They are all part of the metric system.

他们是的一部分。

Hope you like reading the metric system.

希望你喜欢读（刻度）。

Even America attempted to switch over.

甚至美国也想换成。

The metric system was a wonderful gift to the world.

是献给世界的一份很好的礼物。

Ah, sorry, I forgot to switch the video into metric.

对不起，我忘了把单位从英。

For those of you who are metrically challenged, that's 2.2 pounds.

有些观众可能不熟悉，也就是 2.2 磅。

So interestingly what it's done is base it on obviously imperial.

所以有趣的是，它生成的的是单位。

In metric units, which of these prefixes means " billion" ?

以下的单位中，哪一个前缀表示" 十亿" ？

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。

Most people now use metric litres rather than non-metric gallons for volume.

大多数人现在在体积上使的是升而不是非单位加仑。

So unless that change is proven to be economically better… We’re not going to be using celsius anytime soon.

所以除非证明改可以促进济繁荣...否则我们不会使摄氏。

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

在此同时，单位则于法国大革命时期开始流行。

Three-kilo roaster, 6.6 pounds, for the metrically challenged — 13,000 dollars.

三斤烘焙机，对于不熟悉的人来说，6.6 磅——13,000 美元。

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

美国不愿改已经造成严重后果。

It was put in place to unify the country at the national level.

被来作为统一国家的工具。

Will we ever convert to the metric system?

我们会转换为吗？

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

虽然有些人使单位，但我们的习语和短语往往坚持使英单位中的测量词。

4 hectares for those of you on the metric system.

4 顷适合你们这些使的人。

That's nearly  a kilometer for the metric folks.

对于的人来说，这几乎是一里。

U.S. customary units and their S.I, or metric, equivalence.

美国惯单位及其 S.I 或等值。