You waste the first hour of the flight just faffing about.

你把飞行中的第一个小时浪费在忙东忙西上。

But while you were faffing on in the driving seat I had plenty of time to study a map.

但是当你在驾驶座上浪费时间的时候，我有足够的时间研究地图。

If I kept going, I'd be faffing, and I'm happy of that as a plate of food for midweek.

如果我继续下去，我就会开始瞎忙了，我很高兴能在周中做出一盘这样的食物。

Why did they bother faffing around with all this fancy building work when there was so much farming to be getting on with?

在他们还需要去农耕的情况下，他们为什么花这么多精力去建造这些花俏的建筑物？

These were huge undertakings for people with limited technology. Why did they bother faffing around with all this fancy building work when there was so much farming to be getting on with?

在那个技术有限的年代，这是一个巨大的工程。在他们还需要去农耕的情况下，他们为什么花这么多精力去建造这些花俏的建筑物？