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（正文1310个单词）Reading ReportIn 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.In addition, Franklin’s behavior was admirable. He taught me how to make friends with opponent. Franklin engaged in politics and a person always was against him. So he found a peaceful way to solve the problem. He knew the opponent had a certain very scarce and curious book. So he wrote a note to the opponent expressing his desire of perusing that book owed requesting he would give him the favor of lending it to him for a few days. The opponent sent it immediately and Franklin returned it in about a week with another note expressing strongly his sense of the favor. The opponent ever after manifested a readiness to serve him on all occasions, so that they became great friends and their friendship continued to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim, which says, He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged. And it shows how much more how much more profitable it is prudently to remove, than to resent ,return, and continue inimical proceedings.Franklin was interested in public affairs. The city watch was one of the first things that he conceived to want regulation. In the past, it was managed by the constables of the respective wards in turn; the constable warned a number of housekeepers to attend him for the night. Those who chose never to attend, paid him six shillings a year to be excused, which was supposed to be for hiring substitutes but was, in reality, much more than was necessary for that purpose and made the constableship a place of profit. Franklin thought it’s unfair. Then he proposed as a more effectual watch, the hiring of proper men to serve constantly in that business; and as a more equitable way of supporting the charge, the levying a tax that should be proportioned to the property. The second great thing is that Franklin organized a fire company. Also he constituted some rules to make the organization running well. For example, the small fines that have been paid by members for absence at the monthly meetings have been applied to the purchase of fire engines, fire hooks, and other useful implements for each company. It’s also practicable at present. How smart Franklin was! Though eras are different, solution is always invariable. I have to praise Franklin’s wisdom.The most meaningful thing Franklin did was establishing the first library in the world. At the beginning, doing every thing would meet questions. So Franklin did. At first, Franklin advised, since their books were often referred to in their disquisitions upon the queries, it might be convenient to them to have books altogether where they met, that upon occasion they might consulted, and by thus clubbing their books to a common library, they should, while they liked to keep books together, have each of them the advantage of using the books of all the other members, which would be nearly as beneficial as if each owned the whole. Everybody agreed it. Though books had been of great use, some inconveniences occurring for want of due care of them, the collection, after about a year, was separated, and each took his books home again. Finally, Franklin set on foot his first project of a public nature, that for a subscription library. And with his friends’help, he established the first library, procured 50 subscribers of forty shillings each to begin with. This was the mother of all the North American subscription libraries, now so numerous.I advice us read this book. That book takes a good example. Franklin is an almost perfect person. He has many virtues, like industry, sincerity, humility, frugality. I admire him very much. Besides, he is not only a successful business man, but also is a smart scientist. What’s more, he established the first library in the world. He is amazing.To sum up, The Autobiography Of Benjamin Franklin is a good book because of great Franklin. I will try my best to be a better person like him.。