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• 省一文等于挣一文；聚沙可以成塔，积水可以成河 。 • 早睡早起,使人健康、富有和聪明 。 • 天助自助者 。 • 小小开支不可随意，小小漏洞会沉大船。 • 吃饭是为了活着,活着不是为了吃饭。 • 选择朋友要谨慎，换朋友更要谨慎。
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 《本杰明·富兰克林自传》
In 1751, he helped to establish an academy that eventually the university of Pennsylvania.
In 1748, he began to devoted the rest of life to science, literature, diplomacy. On March 17,1790, he died
Businessman Printer Scientist
Statesman
Writer
Diplomat
Model of the American dream
Inventor Philosopher
Franklin’s Contributions to Society
Humanitarian American first circulating library University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia hospital Pennsylvania militia
• God helps those who help themselves. • Beware of little expenses: a small leak will leak
a great ship. • Eat to live, and not live to eat. • Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in
Litery Works
1. Poor Richard’s Almanac
《穷查理的年历》/《格言历书》
• Modeled on farmers’ annual calendar;
• Kept publishing for many years;
• Includes many classical sayings:
effective street lighting, the Franklin stove, bifocal glasses and efficient heating devices.
Franklin’s Contributions to the U.S.
a statesman, diplomat ,negotiator He conducted the difficult negotiations with France that brought financial and military support for America in the war He was the only American to sign the four documents that created the United States: The Declaration of Independence, The Treaty of Alliance with France, The Treaty of Peace with England, The Constitution
Excerpts / ˈeksɜːpt/ from Poor Richard’s Almanac
• “A penny saved is a penny earned.”
• “Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
At 17, he ran away to Philadelphia to make his own fortune and became a successful printer and publisher.
At 24, as the owner and the editor of Pennsylvania Gazette , he made the periodical (周刊，杂志)popular.
Serving god best is to contribute your talent
to the people and community
Franklin’s Contributions to Science
A scientist with lots of inventions and a famous experiment (kite, electricity, thunderstorm); first applied the terms “positive” and “negative” to electrical charges.
Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790)
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1. Life Experience 2. Great Contributions 3. Literary Works 4. Evaluation
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Life Experience
He was born in Boston, the youngest son of a poor craftsman on January 17,1706. He had little formal education, but he taught himself by reading widely.
It was considered to be the greatest autobiography produced in Colonial America which was published here contained 14 chapters.
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