Benjamin Franklin
本杰明·富蘭克林
Benjamin Franklin liked to study and learn about new things.
本杰明·富蘭克林喜歡研究和學習新事物。
One day he heard a friend say that something black in color absorbs the heat better than something white in color.
有一天,他聽一個朋友說黑色的的吸熱程度要比白顏色要好。
Franklin wanted to see if this was true.
富蘭克林想看看這是否是真的。
There was snow on the ground at that time.
地上有雪。
So he put two large pieces of cloth on the snow.
他在雪地上鋪了兩塊布。
One piece of cloth was black in color,
一塊布是黑色的,
while the other was white.
而另一個是白色的。
Then he waited.
之后他站在一旁等待。
The sun began to shine.
太陽開始照耀。
After several hours, he looked under the pieces of cloth.
幾個小時后,他檢查了布下面的變化。
He saw that the snow under the black cloth melted much faster than the snow under the white cloth .
黑布下面的雪要比白布下面的雪融化速度快。
Franklin made many other experiments and made some discoveries.
富蘭克林又做了其他實驗,并觀察到了許多發現。
He also took an active part in politics, and he was a very famous American statesman.
他還積極參加政治活動,他還是一個非常著名的美國政治家。
He was one of the earliest important writers in America.
他是美國早期最著名的作家之一。
His autobiography was successfully and interestingly written.
他的自傳非常成功,也寫得非常有趣。
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詞匯表
absorb
吸收;吸引
melt
(使)融化
experiment
實驗;試驗
discovery
發現發明的東西
active
積極的
politics
政界;政治活動
statesman
政治家
autobiography
自傳