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Often she teased him with the question, "Can you weigh an elephant, Teddy?"
她經(jīng)常用這樣的話來取笑他：“泰迪，你能稱一頭大象嗎？”
At last, while eating his supper, Teddy suddenly cried out,"I have it now!"
后來，就在吃晚飯時，泰迪突然大喊道：“我終于知道了！”
"Do you think so?" asked his mother.
“你確定嗎？”媽媽問他。
"How would you do it," asked Lily.
莉麗也問道：“你想怎么稱呀。”
First, I would have a big boat brought very close to the shore, and would have planks laid across, so that the elephant could walk right into it.
首先，我需要有一艘大船，能夠非常接近岸邊，并且還要鋪上木板以便能從岸上登船，這樣，大象就能直接走上去了。
"Oh, such a great, heavy beast would make it sink low in the water,"said Lily.
“哇，像這么體態(tài)肥碩的巨獸一定會讓船沉下去的。”莉麗說。
"Of course it would," said her brother.
“當(dāng)然會了，”她的哥哥說，
Then I would mark on the outside of the boat the exact height to which the water had risen all around it while the elephant was inside.
接著，我就會在船舷一側(cè)標(biāo)出大象站在船上時確切的水面高度。
Then he should march on shore, leaving the boat quite empty.
然后，讓它走上岸，讓空船靜止下來。
"But I don't see the use of all this," said Lily.
“我可不認為這樣做有什么用。”莉麗說。
"Don't you?" cried Teddy, in surprise.
泰迪吃驚地大喊：“你認為沒用嗎？
Why, I should then bring the heaps of silver, and throw them into the boat till their weight would sink it to the mark made by the elephant.
為什么，我還會把大批白銀放到船上，直到它們的重量使船下沉到那個稱大象時的刻度。
That would show that the weight of each was the same.
這樣就能顯示出它們的重量相等了。
"How funny!" cried Lily; "you would make a weighing machine of the boat?"
“多么有趣呀！你會做出一個和船一樣的秤重機嗎？”
"That is my plan," said Teddy.
“這還真是我的計劃。”泰迪說。
"That was the sailor's plan," said his mother.
“這也正是水手的方案，”他的媽媽說，
"You have earned the orange, my boy;” and she gave it to him with a smile.
“我的兒子，你贏得了橘子。”她微笑著把橘子給了泰迪。
