兒童英語故事帶翻譯:阿基米德之死

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    After a two-year-long siege, Roman forces under General Marcellus captured Syracuse in 212 BC. The city is said to have fallen due to a peace party opening a small door in the wall to negotiate a peace, but the Romans charged through the door.
    公元前二一二年,馬塞勒斯將軍率領(lǐng)羅馬軍隊(duì)圍攻西拉庫斯兩年之后,終于攻陷城池。據(jù)說,西拉庫斯陷落,是因?yàn)樽h和代表團(tuán)打開城墻一道小門,準(zhǔn)備出城談判,不料羅馬軍隊(duì)乘機(jī)沖進(jìn)城中。
    According to the popular account given by Greek biographer Plutarch, Archimedes was contemplating a mathematical diagram when the city was taken. A Roman soldier commanded him to come and meet General Marcellus, but he declined, saying that he had to finish working on the problem. The soldier was enraged and killed him with his sword. General Marcellus was reportedly angered by the death of Archimedes, as he had ordered him not to be harmed.
    希臘傳記作家蒲魯塔克筆下有一個(gè)膾炙人口的故事:西拉庫斯淪陷時(shí),阿基米德正在研究數(shù)學(xué)圖表。一個(gè)羅馬士兵命令他前去謁見馬塞勒斯將軍,但他拒絕,說要先解決眼前的數(shù)學(xué)問題。那士兵大怒,一劍取了他性命。根據(jù)傳說,馬塞勒斯將軍聽到阿基米德死了,很不高興:他曾下令不得傷害阿基米德。