Can you solve the bridge riddle? - Alex Gendler

譯者: 辰安 簡 審譯者: 庭芝 梁

在深山裡的實驗室中實習，

Taking that internship in a remote mountain lab

might not have been the best idea.

可能不是一個好主意。

Pulling that lever with the skull symbol just to see what it did

拉下畫有骷髏符號的控制桿， 看看會發生什麼事，

probably wasn't so smart, either,

或許也不是個聰明的想法。

but now is not the time for regrets

但現在，已經沒時間後悔了，

because you need to get away from these mutant zombies fast.

因為你得趕緊逃離 這些突變的殭屍。

與你同行的，有管理員、 實驗室助理和一位老教授，

With you are the janitor, the lab assistant, and the old professor.

You've gotten a headstart, but there's only one way to safety:

雖然你們已經領先一步， 但要安全逃離，還需要：

across an old rope bridge spanning a massive gorge.

跨越大峽谷上的一座老舊吊橋。

You can dash across in a minute,

你衝過吊橋只需要 1 分鐘，

while the lab assistant takes two minutes.

然而實驗室助理需要 2 分鐘。

The janitor is a bit slower and needs five minutes,

管理員稍慢一些，需要 5 分鐘，

and the professor takes a whole ten minutes,

而教授需要整整 10 分鐘，

holding onto the ropes every step of the way.

因為他走每一步 都要緊握著繩索來前進。

By the professor's calculations,

根據教授的計算，

the zombies will catch up to you in just over 17 minutes,

在 17 分鐘後， 殭屍就會追上你們，

so you only have that much time to get everyone across and cut the ropes.

你只有這麼多的時間， 讓所有人通過吊橋並剪掉繩索。

Unfortunately, the bridge can only hold two people at a time.

不幸的是，吊橋同一時間 只能承載兩個人。

To make matters worse,

更糟糕的是，

it's so dark out that you can barely see,

天色太暗， 讓你伸手不見五指，

and the old lantern you grabbed on your way only illuminates a tiny area.

而你手中的老舊油燈， 只能照亮一個小範圍。

Can you figure out a way to have everyone escape in time?

你能想出讓每個人 及時逃脫的方法嗎？

Remember: no more than two people can cross the bridge together,

記住：不能超過兩人 同時走在吊橋上；

anyone crossing must either hold the lantern or stay right next to it,

跨越吊橋時，若不帶著油燈， 就得走在提燈者旁。

and any of you can safely wait in the dark on either side of the gorge.

而所有人都可以安全地待在 漆黑的峽谷兩端。

Most importantly, everyone must be safely across before the zombies arrive.

最重要的是，所有人必須在 殭屍抵達前安全地通過吊橋。

Otherwise, the first zombie could step on the bridge while people are still on it.

否則，當殭屍一踏上橋時， 橋上的人會使吊橋負荷過重而斷裂。

Finally, there are no tricks to use here.

最後，不能用任何花招。

You can't swing across,

你不能用繩索擺盪過去，

use the bridge as a raft,

也不能把橋做成木筏，

or befriend the zombies.

或者和殭屍當朋友。

Pause the video now if you want to figure it out for yourself!

如果你想要自己找出答案， 請按下暫停鈕。

Answer in: 3

還有 3 秒、

Answer in: 2

2 秒、

Answer in: 1

1 秒、

At first it might seem like no matter what you do,

一開始，你可能會認為 無論怎麼試，

you're just a minute or two short of time, but there is a way.

始終會差個一、兩分鐘， 但確實是有辦法的。

The key is to minimize the time wasted by the two slowest people

關鍵就在於： 讓最慢的兩人走在一起，

by having them cross together.

來減少他們所需要花的時間。

And because you'll need to make a couple of return trips with the lantern,

而且，要有人提著油燈走回來 這總共需要兩趟，

you'll want to have the fastest people available to do so.

你需要讓跑得最快的人 來做這件事，

So, you and the lab assistant quickly run across with the lantern,

所以，你先和實驗室助理 提著油燈快速通過，

though you have to slow down a bit to match her pace.

然而你必須放慢一些 來配合他的速度。

After two minutes, both of you are across,

兩分鐘後， 你們兩人都通過吊橋，

and you, as the quickest, run back with the lantern.

然後跑得最快的你， 再迅速提著油燈返回，

Only three minutes have passed.

這樣只花了三分鐘。

So far, so good.

到目前為止都相當順利。

Now comes the hard part.

最難的部分來了。

The professor and the janitor take the lantern and cross together.

教授和管理員 提著油燈一起過橋，

This takes them ten minutes

這花了他們 10 分鐘，

since the janitor has to slow down for the old professor

因為管理員必須 為了老教授放慢腳步，

who keeps muttering

教授喃喃自語抱怨著： 他當初不該讓殭屍擁有夜視能力。

that he probably shouldn't have given the zombies night vision.

當他們跨越吊橋時，

By the time they're across, there are only four minutes left,

只剩下 4 分鐘，

and you're still stuck on the wrong side of the bridge.

而你仍困在對岸。

But remember, the lab assistant has been waiting on the other side,

但是記住，實驗室助理 已經在另一邊待命，

and she's the second fastest of the group.

而她是隊伍中跑第二快的人。

So she grabs the lantern from the professor

所以她從教授手中拿起油燈，

and runs back across to you.

快速跑回去你那邊。

Now with only two minutes left, the two of you make the final crossing.

現在只剩下 2 分鐘， 你們兩位最後一次過橋，

As you step on the far side of the gorge,

當你踏上峽谷的另一側，

you cut the ropes and collapse the bridge behind you,

你剪斷繩索， 摧毀身後的吊橋，

just in the nick of time.

時間剛好趕上。

Maybe next summer, you'll just stick to the library.

或許，明年夏天 你只會想泡在圖書館內。