He made it this time. The driver slowed just enough on the turn and the brown lad on the surfboard leaned far out against the centrifugal pull.

这次他做到了。司机在转弯时放慢了速度，冲浪板上的棕色小伙子身体向外靠得很远以抵抗离心力。

Gravity gets weaker with distance, so–being a bit farther from the center of the Earth plus that small centrifugal pull makes gravity at the equator about...drumroll please...0.5% weaker than at the poles.

距离越远，重力越弱，所以离地心稍微远一点加上微微往上的推力......请给我鼓声......在赤道上的重力会比南北极弱约0.5%。