For six quanta of energy in Solid A and two in Solid B, there are 9,702 microstates.

比如说分布六个量子的能量在固体A中， 两个量子的能量在固体B中，这就有9702种。

If we assume that each microstate is equally likely, we can see that some of the energy configurations have a higher probability of occurring than others.

如假设每种 发生的概率相等，可以发现有些能量分布发生的概率会高于其他。

And that is the fact that Ireland is the only country in the world right now outside of minor islands and microstates that has a smaller population today than it did 200 years ago back in the 19th century.

这个事实就是，爱尔兰是目前世界上除小岛屿和型国家外唯一一个人口少于 200 年前 19 世纪人口的国家。