I don't know if you know how a spark plug works, but for the electrical current to fly into operation in a spark plug, the two points of contact have to be gapped.

我不知道你们是否知道,火花塞是怎样工作的，在电流通入火花塞中使它运转之前，两个接触点之间需要有空隙。

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Anyway, that was my introduction to Yale, graduate school at Yale.

不管怎样，这是我刚入耶鲁的情形，开始耶鲁的研究生生活。

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