lawyers don't have to be good math students.

律师不需要把数学学得太好
All lawyers have to know how to do is divide by three,

他们只要能熟练地将所有数除以三即可
because your contingency fee is one-third of

因为你的胜诉酬金是
what you get for your client,

你当事人诉讼标的金额的三分之一
and so we're genetically--we're very good at dividing by three,

因此我们天生对除以三的计算很熟练
but we don't do other quantitative things quite as well.

但是我们对其它的数学东西不太感冒
This math teacher taught us about--

这个数学老师教我们
he said think of the Triborough Bridge.

他说设想一下三区大桥
You're going over the Triborough Bridge,

你将穿过三区大桥
which is in New York City

如果你不知道
if you're not from there,

我可以告诉你这座桥在纽约
and there is a big sign that says

桥上有个大指示标标着