美国文学欣赏课件Benjamin_Franklin

A scientist
philanthropist
diplomat
Benjamin Franklin (17061790) His contributions
• His Contributions to Society a. Pennsylvania Hospital; b. America’s first circulating library in Philadephia; c. University of Pennsylvania; d. American Philosophical Society; e. the postal system.
• “The Scottish philosopher David Hume called him America’s “first great man of letters”.”
b. And for his lightning-rod, he was called “the new Prometheus who had stolen fire from heaven.”
c. the theories of electricity; first applied the terms “positive” and “negative” to electrical charges.
Benjamin Franklin (17061790)
• His Contributions to Science
a. Inventions : Franklin stove, effective street lighting, bifocal glasses, a miniature printing press, efficient heating devices and even a strange musical instrument called an “armonica”玻璃口琴.
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• America has never forgotten Benjamin Franklin because he did both.
• Today, we honor Franklin as one of the Founding Fathers and as one of America’s greatest citizens.
founded a
Peace with England,
school and a
The Constitution hospital.
the great man of letters
Autobiography
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Poor Richard’s Almanac 《穷
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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
d. He was one of the first men to study and map the Gulf Stream(墨西哥湾流) .
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
• His Contributions to the U.S.
a. He supported the cause of independence, served in the Continental Congress, and aided Jefferson in writing the Declaration of Independence.
★ He appears on the American 100 dollar bill.
Franklin on U.S. Postage
• Benjamin Franklin has been honored on US Postage stamps many times
Franklin’s Kite Experiment
politician, public-spirited citizen, prose writer
He was the only
American to sign the founded the
four documents that
first public
created the United
library,
The Representative of AmБайду номын сангаасrican Enlightenment:
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
• If you would not be forgotten , as soon as you are dead & rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.
d. Therefore, Franklin is a writer, printer, publisher, scientist, philanthropist, and diplomat.
Benjamin Franklin (17061790)
Evaluation
• “Franklin was the only good American author before the Revolutionary War.”
b. He conducted the difficult negotiations with France that brought financial and military support for America in the war.
c. He was a delegate to the conversation that wrote the Constitution.
States:
organized the
The Declaration of first fire
Independence,
department and
The Treaty of
the first paid
Alliance with France, police force,
The Treaty of