富兰克林和美元.ppt

I. His Achievements As a publisher As a scientist As a figure in social activities As a politician As a writer 1. As a publisher There are 17 children in his family and his father is a soap and candle maker. By 1729 Franklin had started his own printing house Editing and publishing a newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette (later The Saturday Evening Post). . 2. As a scientist:创造的许多专用名词如正电、负电、导电体、电池、充电、放电等成为世界通用的词汇 Franklin stove bifocal glasses (双光眼镜) Glass Harmonica (玻璃琴) lightning rod避雷针 3. As a figure in social activities Establishing an intellectual community in Philadelphia. In 1727 he and a group of friends established a men’s reading club in Philadelphia called the Junto, a club for informal discussion of scientific, economic and political ideas. Establish America’s first circulating library, founded the college— University of Pennsylvania. Developing the postal system. he was the first postmaster general 4. As a politician counsel the British toward policies that would let America grow and flourish in association with England. conducted difficult negotiations with France that brought financial and military support for America. supported the cause of independence, aiding Jefferson in writing The Declaration of Independence the only man to sign the four documents most important in the founding of the United States: The Declaration of Independence, The Treaty of Alliance with France, The Treaty of Paris, and The Constitution. 5.As a writer Major Works: 1 Poor Richard’s Almanac a yearly almanac, using the pseudonym of “Poor Richard” including the typical calendar, weather, poems, and astronomical and astrological (占星的) information a storehouse of Franklin’s aphorisms (格言) and proverbs: thrift and courtesy, with just a dash of cynicism. Some sample maxims from Almanac God helps them that help themselves. Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day. Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. Early to be