阿基米德洗澡发现浮力原理的故事
关于浮力原理，有这样一个美丽的传说，据说，在一次，希耶隆二世制造了一顶金王冠，但是，他总是怀疑金匠偷了他的金，在王冠中掺了银。
于是，他请来阿基米德鉴定，条件是不许弄坏王冠。当时，人们并不知道不同的物质有不同的比重，阿基米德冥思苦想了好多天，也没有好的办法。有一天，他去洗澡，刚躺进盛满温水的浴盆时，水便漫溢出来，而他则感到自己的身体在微微上浮。于是他忽然想到，相同重量的物体，由于体积的不同，排出的水量也不同—……他不再洗澡，从浴盆中跳出来，一丝不挂地从大街上跑回家。当他的仆人气喘吁吁地追回家时，阿基米德已经在作实验；他把王冠放到盛满水的盆中，量出溢出的水，又把同样重量的纯金放到盛满水的盆中，但溢出的水比刚才溢出的少，于是，他得出金匠在王冠中掺了银子。由此，他发现了浮力原理，并在名著《论浮体》记载了这个原理，人们今天称之为阿基米德原理。
小学老师都这么教的，我们也就是这样记住了，阿基米德——称皇冠——洗澡——发现浮力原理。可是，等到学习中学物理时，我才知道什么是浮力原理：浸在液体里的物体受到竖直向上的浮力，浮力的大小等于被物体排开的液体受到的重力的大小。
在称皇冠这个故事当中，阿基米德其实只证明了一件事，即相同材质、相同重量的物体所排开水的体积相同，并不能证明它所受到的浮力等于它所排开水的重量，用这个故事根本不能说明阿基米德原理的内容！
其实这个故事还有下文，那个工匠被国王斩首，而阿基米德也得到了国王的嘉奖。若干年后，有一个老妇人前来找阿基米德，老妇人拿出一个黄金的圆球，并请求阿基米德帮忙测试她请人做的这个金球是否被别人偷取了黄金！确定原始总量和金球没有差别后，阿基米德便用以前的排水法测试体积，结果发现按照阿基米德的理论，该金球被惨进了其他成分！就当阿基米德当众公布结果时，老妇人却气愤得将金球一切为二，出人意料，金球是空心的！老妇人是那个工匠的母亲，为了昭雪自己的儿子，她用了数年的时间设法证明阿基米德是错误的。而结果确实被她办到了，阿基米德疏忽了皇冠上的无数金饰件中有许多是空心的，而其结果也直接导致了阿基米德这个方法的狭隘性！
第二篇：阿基米德发现浮力的小故事-英语话剧
A story of Archimedes
（旁白）：The king asked a goldsmith to make a crown of pure gold. After the goldsmith finished the crown, the king doubt that the crown is not pure, but he didn't know how to prove his guess. So he asked Archimedes to do this thing.
（国王）The king: Archimedes, I have heard of that you are a clever man.
（阿基米德）Archimedes: Your majesty, thanks for your admiration.
The king: You come to close me. Now I will give you a chance to prove your wisdom. If you success, I will reward you a lot of money. But if you fail, you will have to die.
Archimedes( be afraid of and sweat): (he sweat his face and say) Your majesty, I will try my best to do everything you ordered. The king: I will give you a week to check out wether this new crown is pure gold or not.
Archimedes: Yes.
（旁白）After Archimedes went home. Archimedes thought for six days. But he still had no ideas about that. One day,
Archimedes went to bathhouse to take a bath. When he stepped into the bathtub, some water overflow from the basin edge. He
stared at the water flow over the edge, Suddenly he shout.
Archimedes: Haha, I got it, I got it. （阿基米德手舞足蹈的样子）I know how to do with the new crown.
（旁白）Then Archimedes rush out the bathhouse in naked. The common people one: Wow, this man is crazy. He is mad. The common people two: Oh, my god. He doesn't wear anything. There is must something wrong with his head.
（旁白）The seventh day, Archimedes come to the palace to meet the king.
The king: Archimedes, today is the last day. Now, I think you have got your way to solve the problem.
Archimedes: Yes, Your majesty, I have already know how to deal with this matter.
The king: OK, let's just start you test.
Then Archimedes did his test and told the king his result. Archimedes: Your majesty, after my test, I have know that the new crown is not made of pure gold, but made of both gold and sliver.
The goldsmith: this can not be true. I have thought there is no one will discovery this thing.
The king: 国王脸色变了，很愤怒的样子
然后金匠跪在地上求国王饶他不死，说道：Your majesty，
please do not kill me、、、、、、、、
The king（对士兵说道）: drageed out and kill him.
The king: 然后对阿基米德说道：Oh, my dear Archimedes, you are so clever. Congratulations. I will compliance with commitment to reward you lots of money.
Archimedes: Your majesty, many thanks.
里面有的情节不需要说话，话剧主要靠表情和动作把 你的意思演出来，台词只是起辅助作用的。中国人演英语话剧，主要还是表现力别人才能明白你的。祝你们演出愉快啊！