本杰明 富兰克林自传 读书报告英文

本杰明富兰克林自传读书报告英文

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Reading Report

In my spare time, I read a book named The Autobiography Of Benjamin Franklin. The book was written by Benjamin Franklin. This book contains 298 pages. The book is an autobiography.

The book told me a mass of anecdotes of Benjamin’s life. Benjamin was born in 1706, in Boston. When he was young, after dropping out, he was crazy about reading books so that he became a printer working for his brother to earn money. After several years later, because of conflicts between his brother and him, he decided to leave his hometown to Philadelphia. Experiencing a lot of frustration and miseries, he set up a printing house and got business success. He was not only hardworking, but also he had strong desire and passion for knowledge, and he saved time and money to read books and buy books. Besides, he gained moral perfection by his strict requests to himself. Also, he was interested in Public Affairs, politics and science.

Franklin sought after moral perfection. He included thirteen virtues that was necessary or desirable for him, like temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquillity, chastity, humility. To my surprise, he obtained those virtues as much as possible by methodical train. To the joint influence of the whole mass of the virtues, even in the imperfect state he was able to acquire them, all that evenness in conversation, which makes his company still sought for and agreeable even to his younger acquaintance. He is a pagan, but he believed some religious principles. In his view, reading is the key to happiness. The book is invaluable, his greatest joy. Because of this, he was fluent in French, Italian, Spanish and Latin. Also, he was an inventor. He invented the lighting rod, two-purpose glasses, new stove and new streetlight.

In common with author, I enjoy debating with others. I agree with Benjamin’s words. Debate makes people often extremely disagreeable in company by the contradiction that is necessary to bring it into practice; and thence, besides souring and spoiling the conversation, is productive of disgusts and, perhaps, enmities where you may have occasion for friendship. In fact, if you win the debate, you will feel satisfy. But at the same time, the loser will be upset. Franklin had a friend named Collins. Collins was naturally more eloquent, had a ready plenty of words. And sometimes, as Benjamin’s thought, bore him down more by Collins’s fluency than by the strength of the reasons. His father happened to find Franklin’s letter. Then his father gave him some advice. His father said, though he had the advantage of his antagonist in correct spelling and pointing(which he owed to the printing house), he fell far short in elegance of expression, in method and in perspicuity .From that words, I knew that Franklin was a little proud, but he was modest much. He was willing to accept other’s advice and change himself.

The governor SIR William Keith made an indelible impression on me. Franklin thought that the governor liked his company, and was willing to devote money to his setting up printing house. But a stationer said the governor was a complete rascal. Finally, we know that it was a habit the governor had acquired. He wished to please everybody; and , having little to give, he gave expectations. He was otherwise an ingenious, sensible man, a pretty good writer, and a good governor for the people, though not for his constituents, the proprietaries, whose instructions he sometimes disregarded. Several of their best law were of his planning and passed during his administration. I hate that people. As far as I am concerned, a man should keep his word. If he can’t, he will lose people’s trust.