1、1,Historical Background,*.The American war of independent. *.Enlightenment.,2,Part Four: this section is very brief (about political advocation),Part Three: discussing the Rise and Progress of Franklin Philosophical Reputation,The Autobiography,Part One: letters to his son,Part Two: giving a more de

2、tailed account of his public library plan,3,Characters in the Autobiography,Benjamin Franklin-The author and protagonist of the Autobiography; The Autobiography tells of the major events of his life and many of his important scientific and political ideas, but the work does not discuss the American

3、Revolution, in which Franklin was a major participant.,4,William Franklin-Benjamins son Ben begins the Autobiography as a letter to William with the intent of telling him about his life.,5,James Franklin-Franklin older brother who owns a printing house in Boston. He is passionate, and had often beat

4、en Franklin.,6,The Autobiography opens with a salutation（問候、致意） to Ben Franklins son, Franklin says that because his son may wish to know about his life which he enjoyed and would like to repeat . He thanks God for allowing him to live a good life.,Part One: letters to his son,7,Worked as an apprent

5、ice,Brother faced prison,Issue newspaper use Franklins name,Franklin wanted to leave,Franklin arrived in New York,Plan to go to Amboy,Arrived at Philadelphia,8,Why did Franklin write his Autobiography,Franklin says that because his son may wish to know about his life, he is taking his one week vacat

6、ion in the English countryside to record his past. He also says that he has enjoyed his life and would like to repeat it,9,That good fortune when I reflected on it which is frequently the case has induced me sometimes to say that were it left to my choice ,I should have no objection to go over the s

7、ame life from its beginning to the end, only asking the advantage authors have of correcting in a second edition some faults of the first. So would I also wish to change some incidents of it for others more favourable. Notwithstanding, if this condition were denied, I should still accept the offer.,

8、10,當(dāng)我回顧我一生中幸運(yùn)的時(shí)候，我有時(shí)候不禁這樣說：如果有人提議我重新做人的話，我倒樂意把我的一生再從頭重演一遍，我僅僅要求像作家那樣，在再版時(shí)有改正初版某些缺陷的機(jī)會。如若可能，除了改正錯誤以外，我也同樣地要把某些不幸的遭遇變得更順利些。但是即使無法避免這些不幸的厄運(yùn)，我還是愿意接受原議，重演生平。,11,And now I speak of thanking God, I desire with all humility to acknowledge that I own the mentioned happiness of my past life to his diving prov

9、idence, which led me to the means I used and gave them success. My belief of this induces me to hope, though I must not presume that the same goodness will still be exercised towards me in continuing that happiness or in enabling me to bear a fatal reverse, which I may experience as other have donet

10、he complexion of my future fortune being known to him only, and in whose power it is to bless to us even our afflictions.,12,自傳既然我提到了上帝，我愿意十分謙恭地承認(rèn)，上面提到的我過去一生中的幸福當(dāng)歸功于上帝仁慈的旨意，上帝使我找到了處世之道，并且使這些方法獲得成功。這種信仰使我希望，雖然我不應(yīng)該臆斷，上帝在將來會像以前一樣地祝福我，不論是使我繼續(xù)享受幸福，或是使我忍受命中注定的逆運(yùn)(像其他人一樣，我也可能有這樣的遭遇)，因?yàn)槲椅磥砻\(yùn)的輪廓只有上帝知道，上帝甚至能夠通過苦難來祝福我們 .,13,Puritan,Puritan faction is not a strict sense, but rather an attitu