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2017年12月英语四级美文100篇汇总
TheStoryofSissa
Therewasonceavictimofoverwhelmingnumbers
calledKingShirhamofIndia,
who,accordingtotheoldlegend,
wantedtorewardhisgrandPrimeMinisterSissaforinventing
andpresentingtohimthegameofchess.
Thedesireofthecleverministerseemedverymodest.
“Majesty,”hesaidkneelinginfrontoftheking,
“givemeagrainofwheattoputonthefirstsquareofthischessboard,
andtwograinstoputonthesecondsquare,
andfourgrainstoputonthethird.
Andso,ohKing,doublingthenumberforeachsucceedingsquare,
givemeenoughgrainstocoverall64squareoftheboard.”
“Youdonotaskformuch,ohmyfaithfulservant,”
exclaimedtheking,
secretlyenjoyingthethought
thathisliberalproposalofagifttotheinventor
wouldnotcosthimmuchofhistreasure.
“Yourwishwillcertainlybegranted.”
Andheorderedabagofwheattobebroughttothethrone.
Butwhenthecountingbegan,
itwasfoundthatthebagwasemptied
beforethetwentiethsquarewasaccountedfor.
Morebagsofwheatwerebroughtbeforetheking
butthenumberofgrainsneededforeachsucceedingsquare
increasedsorapidly
thatitsoonbecameclearthatwithallthecropofIndian
thekingcouldnotfulfillhispromisetoSissa.
Todosowouldhaverequired18，446，744，073，709，551，615grains!
Assumingthatabushelofwheatcontainsabout5milliongrains,
onewouldneedsome4×1012bushelstosatisfythedemandofSissa.
Sincetheworldproductionofwheataveragesabout2×109bushelsayear,
theamountrequestedbytheministerwasthatoftheworld’swheatproduction
fortheperiodofsometwothousandyears!
ThusKingShirhamfoundhimselfdeepindebttohisminister
andhadeithertofacetheincessantflowofthelatter’sdemands,
ortocuthisheadoff.
Wesuspectthathechosethelatteralternative.
2017年12月英语四级美文100篇汇总
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