who do you think is going to win the game or some--

你觉得哪边会赢得比赛之类的
we didn't even really care.

我们其实不在乎这个
But what it necessitated is that they put their plate down,

但他们一定要把他们的碟子放下来
and when they put their plate down,

他们放下碟子的时候
the only place where they could put it was this corner of the table

唯一可以放碟子的地方是桌子角
that happened to have a scale underneath the tablecloth.

桌布下藏有计重秤的地方
They set it down,

他们把碟子放下
and it shows exactly how much they took.

我们就知道他们拿了多少
In the parallel room which was exactly like it in every way,

与之平行的另一间房间的布置完全一样
the same thing was going on

一样的程序
except it had

只是这间房间有
twice as many half-gallon sized bowls of Chex Mix.

两倍数量的半加仑碗的恰克斯零食杂烩