I think about what Benjamin Franklin wrote to his mother, explaining why he had devoted so much of his time to public service: "I would rather have it said, he lived usefully, than, he died rich."
我回想着本杰明·富兰克林(Benjamin Franklin)写给他母亲的信,解释为何他投入如此多时间在公众服务中:“我不怕说出来,做一个积极工作的有用的人比做一个行尸走肉般的有钱人强。”
So Benjamin Franklin, John Jay and John Adams were able to exploit the rivalry of the European powers to acquire this huge territory without either conquest or migration.
因此,本杰明•富兰克林、约翰•杰伊和约翰•亚当斯能够利用欧洲列强纷争在既未动一枪一卒也没有移居一人的情况下获得这一大片领土。
Franklin Kelly, the curator of American and British art at the National Gallery of Art, suspects that the Tate's collection of Turners is so wide and deep that its curators felt a sense of obligation.
国家艺术展英美艺术展的负责人怀疑,泰纳作品在泰特美术馆收集得颇为广博,以致于该美术馆的负责人也会感到自己身负责任。
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