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Your reading says that these vessels were not used as batteries in ancient times, but the arguments used in the reading are not convincing.
你的閱讀說這些容器不是用作古代時候的電池，但是閱讀中引用的論據沒有說服力。
The battery explanation could very well be correct.
電池解釋是非常正確的。
First, about the absence of wires or other conductors.
首先，關于沒有電線和導體。
Remember, vessels were discovered by local people, not archaeologists.
不要忘記，容器是當地人發現的，不是考古學家們。
These people might have found other material located near the jars.
這些人也許會在罐子旁邊發現其他的材料。
But since they were not trained archaeologists, they may not have recognized the importance of that material.
但是因為他們不是受過訓練的考古學家，他們也許沒有意識到那些材料的重要性。
So materials serving as wires or conductors might have been overlooked as uninteresting or even thrown away. We'll never known.
所以作為電線和導體的材料也許因為無趣而被忽視甚至扔掉了。我們永遠不會知道。
Second, it is true that the copper cylinders in the vessels are similar to the cylinders used to hold scrolls, but that does not really prove anything.
第二，確實容器中的銅柱是很像用來保存卷軸的圓柱，但是那不能真正證明任何事情。
It's possible that the copper cylinders were originally designed to preserve srolls.
可能銅柱原本是被設計來保存卷軸的。
And that some ancient inventor later discovered that if you use them together with iron rods and some liquid in a clay vessel, they will produce electricity.
而且一些古代的發明家之后發現如果你把它們和鐵棒以及一些液體放在一個粘土容器里，它們會產生電。
That's how the first ancient battery could have been born.
第一個古代電池可能便是那樣產生的。
In other words, the copper cylinders could have been originally used for one purpose, but then adapted for another purpose.
換句話說，銅柱可能原本只被用于一個目的，但是之后適用于其他的目的。
Finally, there's the question of the possible uses of battery in the ancient world.
最后，是在古代世界里電池可能的用途的問題。
Well, the battery could produce a mild shock or tingling sensation when someone touched it.
嗯，電池在有人觸碰它的時候會產生一個輕微的沖擊或者刺痛感。
This could very well have been interpreted as evidence of some invisible power.
這可能會被很好地解釋為一些無形力量的證據。
You can easily see how people could convince others that they had magical powers through the use of the battery.
你輕易便能明白人們如何通過電池的使用來說服他人他們有魔力。
Also, the battery could have been used for healing.
而且，電池也能用于供熱。
Modern medicine uses mild electric current to stimulate muscles and relieve aches and pains.
現代醫學用輕微電流來刺激肌肉和減少疼痛。
Ancient doctors may have used the batteries for the same purpose.
古代醫生也許已經用電池來做相同用途。
