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本杰明·富兰克林如果今天还活着,他决不会对今天的一切感到陌生。事实上,他做过许许多多改观我们生活方式的事情。此刻你也许会点点头说:“啊,是的——我们小学五年级时就知道老富兰克林的一切了。”好吧,让我们来看一看你是否真正知道“富兰克林的一切。” 你大概知道,他是个结实而谢了顶的老人;曾装个探针在风筝上放上天空,也曾在“独立宣言”上签过字。这一切都不假,但关于这位产生过许多实用的主意、用很多不同方式挽救过他的国家的人物,仍有不少轶事鲜为人知。
If Benjamin Franklin is alive today, he will never be unfamiliar with everything today. In fact, he has done many things to improve our way of life. Now you may nod and say, “Ah, yes - we knew everything about Franklin during the fifth grade of elementary school.” Well, let’s see if you really know “Franklin’s everything.” You probably He knew he was a strong, thank-you-old man. He had put a probe on the sky to put a kite, and also signed the Declaration of Independence. None of this is false, but many anecdotes remain unknown about this man who had produced many practical ideas and saved his country in many different ways.