Benjamin Franklin
本杰明·富兰克林
Benjamin Franklin liked to study and learn about new things.
本杰明·富兰克林喜欢研究和学习新事物。
One day he heard a friend say that something black in color absorbs the heat better than something white in color.
有一天,他听一个朋友说黑色的的吸热程度要比白颜色要好。
Franklin wanted to see if this was true.
富兰克林想看看这是否是真的。
There was snow on the ground at that time.
地上有雪。
So he put two large pieces of cloth on the snow.
他在雪地上铺了两块布。
One piece of cloth was black in color,
一块布是黑色的，
while the other was white.
而另一个是白色的。
Then he waited.
之后他站在一旁等待。
The sun began to shine.
太阳开始照耀。
After several hours, he looked under the pieces of cloth.
几个小时后,他检查了布下面的变化。
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.
富兰克林又做了其他实验，并观察到了许多发现。
He also took an active part in politics, and he was a very famous American statesman.
他还积极参加政治活动,他还是一个非常著名的美国政治家。
He was one of the earliest important writers in America.
他是美国早期最著名的作家之一。
His autobiography was successfully and interestingly written.
他的自传非常成功，也写得非常有趣。
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词汇表
absorb
吸收；吸引
melt
（使）融化
experiment
实验；试验
discovery
发现发明的东西
active
积极的
politics
政界；政治活动
statesman
政治家
autobiography
自传
