And what was known about alpha particles at the time is that they were these charged particles and that they were very heavy.

当时对alpha粒子的理解,是它们是带电的而且非常重，有谁知道的,比Rutherford时代的多吗。

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So, what he could conclude thus far was that this was really consistent with the Plum Pudding model. All of his heavily-charged alpha particles were going right through this thin layer of gold atoms.

和布丁模型是吻合的,所有的重alpha粒子,都穿过金原子,你们也许会觉得,他可以就此。

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