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Later in life, Benjamin Franklin participated in the Constitutional Convention (or the meetings to write the country's most important legal document, the Constitution).
在后來的生活中，本杰明·富蘭克林參加了制憲會議（或起草該國最重要的法律文件——憲法的會議）。
At 79 years old, he was the oldest member there.
時(shí)年79歲，他是會議上最年長的成員。
Benjamin Franklin loved books.
本杰明·富蘭克林熱愛書籍。
He wrote a popular book called Poor Richard's Almanac.
他寫了一本名為《窮理查年鑒》的暢銷書。
This book was printed every year and had many different kinds of information, including the weather, a calendar, poems, and more.
這本書每年都印刷，它里面有各種各樣的信息，包括天氣、日歷、詩歌等等。
Benjamin Franklin made a lot of money by printing Poor Richard's Almanac and many other books.
印刷《窮理查年鑒》和很多其他書籍讓本杰明·富蘭克林賺了不少錢。
At that time, books were very expensive and very few people could buy books.
在那時(shí)，書籍非常昂貴，很少有人能買得起。
So Benjamin Franklin had the idea to create a free library, or a building that would have many books that people could read without having to buy the books.
因此，本杰明·富蘭克林萌生了創(chuàng)建免費(fèi)圖書館的想法，或是建造一棟人們不用買就能閱讀大量書籍的建筑物。
America's first library opened in 1731 and soon they became very popular all over the country.
美國首座圖書館于1731年開放，它們很快就在全國各地盛行。
Benjamin Franklin is also very well-known for his inventions (or tools and machines that are created for the first time).
本杰明·富蘭克林還以其發(fā)明（或首次創(chuàng)造出來的工具和機(jī)器）而聞名。
For example, he created bifocals (or glasses that has two types of glass in them: one that helps people see things that are close, and one that helps people see things that are far away).
例如，他發(fā)明了雙焦鏡（或有兩種玻璃的眼鏡：一種可以幫助人們看到近處的事物，另一種可以幫助人們看到遠(yuǎn)處的事物）。
He also did many experiments (or scientific tests) on electricity.
他還做了很多關(guān)于電的實(shí)驗(yàn)（或科學(xué)試驗(yàn)）。
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