[00:39.12]height 高度

[00:43.33]length 长度

[00:47.42]mathematician 数学家

[00:52.35]be required to do something 被要求做某事

[00:58.34]measuring tape 卷尺

[01:04.45]A team of mathematicians were required

[01:06.76]to measure the height of a flagpole.

[01:09.42]They only had a measuring tape,

[01:11.06]and were getting quite frustrated trying to keep the tape along the pole.

[01:14.78]It kept falling down.

[01:16.81]An engineer came along, and found out their problem.

[01:20.26]He put down the pole and measured it easily.

[01:23.14]When he left, one mathematician said to the other:

[01:25.98]"Just like an engineer!

[01:27.72]We need to know the height, and he gives us the length!"

[01:39.07]中文大意

[02:18.79]逐句对照

[02:22.79]A team of mathematicians were required

[02:24.72]to measure the height of a flagpole.

[02:31.52]They only had a measuring tape,

[02:35.29]and were getting quite frustrated trying to keep the tape along the pole.

[02:42.85]It kept falling down.

[02:48.72]An engineer came along, and found out their problem.

[02:56.00]He put down the pole and measured it easily.

[03:03.35]When he left, one mathematician said to the other:

[03:09.58]"Just like an engineer!

[03:13.35]We need to know the height, and he gives us the length!"

[03:24.96]多学一点

[03:28.24]height 高度，身高

[03:33.08]He measured the height of the bridge.

[03:43.04]length 长度，长短

[03:50.20]mathematician 数学家

[03:55.22]be required to do something 被要求做某事

[04:02.61]The witness was required to make an oath.

[04:13.11]measuring tape 卷尺，软尺，皮尺

[04:20.45]重新听一次故事原文

[04:23.36]A team of mathematicians were required

[04:25.36]to measure the height of a flagpole.

[04:28.16]They only had a measuring tape,

[04:29.68]and were getting quite frustrated trying to keep the tape along the pole.

[04:33.56]It kept falling down.

[04:35.41]An engineer came along, and found out their problem.

[04:38.69]He put down the pole and measured it easily.

[04:41.65]When he left, one mathematician said to the other:

[04:44.51]"Just like an engineer!

[04:46.21]We need to know the height, and he gives us the length!"

[04:54.98]关键词

[04:57.53]height 高度

[05:01.83]length 长度

[05:05.68]mathematician 数学家

[05:10.57]be required to do something 被要求做某事

[05:16.33]measuring tape 卷尺

Height, Not Length

是高度，不是长度

有人要求一队数学家去测量一根旗杆的高度。他们的工具只有一把卷尺。他们多次想使卷尺沿旗杆固定下来，但卷尺总是掉下来，于是他们感到十分沮丧。

这时一个工程师走过来，发现了他们的困难，于是他放倒旗杆很容易地量出了旗杆的长度。

工程师走后，一个数学家对其他人说，“他终究不过是一个工程师!我们需要知道的是高度，而他给我们的却是长度。”