Right. Well, I’m going to say 29 million litres.

好吧，我想选2900万升。

And the answer is… 2.9 billion litres.

正确答案是29亿升。

Yeah. And I said 29 million litres.

是的，我选的是2900万升。

Most people now use metric litres rather than non-metric gallons for volume.

大多数人现在在体积上使用的是升而不是非位加仑。

In there I'll put, you know a litre and a half of water.

这里我会倒进去一升半的水。

This energy is enough to boil 150 litres of water for every person on earth.

这种能量足以为地球上每个人煮一百五十升水。

Losing more than half a litre of blood after childbirth is a sign of trouble.

产后出血超过半升就表明可能会出问题。

To produce one kilo of cricket powder, we only use about 12 litres of water.

要生产一斤蟋蟀面粉，我们只需要用12升水。

Male athletes typically produce 2.3 litres (or 4 pints) of perspiration in the 20km race.

在2万米的比赛中，男运动员通常产生2.3L（或4品脱）的汗水。

Now, I add this small quantity of blood to a litre of water.

现在把这一点儿鲜血放到一升水里去。

A pint is a little more than half a litre. But be careful, cider is quite strong.

一品脱比半升稍微多一点。但是要注意喔，苹果酒还蛮烈的。

The race officials supply the water. They give the runners only nine litres of water each day.

赛事官员提供水。他们每天只给参赛者9升水。

A litre in Iran will run you just 3 cents.

在伊朗，一升汽油只需要 3 美分。

For example, we buy orange juice and petrol by the litre.

例如，我几升几升地买橘汁和汽油。

Americans, by comparison, guzzled an average of 141 litres last year.

相比之下，美国人去年的平均瓶装水饮用量为141升。

Any infusion brew, I'd recommend about 75 grams a litre.

任何冲泡咖啡，我建议每升75克左右。

The tax charged manufacturers 24p a litre for any drink with 8g or more of added sugar per 100ml.

针对每 100 毫升饮料中添加的糖分含量达到 8 克或以上的饮料，造商需要缴纳每升 24 便士的税款。

Slowly, the machine takes out some of my blood - almost half a litre!

慢慢地，这台机器抽走了我的一些血液——几乎是半升！

Officials say 2.3 billion litres could flood the surrounding area with toxic waste.

官员们说，23亿升的有毒废料可能会淹没周边地区。

On average, each of these plants disposes of 1,300 litres of waste-water per day.

每个这些工厂平均每天会排出1300升废水。