广播电视英语短句 第 196 课：程序设计竞赛-1

Last month, students from one hundred three universities in eighty-eight countries took part in an international computer programming contest. 上月，来自 88 个国家 103 所大学的学生参加了一场 国际计算机程序设计竞赛。

The Battle of the Brains took place in Harbin, China. 这场“脑力战争”在中国哈尔滨举行。

Three-person teams from each school had five hours to solve eleven real world problems. 来自各个学校的 3 人编队用 5 个小时来解决 11 个现实世界的问题。

Jerry Cain coached the team from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Jerry Cain 作为加州帕洛阿尔托市斯坦福大学队的教练，

He says the problems involved, among other things, paperweights, robots, castles and lakes. 他认为难题包括其他事情、镇纸、机器人、城堡和湖泊。