get back to the initial point is going to require some input from outside, like heat or extra work or extra heat or something because you've done an irreversible process.

如果要逆转它,回到初始点，就需要外界的投入，比如额外的功，额外的热量等等,因为你进行了一个不可逆过程。

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Need to get the base in. Second thing I want to do, I need to get the height, so I'm going to input a value for the height, also as a float, a floating point.

也就是输入底的值，第二件我想要做的，事情就是得到三角形的高,因此我会输入一个值作为三角形的高，同样也是一个浮点数。

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Right now, we're finally getting to the point of scratch which can take some input from the user.

马上，我们能接近scratch的关键了,即从用户那里获取输入。

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ReadFloat We'll look at it in a second. Let me sort of set the stage up for this -- suppose I want to input -- I'm sorry I want you as a user to input a floating point number.

名字叫,我们来看一会，我先来设置下情景-,假设我想输入，抱歉,我希望你们作为用户来输入一个浮点数。

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