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阿基米德和金王冠Archimedes and the golden crownOne day in ancient Greece, King Hero asked a crown maker to make him a golden crown. At first ,he was very happy with it.在古希腊，有一天，国王希罗让一个王冠制造商为他制作一项金王冠。起初，他对它很满意。“it’s a nice crown , isn’t it? ”he asked his men . later ,however, he began to doubt that it was a real golden crown. “is it made completely of gold? ” he wondered. He sent it to Archimedes and asked him to find out the truth.“它是一个漂亮的王冠，不是吗？”他问他的大臣。然而，后来，他开始怀疑它是一个真正的金王冠吗。“它是完全用金子制造的吗？”他想知道。他把王冠交给阿基米德，并要求他查明真相。“This problem seems difficult to solve . what should I do ?”thought Archimedes.“这个问题似乎很难解决。我应该怎么办？”阿基米德想。Archimedes was still thinking about this problem as he filled his bath with water . when he got into the bath ,some water ran over.当他把浴缸装满水时，阿基米德仍在思考这个问题。当他泡在浴缸里时，一些水溢出来。“That’s it!” shouted Archimedes. “I know how to solve the kings problem!”“就是它了！”阿基米德喊道，“我知道怎么解决国王的问题了。”?Archimedes went straight to the palace to see the king. First, he weighed the crown and asked the king for some gold of the same weight.阿基米德直接到王宫去见国王。首先，他称了王冠的重量，并向国王要了一些相同重量的黄金。Next ,he put two pots into two big bowls and filled both pots with water. He put the gold into one bowl. Then he put the crown into the other pot. This time, even more water ran into the bowl.接着，他把两个罐子放进两个大碗里，并把两个罐子都装满水。他把黄金放入一个罐子里。有一些水溢入了碗里，然后他把王冠放进另一个碗里。这次，有更多的水溢入碗里。“Look at this,” said Archimedes to King Hero. “A crown made completely of gold displaces less water than a crown made of gold and another metal. This crown displaced more water than gold of the same weight, so I am certain that it’s not completely made of gold.’“看这个，”阿基米德对国王希罗说， “完全用黄金制造的王冠会排出比用黄金和其他金属制造的王冠更少的水。这个王冠排除了比相同重量的黄金更多的水，所以我确定它并不是完全用黄金制造的。”“The crown maker tricked me, didn’t he? What a bad he is!” shouted King Hero. He then sent the crown maker to prison.“这个王冠制造商欺骗了我，对不对？他是多坏的一个人啊！”国王希罗喊道。然后他把这个王冠制造商关进了监狱。 两位天才Two geniusesMany people consider Albert Einstein(1879-1955) a genius. This story about him shows that he also had