課文及翻譯如下：
One day in ancient Greece, King Hiero asked a crown maker to make him a golden crown. At first, he was very happy with it.
古希臘的壹天，海爾羅國王請壹位制作皇冠的人給他制作壹頂金皇冠。起初，他對皇冠感到非常高興。
“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.
“這是壹個很漂亮的皇冠，不是嗎？”他問仆人。然而後來他開始懷疑皇冠是否是壹頂真的金皇冠。“這真是純金的嗎？”他納悶著。他把皇冠送到了阿基米德那裏，叫他搞清楚真相。
“This problem seems difficult to solve. What should I do?” thought Archimedes. “
這個問題似乎很難解決。我該怎麽辦？”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.
當阿基米德往浴池裏倒水的時候他仍然思考著這個難題。當他進入浴池時，壹些水溢了出來。
“That’s it!” shouted Archimedes. “I know how to solve the king’s problem!”?
“就是如此”阿基米德喊道，“我知道如何解決國外的難題了！”
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.?
阿基米德直接去到了宮殿覲見國王。首先，他稱了皇冠，然後像國王要了同等重量的金子。?
Next, he put two pots into two big bowls and filled both pots with water. He put the gold into one pot and some water ran into the bowl. Then he put the crown into the other pot. This time, even more water ran into the bowl.
接著，他放了兩個罐子到兩個大碗裏，然後把罐子註滿了水。他把金子放入其中壹個罐，壹些水跑到了碗裏。然後他把皇冠放入另壹個罐。這壹次，更多的水跑到了碗裏。
“Look at this,” said Archimedes to King Hiero. “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’m certain that it’s not completely made of gold.”
“快看”阿基米德對國王說道。“壹個完全由金子制作的皇冠比壹個由金子和其他金屬制作的皇冠要取代更少的水。這頂皇冠比同等質量的金子取代更多的水，所以我確定這不是純金的。
“The crown maker tricked me , didn’t he? What a bad man he is!” shouted King Hiero. He then sent the crown maker to prison.
“金匠騙了我，對不對？這個大壞人！”海爾羅國王喊道。然後他把金匠投入了監獄。
擴展資料：
archimedes and the crowns的意思是：阿基米德與皇冠
1、Archimedes：n. 阿基米德
2、crowns：n. 王冠( crown的名詞復數 );花冠（有時象征勝利）;王權;（某物的）頂部
例句
1、Archimedes flourished in the3rd century B.C.
阿基米德活躍於公元前三世紀；阿基米德是公元前三世紀的人。
2、Archimedes, you are late again. Don't tell me that you were locked again in the bathroom.
阿基米德，妳又遲到了，別告訴我妳又被鎖在衛生間了。
3、Unlike the youthful Archimedes, your eureka moment may come in a bathtub with safety bars.
和年輕的阿基米德不同的是，妳的我找到了這樣的時刻可能來自帶有安全棒的浴缸裏。
4、You bring your crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city steps.
妳帶著征服了國王的王冠和頭顱踏進了我的領地。
5、Tooth-colored porcelain will cover the metal crowns.
金屬表面覆蓋和牙齒壹樣顏色地瓷。
阿基米德是壹位科學家，生活於距今兩千多年的古希臘時期。阿基米德壹生都在研究科學，在多方面都有建樹。阿基米德的貢獻在於為人類開啟了科學之門。在阿基米德那個年代，科學是個稀有物品，而阿基米德將科學的益處帶給了普通人。阿基米德的貢獻中，對數學的研究是阿基米德對後人最大的貢獻。阿基米德被稱為是最偉大的數學家之壹，阿基米德在數學上有很多的成就。阿基米德研究了微積分，雖然和現代的微積分比起來很淺薄，但在當時來說已經很超前了。
阿基米德在物理學上也有很多貢獻。浮力定理與杠桿定理都是阿基米德發明的。浮力定理與杠桿定理都是阿基米德在完成國王任務時悟出的。浮力定理是阿基米德幫助國王驗證金冠的純度時領悟的，杠桿原理是阿基米德在幫助國王將戰艦拖入海中時領悟的。
阿基米德的貢獻都是在科學方面。在古希臘時期，科學方面雖然是壹片空白，但是也有著零星的幾個科學家。阿基米德在埃及跟隨壹位老師學習了幾何學。後來，阿基米德回到自己的祖國，開始投身科學的研究。阿基米德壹生只活了五十七歲，但是阿基米德卻為人類做出了很多的貢獻。在阿基米德的墓碑上，刻著壹副圓球內切面的圖形，這是當時的人們為了紀念阿基米德在幾何學方面的成就，就在他的墓碑上刻上了這幅幾何圖形。