本杰明·富兰克林于1706年出生在美国波士顿的一个贫苦家庭。他在17岁时来到费城的一间印刷厂当了一名印刷工。渴求知识的他利用在印刷厂做工的环境,如饥似渴地阅读了大量的书籍。知识改变了他的境遇。1731年,25岁的他已是社会上知名的政治家和科学家。此时,他倡议建成了北美第一个图书馆。 Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 to a poor family in Boston, United States. When he was 17 years old, he came to a printing house in Philadelphia as a printer. Craving for knowledge, he read a lot of books eagerly using the environment of a printing house. Knowledge changes his situation. In 1731, 25 years old, he was already a well-known politician and scientist in society. At this point, he proposed the construction of the first North American library.