Few people can stand for the spirit of earlier America as much as Benjamin Franklin.

很少有人能像本杰明·富兰克林那样代表早期美国精神。

In American history, Benjamin Franklin was a scientist, inventor and writer as well as a leader of the American Revolution.

在美国历史上，本杰明·富兰克林是一位科学家、发明家和作家，同时也是美国革命的领袖。

In 1752, Benjamin Franklin tied a key to a kite and flew it in a storm to find out that lightning was a form of electricity.

1752年，本杰明·富兰克林将一把钥匙系在风筝上，在暴风雨中放飞，他发现了闪电是电的一种形式。

Benjamin Franklin produced some of his best writings at the age of 84, and Pablo Picasso put brush to canvas right through his eighties.

本杰明·富兰克林在84岁时创作了一些最好的作品，巴勃罗·毕加索直到80多岁还在画布上作画。

There's Benjamin Franklin, the very model of the self-educated, self-made man, who rose from modest origins to become a well-known scientist, philosopher, and statesman.

本杰明·富兰克林是自学成才、自力更生的典范；他出身寒微，后来成为著名的科学家、哲学家和政治家。

Benjamin Franklin might disagree.

本杰明·富兰克林也许会不赞同。

Benjamin Franklin was a good businessman.

本杰明·富兰克林是一位杰出的商人。

Benjamin Franklin wondered about lightning.

本杰明·富兰克林不明白闪电是怎么回事。

How does one characterize Benjamin Franklin?

怎么描绘本杰明·富兰克林（Benjamin Franklin）呢？

"Dost thou love life?" Benjamin Franklin once said.

本杰明·富兰克林曾经说过：“你热爱生命吗？”

As Benjamin Franklin said, "Those things that hurt, instruct." it.

如本杰明·富兰克林曾说，“应该从痛苦艰辛中学习和获得指示。”

Benjamin Franklin said, "he that can have patience can have what he will."

本杰明·富兰克林曾说过“能够拥有耐心的人能够拥有他想要的一切。”

That was Benjamin Franklin, not because he was in the habit of getting up early.

那个人就是本杰明·富兰克林,不过他那么做并不是因为他是一个习惯早起的人。 在1784年,他是美国派驻法国的专员。

It's actually attributed to Benjamin Franklin, one of the nation's founding fathers.

实际上，此话出自国父之一，本杰明·富兰克林。

Benjamin Franklin is regarded as one of the wisest and most practical men in history.

本杰明·富兰克林被认为是历史上最有智慧并最为务实的人之一。

The early American hero Benjamin Franklin expressed this view best: "Do you love life?"

早期的美国英雄班哲明？富兰克林将这种想法表达得最淋漓尽致：“你爱生命吗？”

"In THIS world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes," mused Benjamin Franklin.

本杰明·富兰克林曾沉思，“在这个世界上，除了死亡和税收，没有什么是确定无疑的”。

Benjamin Franklin imbued in us the zeal to work and encouraged the inclination for self-improvement.

我们对工作的热情以及自我改善的倾向来自本杰明·富兰克林。

"The one-liner, he says, was" invented, or at any rate brought to the forefront, by Benjamin Franklin.

他认为单行短笑话是“由本杰明·富兰克林所创造，或者说是由他推向大众。”

American schoolchildren are raised on stories about inventors such as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison.

伴随美国学童成长的是本杰明·富兰克林和托马斯·爱迪生这类发明家的故事。

Look at all the smart people in history who wore glasses such as Benjamin Franklin, Ghandi, and Woodrow Wilson.

看看历史上那些睿智的人物——本杰明·富兰克林、甘地、伍德罗·威尔逊等——你眼睛即使没坏也可以戴上眼镜啊！

This was also a central theme in two previous biographies by Isaacson, about Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein.

这也是沃尔特·艾萨克森之前写的富兰克林传和爱因斯坦传的核心主题。

If you are do, you cannot join the likes of Benjamin Franklin and Leonardo da Vinci in the ranks of the sleepless elite.

如果是这样，你就不能加入本杰明·富兰克林和李奥纳多·达芬奇的“无眠分子”行列。