英語專業(yè)晨讀美文人物篇:美國的締造者——富蘭克林(美音)

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:] [00:03.72]Benjamin Franklin [00:09.17]Franklin's life is full of charming stories [00:13.27]which all young men should know— [00:15.04]how he peddled ballads in Boston, and stood, [00:18.22]the guest of kings in Europe; [00:20.15]how he worked his passage as a stowaway to Philadelphia, [00:23.80]and rode in the queen's own litter in France; [00:26.92]how he walked the streets of Philadelphia, [00:30.07]homeless and unknown, with three penny rolls for his breakfast, [00:34.28]and dined at the tables of princesses, [00:36.95]and received his friends in a palace; [00:39.34]how he raised a kite from a cow shed, [00:42.31]and was showered with all the high degrees [00:45.66]the colleges of the world could give; [00:47.50]how he was duped by a false friend as a boy, [00:50.50]and became the friend of all humanity as a man; [00:53.60]how he was made Major General Franklin, [00:56.98]only to resign because, as he said, [01:00.19]he was no soldier, and yet helped to [01:03.30]organize the army that stood [01:05.07]before the trained troops of England. [01:07.48]This poor Boston boy, with scarcely a day's schooling, [01:11.37]became master of six languages [01:13.69]and never stopped studying; [01:15.41]this neglected apprentice tamed the lightning, [01:18.62]made his name famous, received degrees and diplomas [01:22.46]from colleges in both hemispheres, [01:24.30]and became forever remembered as “Doctor Franklin”, [01:27.86]Philosopher, patriot, scientist, [01:31.50]philanthropist and statesman. [01:33.54]Self-made, self-taught, self-reared, [01:36.72]the candle maker's son gave light to all the world; [01:39.60]the street ballad seller set all men singing of liberty; [01:43.73]the runaway apprentice became the most sought-after [01:46.56]man of two continents, and brought his native land [01:49.99]to praise and honour him. [01:51.59]He built America—for what our Republic is today [01:54.89]is largely due to the prudence, the forethought, [01:58.31]the statesmanship, the enterprise, the wisdom, [02:01.43]and the ability of Benjamin Franklin. [02:03.97]He belongs to the world, but especially [02:06.86]does he belong to America. [02:08.41]As the nations honoured him while living, [02:10.91]so the Republic glorifies him when dead, [02:13.97]and has enshrined him in the choicest of it's niches— [02:17.42]the one he regarded as the loftiest— [02:19.97]the hearts of the common people, [02:21.82]from whom he had sprung and in their hearts Franklin will live forever.

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