enjamin Franklin was bron in Boston,USA on 17 January 1706.He was a man of many talents and interests.He was a scientist and an inventor.He was naturally curious abut how things worked and was always searching for ways to improve them.I1747,Benjamin began his experiments led to a number of very important findings,but Benjamin did not actually invent the lighningconductor.It protects buildings and shipa from damage caused by lightning.Benjamin had poor sight and needed to wear glasses.He was tired of always taking them onand off,so he invented a new pair of glasses.These glasses let him see both near and far things at the same time.Nowadays,tjese glasses are knoen as bifocals.During his lifetime,Benjamin travelled across the Atlantic Ocean eight times.These long journeys gave him a lot of time to learnabout how ships worked.Healso developed a way to make them safer and more efficient.He made other developments in public service too.These include setting up the frist fire company in Philadelphia and improving the pavement and lights on thew city's streets.
    本杰明.富蘭克林在1706年1月17日出生于美國波士頓。他是一位極具天賦和興趣的人。他是一個科學(xué)家，發(fā)明家。他是天生對事物如何運(yùn)作充滿了好奇，并一直進(jìn)行研究去證明它們。
    1747年，本杰明的實驗引起了一些非常重要的發(fā)現(xiàn)。但本杰明實際上并沒有發(fā)明避雷針。它保護(hù)建筑物和艦船免受雷擊造成的破壞。
    本杰明視力欠佳，需要眼鏡。他厭倦了總是要把它們戴上、拿下，所以他發(fā)明一種眼鏡，它可以讓他同時看到在遠(yuǎn)處和近處的東西。如今，這種類型的眼鏡被稱為雙光眼鏡。
    在他有生之年，他橫跨大西洋的旅行8次。這些長途旅行給了他很多時間來了解艦船如何工作。他開發(fā)了一種方法，使他們安全和更有效率。在公共安全上他也有許多改進(jìn)，包括在費(fèi)城建立第一支消防隊，和改善城市的道路和街道照明。