每日晨读|Benjamin Franklin

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笔白色更吸热。

Franklin wanted to see if this was true. 

富兰克林想看看这是不是真的。

There was snow on the ground at that time. 

那个时候地上有雪。

So he put two large pieces of cloth on the snow.

所以他把两块布盖在了雪上。

One piece of cloth was black in color, while the other was white. Then he waited.

一块布是黑色的，另一块是白色的。接着他一直等着。

The sun began to shine. After several hours, he looked under the pieces of cloth.

太阳开始晒了。几个小时后，他看了看布底下。

He saw that the snow under the black cloth melted much faster than the snow under the white cloth.

他看见在黑布下面的雪比白布下面的融化地快得多。

Franklin made many other experiments and made some discoveries.

富兰克林还做了许多其他的实验，并有了一些发现。

He also took an active part in politics, and he was a very famous American statesman.

他还积极参与政治，他是一个非常著名的美国政治家。

He was one of the earliest important writers in America.

他是美国最早的重要作家之一。

His autobiography was successfully and interestingly written.

他的自传写得既成功又有趣。