英语翻译尽量直译,别用翻译机器,感激不尽~How should one invest a sum of money in

英语翻译
尽量直译,别用翻译机器,感激不尽~
How should one invest a sum of money in these clays of inflation （通货膨胀）?Left in a bank it will hardly keep its value,however high the interest rate.Only a brave man,or a very rich one,dares to buy and sell on the Stock Market.Today it seems that one of the best ways to protect your savings,and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects from the past.Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks,which I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.
I sometimes wonder what a being from another planet might report back about our way of life."The planet Earth is ruled by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound． It has a face with twelve black marks and two hands.Men can do nothing without its permission,and it fastens its young round people's wrists so that everywhere men go they are still under its control.This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves."
Whether or not we are slaves of time today depends on our culture and personality,but it is believed that many years ago kings kept special slaves to tell the time.Certain men were very clever at measuring the time of clay according to the beating of their own hearts.They were made to stand in a fixed place and every hour or so would shout tire time.So it seems that the first clocks were human beings.
However,men quickly found more convenient and reliable ways of telling the time.They learned to use the shadows cast by the sun.They marked the hours on candles,used sand in hour- glasses,and invented water-clocks.Indeed,any serious student of antique should spend as much time as possible visiting palaces,stately homes and museums to see some of the finest examples of clocks from the past.
Antique clocks could be very expensive,but one of the joys of collecting clocks is that it is still possible to find quite cheap ones for your own home.After all,if you are going to be ruled by time,why not invest in air antique clock and perhaps make a future profit?

一个人在通货膨胀的日子裏应该怎样投资一笔钱呢?（译者按：原文的 these clays of inflation 似乎应该是 these days of inflation）无论利率有多高,让它留在银行便很难保值.只有勇敢或富有的人才有胆子在股票市场进行买卖.今天,最能保护你的储蓄,甚至增加你财富的最佳方法之一,是购买漂亮的古旧物品.我会在这裏为你提供一些收集古董钟的意见.我个人认为它们是最有趣的古董之一.
有时候我会好奇地猜想,一个外星人在向同类报告时,会怎样描述我们的生活呢?“地球是由一种奇怪的生物统治的.它坐或站在房间裏,发出奇怪的嘀嗒声.它的一张脸孔有十二个黑色标志和两支针.人类没有它的允许便甚麼也做不了,而且还会把它的小孩缚在手腕上.这样,无论人类走到那裏,都会受到它的控制.这种生物是地球的真正主人,而人类则是它的奴隶.”
我们今天到底是否时间的奴隶,这全都视乎我们的文化和个性而定.不过,一般意见认为,古代的帝皇都有专门报告时间的奴隶.有些人擅长按照自己的心跳来计算每天的时间（译者按：原文的 time of clay 似乎应该是 time of day）.他们被安排在固定的地方站著,并在每小时大声报时一次.所以,世上第一个时钟可能就是人类自己.
然而,人们很快便发现了更方便和准确的报时方法.他们学会了利用日影.他们在蜡烛上标出小时；利用沙作为钟面；又发明了水钟.事实上,认真研究古董的人都应该尽量抽时间逛逛各种宫殿、大宅和博物馆,务求能够看看一些古时最好的钟表.
古董钟可以非常昂贵,但收集时钟的乐趣之一,便是仍有可能找到一些相当便宜的钟放在自己家中.毕竟,倘若你会受时间支配,何不投资在一只古董钟上,这样也许还能在日後获利（译者按：原文的 invest in air antique clock 中的 "air" 似乎应该是 "an" 才对）.