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. 古希腊的一天，海尔罗国王请一位制作皇冠的人给他制作一顶金皇冠。起初，他对皇冠感到非常高兴。 “Look at this,” said Archimedes to King Hiero. “A crown made completely of gold displaces less water than a crown made of gold an d 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”阿基米德对国王说道。“一个完全由金子制作的皇冠比一个由金子和其他金属制作的皇冠要取代更少的水。这顶皇冠比同等质量的金子取代更多的水，所以我确定这不是纯金的。 “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. “金匠骗了我，对不对？这个大坏人！”海尔罗国王喊道。然后他把金匠投入了监狱。