恐怕每到1点钟,它总要敲13下,对此我已无能为力了。”