Secondly, set a resolution for a week time scale, not a year time scale.

第二，定一个时长为一周的目标，而不是一年的目标。

But the difference is the time scale.

但是不同的是时间段。

These are on a very short time scale.

而是非常短的时间尺度。

It's hard to put time scales like these into perspective.

很难理解这样的时间尺度。

Over long time scales, Earth's rotation is actually slowing down.

从长期来看，地球的自转实际上正在减慢。

But that's still incredibly uncommon on a human time scale.

但从人类的时间尺度来看，这仍然是极度罕见不寻常的。

There is no good concept for our brains to grasp these time scales.

很难有一个适当的概念让大脑掌握像这样的时间尺度。

Evolutionary adaptation usually occurs along time scales of thousands to hundreds of thousands of years.

进化通常需要几亿甚至是几十亿年的时间。

We're increasingly reliant on computer algorithms to make us profitable trades in split-second time scales.

我们日益依赖于能让我们在即刻盈利的电脑算法。

The question is how exactly close is the Martian time scale to earth?

问题是，火星的时间刻度和地球到底有多接近？