We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.

我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年最后几秒钟。

The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.

全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年到来。

For two millennia, exogamy was a major transgression for Jews.

两千年来，异族通婚一直是犹太人一大禁忌。