Part I: Inspirational stories of foreign celebrities.
Archimedes
In 2 15 BC, Roman general Maceiras led a large army and brought warships to the historic city of Syracuse. Maceiras thinks Syracuse Gu Chenghui Jr. is self-defeating. Hearing the great reputation of the Roman army, the people in the city did not surrender in Kaesong? However, the question and answer of the Roman army was a series of terrible darts, arrows and stones.
The small shields of the Romans could not resist countless stones, large and small. They were killed and ran for their lives. Suddenly, countless giant crane-type mechanical giants protrude from the city wall. They grabbed Roman warships, hung them in mid-air, and finally threw them on rocks by the sea, or threw them heavily into the sea. The ship was wrecked and people died. Maceiras was lucky not to get hurt, but he was frightened. He completely lost his pride when he first came and became confused. Finally, we had to order a retreat and sail the boat to a safe place. The Roman army suffered heavy casualties and was stunned by the ancient Syracuse.
But where are the enemies? They can't even find a shadow. Maceiras finally said with emotion to the soldiers around him:? How's it going? In this geometry? A hundred-handed giant? In front of us, we have to give up fighting. He threw our warships as a game. In a flash, he threw so many darts, arrows and stones at us. Isn't he worse than the mythical giant with a hundred hands? Did Maceiras say that? A hundred-handed giant? who is it? It turned out that all the educated people at that time knew that Archimedes, the human wizard, lived in the ancient city of Silas. Archimedes, who is over 70 years old, is a world-famous great scientist.
He used levers, pulleys, cranks, screws and gears to defend the ancient city of Sila. He not only used manpower to start the machine for projecting darts, arrows and stone bullets, but also used wind and water power, and used knowledge about balance and center of gravity, curves and the use of force from a distance. No wonder Maceiras easily found the reason for his fiasco. That night, Maceiras approached the city wall overnight. He thinks Asmid's machine can't work.
Unexpectedly, Asmid had already prepared short-distance instruments such as trebuchets, and forced back the Roman army's attack again. The Romans were scared to death. As soon as they saw the wooden beam or rope on the wall, they ran away screaming. Archimedes is here. ? Archimedes was born into a noble family in Syracuse, and his father was an astronomer. Under the influence of his father, Asmid was fond of learning, thinking and arguing since childhood. When I grew up, I traveled across the ocean to study in Alexandria, Egypt. He learned philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, physics and other knowledge from Conon of Samos, a student of the famous scientist Euclid at that time, and finally learned from others and mastered the rich Greek cultural heritage.
After returning to Syracuse, he insisted on keeping in touch with scholars in Alexandria and exchanging scientific research results. He inherited the rigor of Euclid's proof theorem, but his intelligence and achievements were far higher than Euclid's. He closely linked mathematical research with mechanics and mechanics, and used mathematics to study practical problems such as mechanics. Protecting mechanical giants and trebuchets in the battle of Syracuse is the most vivid example, which strongly proves that? Knowledge is power? The truth. During his study in Alexandria, he often walked along the Nile. In the season of long drought and no rain, he saw farmers laboriously pumping water from the Nile to irrigate the land, so he created a spiral water pump to take water from the river through spiral rotation, which saved farmers a lot of effort. Not only used today, but also the original prototype of all propellers used on water and in the air at present.
Hugo
Victor? Hugo is the leader of the French Romantic Movement and one of the greatest writers in the history of French literature.
His life almost spanned the whole19th century, and his literary career lasted for 60 years, with enduring creation. His romantic novels are wonderful and moving, vigorous and powerful, and have permanent charm for readers. Hugo 1802 was born in Shaoshangsong City in the south of France. My grandfather was a carpenter and my father was an officer of the Republican Army. I was once killed by Napoleon's younger brother Joseph of Spain. Bonaparte was awarded the rank of general and was trusted by the king.
Hugo was brilliant and began to write poems at the age of 9. /kloc-Reading Music written at the age of 0/5 won the French Academy Award; At the age of 20, the King of Louis Stanislas Xavier gave him an annuity to publish a collection of poems, Odes and Miscellaneous Poems.
1827, Hugo published the play Cromwell and its preface. Although the script was not performed, the preface was regarded as a declaration of French romanticism and an epoch-making document in the history of literature. It greatly promoted the development of French romantic literature.
From 65438 to 0830, Hugo's play Onani was staged in the Grand Theatre of the French Academy, which had a great influence and established the leading position of romanticism in French literature. Onani tells the story of a robber from Spain, Onani, who rebelled against the king in the16th century. Hugo praised the robber's chivalry and aristocratic temperament, showing a strong anti-feudal tendency.
1830 July, what happened in France? July Revolution? The feudal restoration dynasty was overthrown. Hugo enthusiastically praised the revolution, the revolutionaries, and wrote poems to mourn the heroes who died in the street fighting.
Notre Dame de Paris, published in 183 1, is Hugo's most romantic novel. The plot of the novel is bizarre, tense, vivid, unpredictable, dramatic and legendary. The story happened in the Middle Ages.
April Fool's Day? On that day, wandering gypsy artists performed songs and dances in the square, and a gypsy girl named Esmeralda attracted passers-by. She dances beautifully. At this time, the vice bishop of Notre Dame de Paris Claude? Frollo suddenly fell in love with the beautiful Melada, and he fell madly in love with her. So he ordered the church bell ringer, and ugly quasimodo took Esmeralda away.
As a result, Fabi, the captain of the French king's bow and arrow, saved Esmeralda and captured quasimodo. He took the bell ringer to the square and whipped him, but the kind gypsy girl gave quasimodo water to drink. The bell ringer is ugly in appearance, but pure and noble in heart. He was very grateful to Esmeralda and fell in love with her. Naive Esmeralda fell in love with Fabi at first sight. When they were dating, frollo followed them quietly. Out of jealousy, he stabbed Fabi with a knife and ran away. Hermes Rada was sentenced to death for murder.
Quasimodo took Esmeralda out from under the gallows and hid it in Notre Dame. Frollo took the opportunity to threaten gypsy girls to satisfy his lust. After being rejected, he handed her over to the king's army and the innocent girl was hanged. Quasimodo angrily pushed frollo out of the church and died. He hugged Esmeralda's body and died. The novel shows Hugo's strong hatred for the feudal government and the church, and also reflects his deep sympathy for the lower classes.
July Revolution? Then France established the financier Louis? Big bourgeois rule headed by Philip? July dynasty. ? The July dynasty kept wooing Hugo, and Hugo was elected to the French Academy on 184 1, and on 1845, Louis? Philip made him a French aristocrat and became a member of the House of Lords. Hugo's enthusiasm for struggle in creation has weakened. 1843, he wrote a mysterious play "garrison officer", which was booed by the audience and failed. Hugo was silent for nearly 10 years without writing.