So 1.1 times 10 to the -31 meters is not, in fact, a significant number when we're comparing it, for example, to the length of a ball, or the size of the baseball field.

所以1，1乘以10的负31次方米，事实上并不是一个很重要的数字，举例来说，当它与一个球的长度，或者一块棒球场地对比时。

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So, essentially you've got a positive ball which is identical to the size of the atom.

首先你要有一个和原子差不多大小的,带正电荷的球。

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For example, a portion of pasta according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture would be about the amount of pasta that would be the size of a tennis ball.

比如说,意大利面的每日摄入量,根据美国农业部,是如此的份量,大概和网球一样大小

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Now if you lived in a culture where the only meat that got served was the size of a deck of cards, and the only pasta that got served was the size of a tennis ball, there wouldn't be such problems, but that's not the case.

如果我们生活在一个,肉类每日摄入量是一副牌大小,或者意大利面只有网球大小的环境中,问题就不会存在,可惜这不是现实

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