时差N小时 有一份工作您无法拒绝

DON:Today's Moment of Science is about lightning bugs¹.

唐:今天的科学一刻我们要讲的是关于萤火虫。

Lightning bugs are cool because if you squish 'em you can make...oh, forget it!

萤火虫可是非常酷,因为如果你压扁它们就可以…哦,还是算了吧!

YAEL:What's the problem?

雅艾尔:出了什么问题?

DON:I'm just tired of working for A Moment of Science.

唐:我只是厌倦了今天科学一刻的工作。

Do you know how hard it is to come up with another fascinating tidbit every day?

你知道每天想出另一个引人入胜的话题有多难么?

I'm going to find a new job.

我要另谋高就了。

YAEL:I've got a job for you.

雅艾尔:我已经为你找到了一份工作。

DON:Oh yeah? Does it pay better than this one?

唐:哦,是吗?待遇可比这里更好?

YAEL:I'll let you figure that out.

雅艾尔:我会让你明白的。

The job lasts for one month, and you only get one penny on the first day.

这份工作持续一个月, 第一天你只能得到1分钱。

DON:Hey! What kind of deal is that?

唐:嘿!这是个什么活计?

YAEL:Hang on! On the second day I'll pay you twice what you made the first day. That's two pennies.

雅艾尔:坚持听完!第二天我会付给你第一天薪金的2倍。也就是2分钱。

DON:Three cents altogether-now we're getting somewhere.

唐:总共3分钱,现在我们总算有些进展。

YAEL:On the third day I'll again pay you twice what you've made the day before.

雅艾尔:第3天我会再次给你前一天的2倍。

That's four more cents.

也就是4分钱。

Every day I'll double the amount made the day before.

就这样每天我都给你前一天的2倍。

At the end of one month you're out of a job. What do you say?

月末你的工作结束。你怎么看?

Do you take the offer?

接受吗?

DON:No, of course not. Who would work for pennies?

唐:不,当然不。谁会为区区几分钱折腰?

YAEL:That's a shame, because you're not realizing how numbers work.

雅艾尔:太遗憾了,因为你没有意识到这些数字是如何变化的。

When a number continually² doubles itself we say it is "increasing geometrically."

当一个数字本身不断翻倍我们说它是以几何数字增加。

That means the larger the number becomes, the faster it rises with each additional³ day.

这意味着数字越大,每一天的额外增长就越快。

How much would you guess you would earn just on the last day of the month?

你猜在月底最后一天你会赚多少钱?

DON:Um...ten bucks⁴?

唐:嗯…十块钱?

YAEL:Over ten million dollars!

雅艾尔:超过一千万美元!

DON:Ten million dollars? Starting from a penny!?!

唐:拿到一千万美元吗?从一分钱开始？

YAEL:That's geometric increase.

雅艾尔:几何增长嘛。

DON:Hmmm...do I get health insurance too?

唐:额…我自己上了健康保险没?

1 bugs   

adj.疯狂的，发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 )；病菌；虫子；[计算机]（制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的）错误

参考例句：

• All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞，都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 continually   

adv.不间断地，不停地；多次重复地

参考例句：

• The other kids continually taunted him about his size.其他孩子不断地耻笑他的个头儿。
• The US is continually building up its armed forces.美军正持续加强它的三军。

3 additional   

adj.添加的，额外的，另外的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to set down these additional rules.有必要制定这些补充规则。
• I think we can fit in an additional room.我想我们可以再加建一间房子。

4 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》