第一篇：英语读书报告----《本杰明.富兰克林自传》

In today’s knowledge-exploiting world, we no longer want for things to see, hear, read or learn as our ancestors did.Indeed, so many things are emerging everyday, but most of which just flash past, disappear, and are never remembered again.And the same can be said of books.If you enter any bookstores or libraries, you will find it more and more difficult to choose what you want to buy or read, each book on the shelves seeming to be waving towards you and trying to convince you that he is a better choice.Gradually, I incline to be a little conservative when confronting the embarrassment and hesitation on choosing books,that is to pick up a classic-only attitude.If a book can preserve itself for more than a century, there must be some reasons to go through it.On the contrary, a best-seller today may have a life for no more than a decade.I don’t think someone can be more intelligent or wiser than history itself, which thus may be a better guide for what should read or whom we should listen to.Yet this may take the risk of missing the original rising of contemporary classics, I still think it deserved considering another risk of contributing my time to something worthless or even bad.Forgive me ,my dear teacher, for saying so much as irrelevant to the required “book report”.In fact, I am always swimming in books as you kindly expected.And the above feeling is just my little happy and also miserable story between me and books.Well, back to the theme, the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is here what I would like to reflect on, which demonstrates my principles as for choosing books-----“the older, the better”.Benjamin Franklin ,as we all have already known, was a most successful thinker, politician, diplomat, scientist and entrepreneur in American history.In his Autobiography, which was originally written by him to his son as an education for all his posterities, Franklin showed all of us how he emerged from poverty and obscurity to a state of affluence and reputation all over the world.He was born in a soap-boiling family and was bred a soap-boiler by his father and brother all through his childhood.Unlike his brothers ,sisters and most of other contemporaries, Franklin’s curiosity was not in the career his family had designed for him.In fact , like any children, he interested himself in so many things ,most in reading.Many who have read his Autobiography will say, that what separated him from any others was reading and thinking, this answer being not enough to satisfy myself.Personally, I concluded that it was his constant unsatisfaction with contemporary being and pursuit of truth that fundamentally led to his great success: It was for this reason that he made use of all his leisure time to read books of history, philosophy, literature, natural science and economics etc., and to learn by himself French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Latin language;it was for this reason that he escaped home to Philadelphia to make his own living before adulthood and finally set up his own printing-house;it was for this that he could list thirteen virtues as a lifelong pursuit to continually perfect himself when he was just twenty-three years old;it was for this reason that he established so many organizations such as Junto , proposed so many reforms of the city and made so many inventions which all improved people’s living standards;and most importantly, it was for this reason that he , along with such great figures as George Washington and Thomas Jerferson, led the Americans through the Independence Revolution and laid the foundation of prosperity for America.Great books won’t fade away with time passing by.The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin has long been a best-seller in the world’s publishing history for its over 200-year existence, during which it has influenced countless people and helped them to change their life road forever.Maybe that is where the force of classics lies, so old ,so strong……

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第二篇：本杰明富兰克林自传读后感

《本杰明·富兰克林自传》读后感

《本杰明·富兰克林自传》讲述的是美国开国元勋富兰克林从默默无闻到功勋卓著的奋斗历程，是一部成功励志的传世经典之作，它包含了人生奋斗与成功的真知灼见，以及诸种美与善的道德真谛，被公认是改变了无数人命运的精神读本。阅读此书，是与一个伟大心灵的对话，使我们收获一份人生修养的智慧，完成一次实现美国梦的奋斗历程和完美道德的精神之旅。

本杰明·富兰克林是一位在许多方面均有建树的通才。他不仅是杰出的政治家、外交家，还是一位优秀的科学家、发明家、作家和思想家。在18世纪美国，他是仅次于华盛顿的最著名的美国人。拜读完他的自传，我深切感受到他勤恳、诚实、好学、简朴、公正的伟大品格，他善于交际，乐于助人，处理问题能力很强，热衷于社会公共事业，恰好代表了那个时代的美国精神：独立自主、主动进取、勇于探索。

纵观其一生，富兰克林并没有太优越的成长环境，可以说是平淡出场。他于1706年出生于北美洲的波士顿，在家中17个孩子中排行15，父亲做油烛生意，因难以承担他的上学费用而迫使他中途辍学，从12岁起就开始在哥哥的印刷铺里做学徒，尽管日子很艰难，但他却用闲暇时间刻苦学习，阅读了大量书籍。在政治、科学、历史、文学等方面打下了扎实的基础。他这种从贫穷到富裕、从卑微到伟大的自我奋斗、自我实现历程，给了我很大启示。

富兰克林热爱读书学习，善于独立思考。即使工作忙碌，生活贫苦，他仍然怀着强烈的求知欲和热情，想尽一切办法，挤出一切时间和一切金钱来买书和看书。他可以为了省钱买书而不吃荤食，他可以为了早日归坏所借书籍而挑灯夜

读，他在艰苦的学徒生活中仍然挤出闲暇时间努力读书，学习知识。他对于阅读到的知识或者意见能够独立思考分析，批判的吸收学习，形成自己独特的观点。这更加让我坚信书是无价之宝，是最大的快乐。

富兰克林还是一位勤奋踏实、努力工作的人。他从10岁起辍学，12岁便开始从事印刷业工作，一直勤恳工作，成为技术高超的印刷工人，并于1726年自营印刷工厂，从此事业蒸蒸日上。这使我们年轻人早日意识到潜心事业、节俭生活的重要性。

富兰克林一直重视培养自己的文学修养，提高写作能力。他从小就对写作很很感兴趣，喜欢阅读诗歌散文，然后通过模仿名家作品来提高自己的写作水平。加上他很强的分析问题及独立思考的能力，因此经常在报纸上发表自己写的评论文章，这种能力极大的帮助了他政治事业的发展。相比之下，大学期间我更应多写论文，完善思路，提高写作能力。

富兰克林十分重视自己的美德，他给自己提出了13个要求，分别是：节制、沉默寡言、生活有序、决心、俭朴、勤勉、诚恳、公正、中庸、清洁、平静、贞洁和谦逊。他一直在尽力做到这些，尽管难以完全满足要求，但他还是坚持不懈，读到此处时，我不禁为这位世界伟人给自己提出的高要求而惊叹。我想能够做到那十三条的人们都能称之为“圣人”了。虽然不可能十全十美，但只有努力做了，才有做好的希望。我的目标是在自己身上培养这些美德，学习富兰克林，一个时期内注意力集中在其中一点，养成良好习惯后再培养另一项。于是我安排节制为美德培养的第一位，因为它需要大脑冷静，思维清晰。这种冷静的头脑和清晰的思维是必要的。只有这样才能经常保持警惕，抵抗旧习惯的惰性，并遏制无穷无尽的诱惑，在获得这个美德后再培养其它美德就容易多了。

富兰克林喜欢交朋友，他谦虚谨慎，勤恳真诚的品格让他非常受人欢迎。他经常和朋友参加读书、写诗及辩论的活动，慢慢的他自己组织起各种读书及讨论社会问题的活动，体现了较强的社交能力。他与许多朋友都保持了终身联系，这点让我十分钦佩。交一个朋友容易，但经营一份友谊却很难，唯有真心待人才能得到他人真心回报。

富兰克林有强烈的社会责任心，他积极从事公共事业，并发明了许多造福人类的有用东西。他有自己的宗教信仰，不属于某个宗教，但是他相信上帝，相信自己应该为了社会正义和人类幸福而努力。他创办了美洲第一家会员制图书馆，建立了费城学院，成立了全美首家医院；他发明了避雷针、新式火炉、新式灯塔；他的《穷理查年鉴》为许多普通民众的自我教育提供了参考；他在费城、宾州担任许多社会职务，包括邮局、警务、消防、议会、军队等。他能够非常胜任这些社会职务也显示了他强烈的社会责任心及处理问题的能力。这毫无疑问促使他最终在政治上成为一个卓越的领导者。

我觉得以上这些都是一个普通人最基本的素质，只是富兰克林全部做到了并且做得很好，所以他成功了。所谓见贤思齐，当我读完这位伟人的奋斗历程后，即使不去刻意模仿，也会被他刻苦勤奋、追求上进的精神所感染，从而激励自己在学习和为人处事上努力自我完善。同时，我感受到，拥有高尚的品格，不断学习思考，为他人及社会贡献自己的力量，本身就是一件非常幸福的事。我们每个人都不能被惰性所征服，不能被原来的自我束缚，要用自己的力量去追求理想和幸福，明白要前进就要志在前进。我想这就是富兰克林精神的核心吧！

第三篇：本杰明 富兰克林自传读后感

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The appreciation of benjamin franklin autobiography

The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the comment of Benjamin Franklin’s whole life, which was written by Benjamin Franklin himself.Actually the life of Benjamin Franklin was a great success.There is a lot that we can learn from him.The book is composed of four parts.In the first part, he mainly introduced his early life.When he was young, his family was very poor.And he had to stop schooling and made money for his family.The second part was written in Paris.It mainly tells his interest on science and his achievements of his science research.Actually Benjamin Franklin was a super-competent multi-tasker。He was not only a writing, but also a scientist, a politician, an inventor and so on.In the third and fourth parts, it tells his successful political life.It is his politic potential that helped America win the war of independence.As for the writing style, throughout the whole autobiography, we can learn that the article is simple, clear in order, direct and concise.Benjamin Franklin used very simple language to make the passage understandable.Besides, we can learn that the autobiography was organized in time order, making it clear for readers to read.in addition, the passage is direct and concise.There is no such words that are useless.For my part, I think the life of Benjamin Franklin is greatly inspiring.In many fields such as writing and science, he was excellent.His autobiography is helpful for everyone.It was also the first popular self-help book.If we want to be successful men, we ought to read the book carefully and from it we may be able to learn a lot.virtue

第四篇：《本杰明·富兰克林自传》读后感2000字范文

《本杰明·富兰克林自传》读后感2000字

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1本杰明·富兰克林（Benjamin Franklin,1706年1月17日-1790年4月17日），是美国著名政治家、科学家、社会活动家、思想家、文学家和外交家，同时也是出版商、印刷商、记者、作家、慈善家，更是杰出的外交家及发明家。1706年富兰克林生于美国马萨诸塞州波士顿，参与起草了《独立宣言》和美国宪法等多项重要文件，并曾出任美国驻法国大使，成功取得法国支持美国独立。他曾经进行多项关于电的实验，并且发明了避雷针，还发明了双焦点眼镜，蛙鞋等等。他的墓碑刻着“印刷工富兰克林”.富兰克林，一个凭借非凡智慧、非凡毅力、非凡品德、非凡才能获得巨大成功的人。而最难得的是，他的非凡完全来源于自我激励、自我塑造、自我奋进、自我实践，在一点一滴的平凡事业中创造了辉煌。

这本《自传》谈不上什么文采，翻译水平也着实一般，可就是这么一本书，蕴含其中的“智慧和力量”无疑让人折服和赞叹！

成功没有秘笈，但成功是有榜样的，而找到适合的榜样就可以获得成功的力量。

①读书是自我成长的良方

富兰克林的父亲有17个孩子，他是最小的儿子。他一生上学到10岁，12岁在兄长的出版社当学徒，17岁出走费城在印刷厂工作。

可以看出，富兰克林是一个没啥文凭的人，可他一生都在努力阅读、勤奋思考、笔耕不辍，成为美国历史上获得永久名声的第一位作家。他自学了拉丁文、西班牙文、法语、意大利语，还涉猎了哲学、几何、物理等各方面的知识，创办了读书沙龙，做了许多物理实验，发明了避雷针。如果说他的成功有诸多因素，那么读书无疑是奠基之石。

少年时，他省吃俭用购书，为此还开始素食生活。后来，熟识了书商的学徒，可以在傍晚的时候借书看，为了避免别人发现书籍丢失或者有人要买时缺货，所以每次都是挑书中最主要的部分彻夜阅读。

读书不一定能够获得成功，但读书可以开启智慧、塑造性格、获取知识，从而改变命运。“读书是易事，思索是难事，但两者缺一，便全无用处”,这是他的经验总结。正如孔子所说“学而不思则罔，思而不学则贻”.②品德在自我塑造、自我修炼中日臻完美

伟大之人，必有其过人之处。富兰克林终其一生都在努力塑造其品行。他说：“我希望在生活中的任何时候都不犯任何错误；我想战胜一切错误，无论是天生的癖好、习惯或交友不慎导致的。为此，他为自己量身定制了一份道德修炼计划，列出13条道德名目及戒律。

1、节制。食勿过饱；饮酒勿醉。

2、寡言。只说可能对他人或自己有益的话；避免无意义的闲谈。

3、秩序。将所有东西放在适当的位置；所有事务都按照一定的时间处理。

4、决心。应当做的事情就去实行；决心去做的事情就不要半途而废。

5、节俭。花钱必须对他们或自己有益；换言之，不浪费任何东西。

6、勤奋。不浪费时间；永远做有益的事情；戒除一切不必要的行动。

7、诚实。杜绝恶意的欺骗；思想清白公正；说话同样如此。

8、公正。不做损害他人的不义之事，不忽略你应当做的对他人有益的事。

9、自我克制。避免极端；假如愤怒和损害是你应得的，就要忍耐。

10、清洁。不允许身体、衣服或住宅不清洁。

11、平静。不要由于普通的琐事或无法避免的事故而慌乱。

12、贞洁。

13、谦卑。效仿耶稣和苏格拉底。

为了更好的塑造品德，他还制作了一本小册子，每星期修炼一项内容，每天总结反省用红笔打分，一年循环4次。当有了修炼品德的想法时，他已经下定决心成为圣人；这份计划开始实施时，他已经走上了成圣的修炼之路。想到历史上的王阳明，年轻时就立志成为圣贤，一生为此思索明悟，最终创立”阳明心学“;曾国藩更是用”不为圣贤，便为禽兽“的座右铭激励自己。成功没有固定规则，但高尚的品德却是成功的必要条件。

③服务他人成就自己

富兰克林是一个有想法，又实干的人。当他利用印刷厂赚到”第一桶金“的时候，开始致力于公益事业。第一次是推广读书，建立公共会员图书馆；改善费城的巡夜制度，雇佣合适的人固定从事巡视，提出了公平摊派费用的办法；为了解决火灾的问题，建立了一支联合消防队；以推行彩票的方式，购买城防的武器；为改善教育环境，创建费城大学，现在的宾夕法尼亚大学；通过募捐的方式，在费城建立一家医院，为穷人治病；还为城市安装路灯，雇人清理街道，等等。

正因为他热衷于公益事业，从与民众息息相关的生活小事着手，提出倡义，发行小册子搞好宣传，尽力说服民众，一点一点的改善城市，赢得了民众的信任，造就了自身非凡的影响力。在这个过程中，他的一些感悟很有启示：

1、不争功，以谦卑的态度说服别人，从不说自己是计划的提出者，并将功劳归于他人；即使他发明了开放式的火炉，也拒绝专利权。他认为，由于我们享受着其他人的发明带来的诸多益处，也应当乐意见到自己的发明有机会为其他人服务，而且应当免费分享。

2、做事先统一思想，将自己的想法写成文章印刷发表，介绍事情有益处，让大家更好地接受。

3、从日常小事做起改起，因为小事中牵连着大家的幸福感。

4、一些圣徒习惯于每次受了恩惠就把人情记在天上（上帝），自己推卸掉报答的责任，而他却是牢牢地把人情记在地上。

富兰克林通过自己的言行影响了别人，改善了城市条件。从中我们可以感受到，要想获得成功，必须学会帮助他人，这也是一个人非权力影响力的来源。成就别人，才能成就自己。

④智慧体现在巧妙的解决问题

有两个故事，很有趣，也很智慧。

一个是如何化敌为友？在议会里，一个有影响力的议员总是反对他。他不愿意为了博得议员的好感而卑躬屈膝地奉承。当他得知这个议员喜欢读书，并且有一本非常罕见的图书时，就写了一张便条表示希望借阅拜读。议员立刻借给了他。归还时，他又写了张便条表示感谢。下次见面时，议员的态度很客气，而且以后两人成为了朋友。这里他运用了一条古老的法则”曾经帮过你一次的人比受过恩惠的人更乐意帮助你“.另一个是如何让士兵祷告。在军队时，一个牧师经常向他抱怨士兵总是不参加祷告仪式。为此，他让牧师来为士兵分配酒，并且是在祷告仪式之后供应。这样一来效果很明显，士兵都积极来参加祷告，比用军法惩罚士兵这招更妙。

⑤深刻”反省"自己来纠正错误

在《自传》中回忆过去的事情时，他列出了一生中所犯的5个错误：

1、乘人之危；

2、动用朋友寄存的钱；

3、不兑现诺言；

4、妄加评论别人的文章；

5、滥用对别人的援助试图发生关系。

正因为时常的反思检讨自己，他能够直面自己内心的黑暗，真实地与自己交流，与黑暗作斗争，尽力完善自己的品德，弥补所犯的错误。

同时，他还检讨自己经常与朋友辩论，非常渴望驳倒对方，这种好争辩的倾向变成一种坏习惯，使自己变得难以相处，而且有可能招致别人的反感和敌意。

这个缺点真是很致命的，争强好胜，满足了一时的兴奋，却失去了别人的好感。后来，他及时更正这个缺点，与人交谈时不直接反驳其他人的意见，而且不正面坚持自己的意见，也不再使用一些必然、肯定或者武断的词语，从一个辩驳者转向了提问者，采取苏格拉底式的提问方式。这样既有利于说服别人，又能够更好地赢得合作。

第五篇：本杰明。富兰克林

Benjamin Franklin and The Declaration of Independence

Abstract: The 18th century has brought with it many significant changes and progresses in both literacy and history.Benjamin Franklin--the first country to enjoy the reputation of scientists and inventors and musicians.He participated in drafting the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, and actively advocated for the freedom and liberty of human, deeply respected by the people of the United States.Declaration of Independence stress the people's ability.“We hold these truth to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, liberty and pursuits of Happiness.” The former sentence announce its idea.Key words: Franklin's sprites;self-evident;equal;connection

本杰明·富兰克林和《独立宣言》

摘要：18世纪是在文学和历史上都有重大变化的世纪。本杰明·富兰克林在科学发明和音乐上可以称作为美国的第一人。他参与起草了《独立宣言》和《美国宪法》，并且主张人类自由的解放，他身受美国人的爱戴和尊敬。《独立宣言》强调了人类的能动性。富兰克林的观点在《独立宣言》中得到了充分的体现。两者相互交融，独立宣言中关于人权，自由奋斗，永不言弃的思想是富兰克林的精华。

关键词：“富兰克林精神”；能动性；自由平等；联系

1.Introduction

1.1The Introduction of Benjamin Franklin's life:

Benjamin Franklin is a noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, soldier, and diplomat.Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706.He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah Franklin.Benjamin's mother was Abiah Folger, the second wife of Josiah.In all, Josiah was the father of 17 children.So he had little formal education.At twelve he was apprenticed to his elder brother, a printer, and began at 16 to publish essays under pseudonym Silence Dogood commenting on the social life which the name of a fictional in Boston.Dogood was filled with advice and very critical of the world around her, particularly concerning the issue of how women were treated.At 17, he ran off to Philadelphia, where he became a thriving printer, publishing his Poor Richard's Almanac.This is the Franklin's career as a1

printer and the earlier writer.Benjamin Franklin was the greatest literary artist in America in the Age of Enlightenment.He was a master of the periodical essay, of satire, of political journalism.He helped establish a tradition in American writing of the simple, utilitarian style, and with his Autobiography he set the form for autobiography as a genre.He created America's first great book.and he remain today the most widely read and influential of all American writers.Franklin was also a scientist.At 42 when he was wealthy and famous, Franklin retired from business to devote himself to science and public service.As a scientist he studied the Gulf Stream, fossils, and earthquakes;invented bifocal spectacles and the lightning rod(Franklin rod), and made fundamental discoveries about the character of electricity.The famous searching is his electric kite--an experiment that took the world by storm.The observations of electricity his kite experiment which verified the nature of electricity and lighting brought Franklin international fame.Franklin was died in April, 1790.And it was really a hard time for people who love him to went through.2.The contents of Benjamin Franklin's sprites and Declaration of Independence

2.1Benjamin Franklin's sprites

Benjamin Franklin was one of the founding fathers of the United States.His portrait is on the United States one-hundred bill.Franklin is credited as being foundational to the roots of American values and character, a marriage of the practical and democratic Puritan values of thrift, hard work, education, community spirit, self-governing institutions, and opposition to authoritarianism both political and religious, with the scientific and tolerant values of the Enlightenment.Franklin was the person who never thought of giving up.His enjoyed the name of the prototype of the American dream.From the settlement of the New continent, the American dreamed to building their own paradise in the wilderness, believing they could make inpidual success by self-reliance.Franklin's success set them an example and fulfilled their dream, which was characterized by self-reliance, faith in the progress of society and ideas of future, practical and optimistic attitude toward life, and final success.And what is Franklin's sprites?

The first one is he made progress everyday and he tried to do everything perfectly.He was a industrious worker, positive man and also a people held the sprite of never gave up.Ht think that man's talent was given by the Almighty God.What we should do is make full use of it.People should not get complacent, satisfied with the mechanical life.He still promoted the idea of restrain ourselves.People must be stick to the morals such as honest, fair-minded, behave the doctrine of mean, and one should be modest and loyal and steadfast.What's more, Franklin consider that people should learn the way of making friends with different kinds of people.Regard foes rightly, make proper use of you friend sources, learn how to

convert disadvantage to advantage.As an old Chinese saying goes: take the essence, discard the dross.Franklin had the craftsmanship of how to establish and preserve his public image.Franklin's sprites play a very important role in his successful life.2.2Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence was issued in the year of 1776, and its theme is human rights.Declaration of Independence was the fountainhead of The Bill of Right and also have something to do with The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.One sentence in the Declaration of Independence said “We hold these truth to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, liberty and pursuits of Happiness.” The sentence had already make clear that everyone is equal and they all have the right to chased his own life and happiness.Declaration of Independence declares the want, the will and the hope of people.When in the course of human of events it becomes necessary to dissolve the political bands which have connect them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.We hold these truths to be self-evident.That all men are created equal.That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.3.Conclusion: The connection between Benjamin Franklin's sprites and Declaration of Independence

Franklin is one of the four authors of Declaration of Independence.So it is no doubt that Franklin's sprites can be found in Declaration of Independence.American is a country that chase for freedom.Franklin's values of thrift, hard work, education, community spirit, self-governing institutions, and opposition to authoritarianism both political and religious is perform a very important role in Declaration of Independence.Why the Declaration of Independence have to contain these sprites? The reason that America was once a part of England.People felt desperate in that land so they came to America, and it was a free land.They all dreamed an dream which called the American dream.And that Franklin was a successful display of America dream.The dream is that if you work hard enough then you can be the rich and became the upper class in America.Fortunately Franklin became one of them and thanks to his other abilities he got the chance of writing Declaration of Independence.Declaration of Independence promotes the loyalty to law and moral.References:

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