来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：基础物理 第13集 第13集》

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  So, I expect your meter stick to have shrunk to half its length.
  我期望你的米尺长度缩短一半
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  So, I make a hole on the table,
  所以我在桌上弄了一个半米长的洞
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  half a meter long, the rod goes by,
  当杆经过的时候
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  I think it would fall into the hole.
  我认为它会掉进洞里
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  That's my expectation.
  这就是我的推测
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  You come and say, my meter stick is a meter stick.
  你说 我的米尺是一米长
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  The hole that you dug that you think is half a meter long
  你挖的半米长的洞
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  actually is a quarter meter long.
  实际上是四分之一米长
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  So, there's no way my meter stick is going through that hole
  所以我的米尺不可能穿过桌子上的洞
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  in the table because it's four times as long as the hole in the table.
  因为尺是桌上洞的四倍长
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  Do you understand that?
  你们明白了吗
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  Normally, you make a meter stick,
  通常情况下 你制作了一根米尺