本杰明富兰克林.pptxVIP

 美国 牛人——本杰明·富兰克林;Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790);“牛人”简介;“牛人诞生”;“牛人诞生”;His contributions;His contributions;His contributions;Literary Achievement; ;The Autobiography 《本杰明·富兰克林自传》; By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. 没有准备的人，就是在准备失败。 Lifes tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. 人生的悲剧就在于我们衰老得太早而又聪明得太晚。 Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor. 知足使贫穷的人富有；而贪婪使富足的人贫穷。 At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty , the wit; and at forty, the judgment. 二十岁时起支配作用的是意志,三十岁时是机智,四十岁时是判断。;“Franklin was the only good American author before the Revolutionary War.” “The Scottish philosopher(哲学家) David Hume called him America’s “first great man of letters”.” “He was the first great self-made(自力更生的) man in America, a poor democrat(民主党人) born in an aristocratic(贵族政治的) age that his fine example helped to liberalize(自由化).”;“Franklin was the embodiment of American dream.”(美国梦的化身) “Franklin was a spokesman for the new order of the 18th century enlightenment(启蒙运动).” When Franklin died in 1790, at the age of 84, he was an honored figure, mourned by many nations. One of his fellow Americans said, “His shadow lies heavier than any other man’s on this young nation.”