新课标小学英语阅读100篇 74

　　74.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 有一天,他听到一个朋友说,一些黑色的吸收

　　the heat better than something white in color. 热比白色的东西。

　　Franklin wanted to see if this was true. 富兰克林想看看这是真的。

　　There was snow on the ground at that time. 有雪在地上那时候。

　　So he put two large pieces of cloth on the snow. 所以他把两块布在雪地上。

　　One piece of cloth was black in color, 一块布是黑色的颜色,

　　while the other was white. Then he waited. 而另一个是白色的。他便站在一边等候着。

　　The sun began to shine. After several hours, 太阳开始照耀。几个小时后,

　　he looked under the pieces of cloth. 他看起来在布片。

　　He saw that the snow under the black cloth melted much faster 他看见雪在黑布融化快得多

　　than the snow under the white cloth . 比雪在白色的布。

　　Franklin made many other experiments and made some discoveries. 富兰克林做了许多实验,以及做了一些发现。

　　He also took an active part in politics, 他还积极参加政治活动,

　　and he was a very famous American statesman¹. 和他是一个非常著名的美国政治家。

　　He was one of the earliest important writers in America. 他是最早的重要作家在美国。

　　His autobiography² was successfully and interestingly written. 他的自传是成功和有趣的是书面的。

　　WORD BANK

　　absorb v．吸收；吸引

　　melt／melt／v．（使）融化

　　experiment n．

　　实验；试验

　　discovery n．发现

　　发明的东西

　　active adj．积极的

　　politics n．

　　[用作单]政治；政治学

　　[用作复]政界；政治活动

　　statesman n.

　　政治家

　　autobiography n.

　　自传

1 statesman   

n.国务活动家，政治家

参考例句：

• Friends gathered at a memorial for the late statesman.这位已故政治家的生前好友为他举行了纪念仪式。
• The statesman is much occupied with affairs of state.那个政治家忙于国事。

2 autobiography   

n.自传

参考例句：

• He published his autobiography last autumn.他去年秋天出版了自己的自传。
• His life story is recounted in two fascinating volumes of autobiography.这两卷引人入胜的自传小说详述了他的生平。