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Saturday Night Live: Мечта Вашингтона

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Джордж Вашингтон рассказывает солдатам о своей мечте — американской системе мер и весов.

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В это время Джордж Вашингтон — генерал, командующий армией колоний (США).

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Джордж Вашингтон
Джордж Вашингтон
liquids
жидкости
God willing
если Бог даст, будем надеяться
men of color
цветные мужчины, небелые мужчины
confess
признаваться, сознаваться
complicated
сложный, запутанный
track
лёгкая атлетика (бег)
a ruler
линейка
line up
совпадать, соответствовать
liberty
свобода
son
сынок (обращение к младшему)
slaves
рабы
a scale
шкала
make sense
иметь смысл, быть логичным
super random
совершенно нелогично, бессмысленно
by God
ей-богу, клянусь богом
a melting pot
плавильный котёл
throw a tantrum
закатить истерику
troops
войска
a system of weights and measures
система мер и весов

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Soldier 2

I hear the British are sending another 5,000 troops.

aɪ hir ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ər ˈsɛndɪŋ əˈnəðər 5,000 trups.

Soldier 4

How will we ever win this war?

haʊ wɪl wi ˈɛvər wɪn ðɪs wɔr?

Washington

By remembering what we fight for.

baɪ rɪˈmɛmbərɪŋ wət wi faɪt fər.

Soldier 3

General Washington.

ˈʤɛnərəl ˈwɔʃɪŋtən.

Washington

Sit, please. We need your strength for the fight ahead. We fight for a country of our own, a new nation where we choose our own laws.

sɪt, pliz. wi nid jʊr strɛŋθ fər ðə faɪt əˈhɛd. wi faɪt fər ə ˈkəntri əv ɑr oʊn, ə nu ˈneɪʃən wɛr wi ʧuz ɑr oʊn lɔz.

Choose our own leaders. And choose our own systems of weights and measures.

ʧuz ɑr oʊn ˈlidərz. ənd ʧuz ɑr oʊn ˈsɪstəmz əv weɪts ənd ˈmɛʒərz.

Soldier 3

Weights and measures, sir?

weɪts ənd ˈmɛʒərz, sər?

Washington

Yes. Yes, I dream of that one day our proud nation will measure weights in pounds and that 2,000 pounds shall be called a ton.

jɛs. jɛs, aɪ drim əv ðət wən deɪ ɑr praʊd ˈneɪʃən wɪl ˈmɛʒər weɪts ɪn paʊnz ənd ðət 2,000 paʊnz ʃæl bi kɔld ə tən.

Soldier 4

And what will 1,000 pounds be called, sir?

ənd wət wɪl 1,000 paʊnz bi kɔld, sər?

Washington

Nothing. Because we will have no word for that.

ˈnəθɪŋ. bɪˈkəz wi wɪl hæv noʊ wərd fər ðət.

Soldier 3

It seems like we should have a word for 1,000 pounds, sir.

ɪt simz laɪk wi ʃʊd hæv ə wərd fər 1,000 paʊnz, sər.

Washington

And yet, we won't. Because we are free men. And we will be free to measure liquids in liters and milliliters, but not all liquids. Only soda, wine, and alcohol.

ənd jɛt, wi woʊnt. bɪˈkəz wi ər fri mɛn. ənd wi wɪl bi fri tɪ ˈmɛʒər ˈlɪkwɪdz ɪn ˈlitərz ənd ˈmɪləˌlitərz, bət nɑt ɔl ˈlɪkwɪdz. ˈoʊnli ˈsoʊdə, waɪn, ənd ˈælkəˌhɑl.

Soldier 4

Only those, sir?

ˈoʊnli ðoʊz, sər?

Washington

Yes. Because for milk and paint, we will use gallons, pints, and quarts, God willing.

jɛs. bɪˈkəz fər mɪlk ənd peɪnt, wi wɪl juz ˈgælənz, paɪnts, ənd kwɔrts, gɑd ˈwɪlɪŋ.

Soldier 3

Okay. How many liters are in a gallon, sir?

ˌoʊˈkeɪ. haʊ ˈmɛni ˈlitərz ər ɪn ə ˈgælən, sər?

Washington

Nobody knows.

ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi noʊz.

Soldier 2

And, sir, in this new country, what plans are there for men of color such as I?

ənd, sər, ɪn ðɪs nu ˈkəntri, wət plænz ər ðɛr fər mɛn əv ˈkələr səʧ ɛz aɪ?

Washington

Distance will be measured in inches, feet, yards, and miles. So 12 inches to a foot.

ˈdɪstəns wɪl bi ˈmɛʒərd ɪn ˈɪnʧɪz, fit, jɑrdz, ənd maɪəlz. soʊ 12 ˈɪnʧɪz tɪ ə fʊt.

Soldier 1

12 feet to a yard.

12 fit tɪ ə jɑrd.

Washington

If it were only so simple. 3 feet to a yard.

ɪf ɪt wər ˈoʊnli soʊ ˈsɪmpəl. 3 fit tɪ ə jɑrd.

Soldier 1

And how many yards to a mile?

ənd haʊ ˈmɛni jɑrdz tɪ ə maɪl?

Washington

Nobody knows.

ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi noʊz.

Soldier 2

Okay. Well, how many feet to a mile?

ˌoʊˈkeɪ. wɛl, haʊ ˈmɛni fit tɪ ə maɪl?

Washington

5,280, of course. It's a simple number that everyone will remember.

5,280 əv kɔrs. ɪts ə ˈsɪmpəl ˈnəmbər ðət ˈɛvriˌwən wɪl rɪˈmɛmbər.

Soldier 3

I must confess, it feels a little complicated, sir. Why not use meters and kilometers?

aɪ məst kənˈfɛs, ɪt filz ə ˈlɪtəl ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd, sər. waɪ nɑt juz ˈmitərz ənd ˈkɪləˌmitərz?

Washington

We will, soldier. But only in certain unpopular sports like track and swimming. For popular sports like football, we will use yards.

wi wɪl, ˈsoʊlʤər. bət ˈoʊnli ɪn ˈsərtən ˌənˈpɑpjələr spɔrts laɪk træk ənd sˈwɪmɪŋ. fər ˈpɑpjələr spɔrts laɪk ˈfʊtˌbɔl, wi wɪl juz jɑrdz.

Soldier 4

Football, sir?

ˈfʊtˌbɔl, sər?

Washington

Yes. It's a sport where you throw a ball with your hands.

jɛs. ɪts ə spɔrt wɛr ju θroʊ ə bɔl wɪθ jʊr hænz.

Soldier 3

So in football, there is no kicking?

soʊ ɪn ˈfʊtˌbɔl, ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈkɪkɪŋ?

Washington

There's a little kicking. You kick the ball to get points.

ðɛrz ə ˈlɪtəl ˈkɪkɪŋ. ju kɪk ðə bɔl tɪ gɪt pɔɪnts.

Soldier 1

How many points, sir?

haʊ ˈmɛni pɔɪnts, sər?

Washington

Sometimes one and sometimes three.

ˈsəmˌtaɪmz wən ənd ˈsəmˌtaɪmz θri.

Soldier 3

I'm very confused, sir.

əm ˈvɛri kənfˈjuzd, sər.

Washington

Do not worry. For our new nation, we will have rulers with two sets of numbers. Inches on one side, centimeters on the other.

du nɑt ˈwəri. fər ɑr nu ˈneɪʃən, wi wɪl hæv ˈrulərz wɪθ tu sɛts əv ˈnəmbərz. ˈɪnʧɪz ɔn wən saɪd, ˈsɛntəˌmitərz ɔn ðə ˈəðər.

Soldier 4

So we can see where they line up?

soʊ wi kən si wɛr ðeɪ laɪn əp?

Washington

Yes, except that they don't line up, and they never will.

jɛs, ɪkˈsɛpt ðət ðeɪ doʊnt laɪn əp, ənd ðeɪ ˈnɛvər wɪl.

Soldier 4

Why?

waɪ?

Washington

Liberty, son. Liberty.

ˈlɪbərˌti, sən. ˈlɪbərˌti.

Soldier 2

And the slaves, sir, what of them?

ənd ðə sleɪvz, sər, wət əv ðɛm?

Washington

You asked about the temperature.

ju æst əˈbaʊt ðə ˈtɛmpərəʧər.

Soldier 2

I did not.

aɪ dɪd nɑt.

Washington

We shall have two different unrelated scales of temperature. One of them will make sense to the entire world, and the other will be super random. Our

wi ʃæl hæv tu ˈdɪfərənt ˌənrɪˈleɪtɪd skeɪlz əv ˈtɛmpərəʧər. wən əv ðɛm wɪl meɪk sɛns tɪ ðə ɪnˈtaɪər wərld, ənd ðə ˈəðər wɪl bi ˈsupər ˈrændəm. ɑr

great nation will use the random one.

greɪt ˈneɪʃən wɪl juz ðə ˈrændəm wən.

Soldier 4

What is the scale called, sir?

wət ɪz ðə skeɪl kɔld, sər?

Washington

Fahrenheit.

ˈfɛrənˌhaɪt.

Soldier 4

Spell that for me.

spɛl ðət fər mi.

Washington

Impossible. But one day, if we are brave, we will get rid of the U in a lot of British words like color and armor. But by God, we will keep the British

ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl. bət wən deɪ, ɪf wi ər breɪv, wi wɪl gɪt rɪd əv ðə ju ɪn ə lɔt əv ˈbrɪtɪʃ wərdz laɪk ˈkələr ənd ˈɑrmər. bət baɪ gɑd, wi wɪl kip ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ

U in the word glamour.

ju ɪn ðə wərd ˈglæmər.

Soldier 3

Only glamour, sir?

ˈoʊnli ˈglæmər, sər?

Washington

Only glamour. That is my dream for our country, men: a melting pot of different measurements that will make European men throw tantrums. In short, a land of liberty.

ˈoʊnli ˈglæmər. ðət ɪz maɪ drim fər ɑr ˈkəntri, mɛn: ə ˈmɛltɪŋ pɑt əv ˈdɪfərənt ˈmɛʒərmənts ðət wɪl meɪk ˌjʊrəˈpiən mɛn θroʊ ˈtæntrəmz. ɪn ʃɔrt, ə lænd əv ˈlɪbərˌti.

Soldier 2

Where all men are free. Where all men are free, right?

wɛr ɔl mɛn ər fri. wɛr ɔl mɛn ər fri, raɪt?

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  1. What units does your county use to measure: distance, weight, volume, temperature?
  2. Does your country use imperial units for anything? If so, what?
  3. What is degrees Celsius based on? (i.e. What does 0°C and 100°C correspond to?)
  4. What is the Fahrenheit scale based on? (i.e. what does 0 °F and 100 °F correspond to?)
  5. The US uses a mix of the metric and imperial systems. If/When you are in the US, what part of this mix is the most confusing?
  6. The imperial system (feet, pounds, gallons etc.) comes from Britain, but Britain has mostly (officially) switched to the metric system. The US has not. Why do you think the US is holding on to the imperial system?
  7. What other units of measurement do you know that are not mentioned in this video? Are there any units of measurement that are unique to your country?
  8. To test your knowledge: → How many kilometers are in a mile? → How many liters are in a gallon? In a quart? → How many pounds are in a kilogram? → At what point (number) do degrees Fahrenheit and degrees Celsius intersect?

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