It's to keep our minds ticking over. And it's to keep us fit and healthy.

为了让我们的头脑保持清醒，为了让我们保持健康。

These are things that--something's ticking over there.

这些是事情， 那边有什么东西在滴答作响。

Someone's got to keep the family business ticking over.

总得有人帮忙维持家业吧。

This gift makes that experience pleasurable, and in turn we sometimes churn out other human beings and keep the species ticking over.

这种天赋使这种体验变得愉快， 反过来，我们有时会大量繁殖其他人类，让这个物种继续生存下去。

So is there a sweet spot perhaps where managers can exist, but we all keep those unloved and mundane tasks ticking over?

那么，是否有一个甜蜜点， 也许管理者可以存在，但我们都保留那些不受欢迎和世俗的任务？

Well, the continued explosive economic growth in China has been one of the key factors keeping the entire world economy ticking over in recent years.

近些年，中国经济的持续迅猛增长已成为驱动全球经济前进的重要因素之一。