You do not need to be a rocket scientist

[00:00.03]”You do not need to be a rocket scientist.”#
“你不需要成为一名火箭科学家。”#

[00:04.53]Americans hear these words often.#
美国人经常听到这样的话。#

[00:08.58]People say them in schools,offices and factories.#
人们在学校里、办公室里和工厂里都这样说。#

[00:13.41]Broadcasters on radio and television use them.#
播音员和电视里也常用这句话。#

[00:18.02]This is how you might hear the words used.#
这就是你听到的这些词语的用法。#

[00:23.18]Workers in an office are afraid to try to use their new computer system.#
办公室的职员很怕去尝试使用新的电脑系统。#

[00:31.51]Their employer tells them not to be foolish:#
他们的老板告诉他们不要变得愚蠢。#

[00:35.66]”You do not need to be a rocket scientist to learn this,” he says.#
“你们不需要成为一个火箭科学家去学习这些，”他说。#

[00:42.43]Or, high school students cannot seem to understand something their teacher is explaining.#
或者是，高中生无法明白老师正在讲的内容。#

[00:51.04]”Come on,” she says.#
“拜托，”她说道。#

[00:53.70]”You do not need to be a rocket scientist to understand this.”#
“你们不需要成为火箭科学家才能理解这些知识。”#

[00:59.66]Or, a company that makes soap is trying to sell its product on television.#
做香皂的公司想要在电视上销售产品。#

[01:08.56]”You do not need to be a rocket scientist to see that our soap cleans better,”the company says.#
“你不需要成为火箭科学家才能了解我们的香皂做的更好，”公司说道。#

[01:18.33]These words send a strong message.#
这些话都传达一个很强的信息。#

[01:22.81]They say that you do not need to be extremely intelligent to understand something.#
他们再说你不需要特别聪明来理解这些事情。#

[01:31.88]How did the expression begin?#
这句话是怎么开始的？#

[01:35.80]No one seems to know for sure.#
没人确切知道。#

[01:39.23]But an official of the American space agency，NASA，says the expression just grew.#
但是美国航空航天局一位官员表示这句话才流行起来。#

[01:49.49]It grew, he says,#
它的流行，#

[01:51.64]because rocket scientists probably are the most intelligent people around.#
是因为火箭科学家可能是最聪明的人。#

[01:59.85]Not everyone would agree.#
并非所有人都同意。#

[02:02.84]Some people might be considered more intelligent than rocket scientists.#
一些人可能比火箭科学家更聪明。#

[02:09.93]For example, a person who speaks and reads 15 languages,#
比如说，一个人能说能读15种语言，#

[02:16.55]or a medical doctor who operates on the brain.#
或者说一个医生能进行脑部手术。#

[02:21.53]Still, many people would agree that there is something special about scientists who build rockets.#
但是，许多人都同意，能造火箭的科学家必有过人之处。#

[02:32.70]Maybe it has to do with the mystery of space travel.#
也许这与太空旅行的神秘有关。