Am I right if "From the moment we wake to the clunk of the power cord" mean "to be awaken/awake from the sleep because of the clunk of the power cord"?

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akfak

2016年7月20日

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Ah okay, so yes in this case 'to' should be translated as 'until'. The author is trying to say we use electronic gadgets from the moment we wake up to the moment we go to sleep.
But you are correct to think that elsewhere it can mean something like 'at the same time as' e.g. 'he likes studying to classical music' = 'he likes studying while listening to classical music'. There is also a Beatles lyric in 'Let It Be' which goes 'I wake up to the sound of music' = 'I wake up while music is playing'. The only similar Russian expression I can think of is 'петь под гитару' (correct me if I have got this wrong)

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akfak

2016年7月20日

英語 (英國)

@Grigoriy: yes - or (it's not clear from your example, it depends how it continues) 'from the time of waking until the time of the clunk of the power cord'. Essentially, it's not clear from your brief excerpt whether 'to' here means 'because of' or 'until'. If you finish the sentence I could tell you

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Grigoriy

2016年7月20日

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@akfak: ...and the click of the light. That is how it continues. Actually, there is beginning of the sentence that I omitted, if you need it i am ready to give it to you. thanks

akfak

2016年7月20日

英語 (英國)

Yes that would be helpful

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Grigoriy

2016年7月20日

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"But while the pastime isn't new, the stakes have been raised by our latter-day habit of fondling such gadgets from the moment we wake to the clunk of the power cord and the click of the light." If it will help, the whole idea of the extract is phones and it's harmfulness.

akfak

2016年7月20日

英語 (英國)

Ah okay, so yes in this case 'to' should be translated as 'until'. The author is trying to say we use electronic gadgets from the moment we wake up to the moment we go to sleep.
But you are correct to think that elsewhere it can mean something like 'at the same time as' e.g. 'he likes studying to classical music' = 'he likes studying while listening to classical music'. There is also a Beatles lyric in 'Let It Be' which goes 'I wake up to the sound of music' = 'I wake up while music is playing'. The only similar Russian expression I can think of is 'петь под гитару' (correct me if I have got this wrong)

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Grigoriy

2016年7月20日

俄語

@akfak: oh, thanks, it really helped) yes, you are right with "петь под гитару", so in this case can I translate this expression in English as "to sing to guitar" or it doesn't sound natural?