Basically what he did is he took a very thin metal foil and he bombarded it with charged particles.

简单的说他做的工作是,用一张非常薄的金属箔,然后用带电的粒子轰击它。

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And, they strike a thin foil of metal.

让它们去撞击金属箔。

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