the king and rice课文
A long time ago, there was a king in India. The king's favourite game was chess.
One day, a wise old man came to the place and the king challenged him to a game. The king promised the old man, "You can have any prize if you win the game."
The old man said, "If I win the game, I'd like one grain of rice for the first square of the chessboard, two for the second, four for the third, and then double the amount for each of the rest of the squares."
"Is that all?" asked the king. "Wouldn't you like gold or silver instead?"
"No, just rice," replied the old man.
The king and the old man played the game for a long time, Finally, the old man won, So the king ordered his men to collect a bag of rice.
He put one grain on the first square, two on the second, and so on. The king quickly realized the problem-even with all the rice in the country, the would still not have enough rice to put on all the squares!
课文翻译
很久以前，印度有个国王。国王最喜欢的游戏是棋子。有一天，一个聪明的老人来到这里，国王向他挑战。国王向老人保证，如果你赢了比赛，你可以得到任何奖品。老人说，如果我赢了，棋盘的第一格要一粒米，第二格要两粒，第三格要四粒，剩下的每一格要加倍”就这些吗? ”国王问道。
”难道你不想要金子或者银子吗? ”“不，只要米饭，”老人回答。国王和老人玩了很长时间，最后，老人赢了，于是国王命令他的人去收集一袋米。他在第一个方格上放一粒，在第二个方格上放两粒，以此类推。国王很快意识到了这个问题——即使全国有这么多米，他们仍然没有足够的米来铺设所有的广场！
A long time ago, there was a king in India. The king's favourite game was chess.
One day, a wise old man came to the place and the king challenged him to a game. The king promised the old man, "You can have any prize if you win the game."
The old man said, "If I win the game, I'd like one grain of rice for the first square of the chessboard, two for the second, four for the third, and then double the amount for each of the rest of the squares."
"Is that all?" asked the king. "Wouldn't you like gold or silver instead?"
"No, just rice," replied the old man.
The king and the old man played the game for a long time, Finally, the old man won, So the king ordered his men to collect a bag of rice. He put one grain on the first square, two on the second, and so on. The king quickly realized the problem-even with all the rice in the country, the would still not have enough rice to put on all the squares!本回答被提问者和网友采纳