英语作文《曹冲称象》

英语作文《曹冲称象》

one day somebody sent cao cao an elephant．cao cao wanted to know its weight，but there was nothing big enough to weigh it on．cao chong told his father he could weigh the elephant if he had a big boat and a lot of heavy stones．cao cao and some other people were very surprised，but still he ordered his men to get everything ready．when they led the elephant down into the boat，the water came up，then cao chong marked the water line．then they drove the elephant onto the bank and put the heavy stones in the boat until the water came up to the same line．at last，cao chong told the men to weigh each of the stones．in this way，he weighed the elephant．

Chong was known for his quip from an early age. When he grew to 5 or 6 years old his intelligence was match for an adult. One time, Quan sent an elephant over and Cao wanted to know the weight. They asked around for an approach but nobody could propose one. Then Chong said, we can lead the elephant to a boat, mark the water and replace the elephant with other things. We can know the weight of the elephant by weighing the stuff on the boat

Cao Chong Weighed The Elephant One day somebody sent Cao Cao an elephant．e69da5e887aae799bee5baa6e79fa5e9819331333337383234Cao Cao wanted to know how heavy the elephant was, but there was no scale big enough to get it weighed．Cao Chong, the younger son of Ca Cao told his father he could weigh the elephant if he had a big boat and a lot of heavy stones．Cao Cao and some other people were very surprised, but still he ordered his men to get everything ready．When they led the elephant down into the boat, the water came up, then Cao Chong make a mark of the water line on the side of the boat. After they drove the elephant onto the bank, they put the heavy stones in the boat until the water came up to the same line on the side of the boat．At last, Cao Chong told the men to weigh how heavy the stones were．In this way, he got the weight of the elephant．