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1、Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林 本杰明.富兰克林（Benjamin Franklin）(1706-1790)资本主义精神最完美的代表，十八世纪美国最伟大的科学家和发明家，著名的政治家、外交家、文学家和航海家以及美国独立战争的伟大领袖。Franklins services as a diplomat in France helped greatly in wining the Revolutionary war. Many historians consider him the ablest and most successful diplomat that America
2、has ever sent abroad. Benjamin Franklin was the most famous and influential Americans who have ever lived. He was a printer, author, diplomat(外交家), philosopher, scientist, and a greatest statesman, and he did the moat to make the United States a free and independent country.富兰克林本人对节俭、责任、勤劳与朴素的见解。A p
3、enny saved is a penny earned. 省一分，挣挣一分。Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 早睡早起，体健、财财多、头头晴朗。God helps them that help themselves. 自助者天助。Little strokes fell great oaks.小斧慢砍，巨树树可断。热心公共事业的富兰克林 In 1731 he founded what was probably the first public library in America. H
4、e formed the city police when he saw that criminals were getting away without punishment. He raised money to help built a city hospital, the Pennsylvania Hospital. The city had no school for higher education, so he helped found the academy that grew into the University of Pennsylvania.科学家富兰克林Frankli
5、n was one of the first persons in the world to experiment with electricity. He conducted his most famous electrical experiment at Philadelphia in 1752(费费城实验实验).He flew a homemade kite during a thunderstorm, and proved that lightning is electricity. Then he invented the lightning rod to save building
6、s from damage.科学家富兰克林He became the first scientist to study the movement of the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean.Franklins scientific work won him many high honors. The Royal Society of London(伦伦敦皇家学会) elected him to membership, a rare honor for a person living in the colonies.外交家富兰克林Soon after the
7、 colonies declared their independence in July 1776, Franklin was sent to France as the American envoy, and he remained there until 1785. He was very popular among the French people, who were charmed by his kindness, his simple dress and manner, his wise and witty sayings, and his tact and courtesy i
8、n greeting the nobility and common people alike.envoy使者；代表 witty机智的；言辞诙谐诙谐 的tact老练练；圆圆滑 courtesy礼貌；彬彬有礼外交家富兰克林When the American won the Saratoga（萨拉托加）, the French agreed to a treaty of alliance(盟约). Franklin then made arrangement for the French to send their fleet to America. He managed to keep loan
9、s and gifts of money flowing to the United States. Many historians believed that without this aid the Americans could not have won their independence.Alliance结结盟；联联盟 fleet舰队舰队 ；海军军伟人的离去 His last public act was to sign an appeal to Congress urging the abolition of slavery. Franklin died in Philadelphia in 1790, at the age of 84. He left 5000 each to Boston and Philadelphia, to be used for public works.译文：他为公共事业所做的最后一件事是签署一份请愿书递交国会，敦促废除奴隶制：富兰克林于1790年秋逝世于费城，享年84岁，他为波士顿和费城个留下5000美元，用于市政工程的建设。THE ENDThank you !
