They are all part of the metric system.

他们是公制的一部分。

Hope you like reading the metric system.

希望你喜欢读公制（刻度）。

In the meantime, the metric system was gaining popularity during the French Revolution.

在此同时，公制单位则于法国大革命时期开始流行。

Now, Franklin lived during the 1700s, before the metric system took effect in Europe.

富兰克林生活在18世纪，那时候欧洲还没有实行公制。

America’s unwillingness to switch over to the metric system has had serious consequences.

美国不愿改用公制已经造成严重后果。

I'm not sure. We're in the process of converting to the metric system.

我不清楚。我们正在进行系统更新和转换。

FYI, insisting on using the metric system in East Texas is another reason I was hunted by predators.

另外说一句，在东德州还坚持用米制单位也是我被捕食者追杀的原因之一。

Besides the fact that the majority of the world uses it— the metric system makes conversions a lot easier.

除了世上大多数国家都用使用摄氏之外－公制让换算更加方便了。

While some people use the metric system, our idioms and expressions often stick with measurement words from the English system.

虽然有些人使用公制单位，但我们的习语和短语往往坚持使用英制单位中的测量词。

Ah. Blame President James " Jimmy" Carter. He started America on a path to the metric system but then just gave up.

那得怪詹姆斯·吉米·卡特总统 他让美国开始实行公制体系却又半途而废。

So it seems like a no brainer— America needs to switch to the metric system to match the rest of the world.

所以事情看起来再简单不过了—美国需要改用公制来融入世界。

The next nudge to metricate came when the metric system became the preferred measure for American trade and commerce in 1988.

当公制在 1988 年成为美国贸易和商业的首选措施时政府再继续推动这项制度。

For those of us in the U.S., Myanmar, and Liberia who don't use the metric system, that's about 25 cents per gallon.

对于不使用公制的我们这些美国人、缅甸人和利比里亚人来说，每加仑汽油是25美分。

Will we ever convert to the metric system?

我们会转换为公制吗？

4 hectares for those of you on the metric system.

4 公顷适合你们这些使用公制的人。

[Woman] Pro tip: use the metric system.

- [女性] 专业提示：使用公制。

The metric system always confuses me.

公共医疗系统总是让我困惑。

And in America, the metric system is basically kept alive by 5k races alone.

在美国， 公制基本上仅靠 5k 比赛就可以维持。

So why did the United States stick with miles feet and inches when the rest of the world switched to the even more modern metric system?

所以为什么当世界其他地区改用更现代的公制的时候，美国却坚持坚持英尺和英寸呢？

[Man] Why don't you use the metric system man, so annoying.

- [ 男人] 你为什么不使用公制男人，好烦人。