15年前,他迷上了美国的创始人之一——本杰明·富兰克林,并且决定要以扮演富兰克林为生。
Fifteen years ago, he became fascinated with one of America's founding fathers. Benjamin Franklin, and decided that he 'would make his living impersonating him.
本杰明·富兰克林在1752年发现闪电实际上就是电,在他那个著名的实验中,富兰克林将一只栓有金属钥匙的风筝放飞到雷暴之中,当他看见钥匙上火花四溅时,他关于闪电的猜想得到了证实。
In his now-famous experiment, he sent a kite with a metal key tied to the string up into a thunderstorm. When he saw sparks leap from the key, his hunch about lightning was confirmed.
富兰克林是美国的国父,远近双对焦眼镜和避雷针的发明者,小学辍学生——虽然听起来有些不可思议,但这正是富兰克林的准确生平介绍。
A founding father, the inventor of bifocals and the lightning rod and elementary-school dropout-it sounds crazy, but this is an accurate description of Franklin.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was viewed as very left-wing by business and very contrary to American values.
富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福,在商界人士的眼中是个十足的左翼分子,他的理念与美国人的价值观相悖离
Franklin said education is what remains when you've forgotten all your schooling.
富兰克林说教育是,是当你忘了学校里学到的内容后留下的。
Hector Davis owned a two-story slave auction house and jail on 14th and Franklin Streets, just two blocks down the hill from Thomas Jefferson's glorious capitol building of the State of Virginia.
赫克托·戴维斯,在第十四和富兰克林大街,拥有一栋两层的奴隶拍卖行及监狱,仅仅距离托马斯·杰斐逊,那雄伟的弗吉尼亚州议会大厦,向山下两个街区远
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