来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：基础物理 第13集 第13集》

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  I fell in because my nose went in first
  我也掉下去了 因为我的鼻子先进去
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  and then a little later the tail went.
  其后不久尾巴也进去了
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  There are various paradoxes.
  世上的悖论数不胜数
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  I'll just leave you with one.
  我仅仅留给你其中的一个
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  You have a garage.
  你有一个车库
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  Your parents built you a garage, 12 meters long.
  你的父母为你建造了长 12 米的车库
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  You bought a car 14 meters long.
  而你买了 14 米长的车
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  Can you park it?
  你能把它停进去吗
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  Well, if you go at sufficiently high velocities,
  如果你在做相当高速的运动
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  so the 14 gets shrunk to 12,
  那么 14 米就会收缩到 12 米
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  there will be a brief instant in which
  就会有一个短暂的瞬间
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  both ends of your car are inside the garage.
  你车子的两端都在停车场内