They are all part of the metric system.

他们是公制的一部分。

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

在此同时，公制单位则于法国大革命时流行。

Hope you like reading the metric system.

希望你喜欢读公制（刻度）。

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公制。

The metric system was a wonderful gift to the world.

公制是献给世界的一份很好的礼物。

I'm not sure. We're in the process of converting to the metric system.

不清楚。们正在进行系统更新和转换。

FYI, insisting on using the metric system in East Texas is another reason I was hunted by predators.

另外说一句，在东德州还坚持米制单位也是被捕食者追杀的原因之一。

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

美国不愿改公制已经造成严重后果。

Besides the fact that the majority of the world uses it— the metric system makes conversions a lot easier.

除了世上大多数国家都摄氏之外－公制让换算更加方便了。

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

虽然有些人公制单位，但们的习语和短语往往坚持英制单位中的测量词。

And in America, the metric system is basically kept alive by 5k races alone.

在美国， 公制基本上仅靠 5k 比赛就可以维持。

And it's from here that the metric system was born.

而公制系统就诞生于此。

And the metric system has clearly been an enormous success.

公制系统显然取得了巨大的成功。

121.92 Meters for all of you reasonable people who use the metric system, unfortunately.

不幸的是，对于你们这些公制系统的理智人士来说，高度是121.92米。

Do you use centimeters, the metric system in, yeah?

你厘米，也就是公制单位，对吧？

We need our friends to the north in Canada who understand the metric system.

们需要来自北方的加拿大朋友，他们懂得公制系统。

So it seems like a no brainer— America needs to switch to the metric system to match the rest of the world.

所以事情看起来再简单不过了—美国需要改公制来融入世界。

For those of us in the U.S., Myanmar, and Liberia who don't use the metric system, that's about 25 cents per gallon.

对于不公制的们这些美国人、缅甸人和利比里亚人来说，每加仑汽油是25美分。

And ironically, some regard the once revolutionary metric system as a symbol of global conformity.

具有讽刺意味的是，一些人将这个曾经革命性的公制系统视为全球一致性的象征。

The metric system standardized everything, and made commerce, trade, and collecting taxes easier.

公制一切标准化，商业、贸易和征税变得更加容易。