He shot alpha particles which have a charge of plus two.

他入射的阿尔法粒子带有两个正电荷。

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And this is exactly what happened with Marsden who discovered that when he shot the alpha particles at the gold foil he detected something on his detector that click, click, click went a little bit faster.

而对于Marsden来说,就是这样，他发现当他用alpha粒子,轰击金箔的时候，探测器哒哒哒得更快了,他发现一分钟。

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He points out that in the 1798 edition of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, biscuit worms had gotten into the hard-tack, so naturally, he says, "The particular kind of albatross that the mariner shot, I am told, makes a very tolerable broth."

他说在1798年版的《老水手之歌》,给信天翁的食物已然腐烂，所以他自然的认为，“水手们,杀死的信天翁，做成的汤味道不错“

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What makes it true that I killed him is that on Monday I shot him and on Wednesday he died from the wound That's what makes it true ? But when did I kill him?

我杀死他是真的是因为,星期一我开枪打了他,而星期三他因伤去世,这就是为什么是真的,但我什么时候杀的他？

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