★英語聽力頻道為大家整理的托福聽力訓(xùn)練材料：本富蘭克林沒有被雷擊，供大家參考。更多閱讀請查看本站英語聽力頻道。
大家都聽過這個有名的故事：本.富蘭克林這位開創(chuàng)性的實(shí)驗(yàn)者兼開國之父如將一把鑰匙系到風(fēng)箏線上，并在電閃雷鳴的惡劣天氣下放風(fēng)箏。
Everybody has heard the famous story of how pioneeringexperimenter–and part-time founding father–Ben Franklin tied a key to a kite string and flew thekite in a thunderstorm.
風(fēng)箏被閃電擊中燒毀了，于是富蘭克林發(fā)現(xiàn)了電。
The kite was hit by lightning, and zap! Franklin had discovered electricity.
我們把它當(dāng)成一個故事而非實(shí)驗(yàn)。
Well, it makes a better story than it does an experiment.
這個實(shí)驗(yàn)的危險之處在于：閃電不是你能玩耍的東西，當(dāng)然你也不想引“電”上身。
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The danger is that lightning is notsomething you want to play with, and you certainly don't want to attract it to yourself!
如果這個故事是真的，恐怕富蘭克林早已被燒焦了。
Were thisstory to be true, I'm afraid, the result would have been fried Franklin.
在1752年這次的實(shí)驗(yàn)中，本所做的就是將暴風(fēng)云附近的過量電荷通過風(fēng)箏線引到地面上來，雖然相比實(shí)際雷擊威力要小很多，但它仍是一個令人印象深刻的證明。
What Ben actually did in his famous 1752 experiment was to cause some excess electrical chargenear a storm cloud to ground out through his kite string–still an impressive demonstration, but amuch less powerful prospect than an actual lightning strike.
事實(shí)上，富蘭克林也沒有像人們所說的那樣發(fā)現(xiàn)了電。
Nor is it true that Franklin discovered electricity, as people tend to say.
他所努力做的一切就是要證明：閃電本身只是云和地球之間的一種威力巨大的放電現(xiàn)象，
What he was trying to dowas to demonstrate that lightning itself is simply a powerful electric discharge between the cloudsand the earth.
在這一點(diǎn)上，他是完全正確的。
In this he was entirely correct.
時至今日我們?nèi)杂靡悦枋鲭姾傻膬蓚€基本術(shù)語是富蘭克林創(chuàng)造的，你知道嗎？這個問題我們下次詳述。
Now, did you know that two of the basic terms we use even today to describe electric chargewere coined by Franklin? Next time.
大家都聽過這個有名的故事：本.富蘭克林這位開創(chuàng)性的實(shí)驗(yàn)者兼開國之父如將一把鑰匙系到風(fēng)箏線上，并在電閃雷鳴的惡劣天氣下放風(fēng)箏。
Everybody has heard the famous story of how pioneeringexperimenter–and part-time founding father–Ben Franklin tied a key to a kite string and flew thekite in a thunderstorm.
風(fēng)箏被閃電擊中燒毀了，于是富蘭克林發(fā)現(xiàn)了電。
The kite was hit by lightning, and zap! Franklin had discovered electricity.
我們把它當(dāng)成一個故事而非實(shí)驗(yàn)。
Well, it makes a better story than it does an experiment.
這個實(shí)驗(yàn)的危險之處在于：閃電不是你能玩耍的東西，當(dāng)然你也不想引“電”上身。
富蘭克林.jpg
The danger is that lightning is notsomething you want to play with, and you certainly don't want to attract it to yourself!
如果這個故事是真的，恐怕富蘭克林早已被燒焦了。
Were thisstory to be true, I'm afraid, the result would have been fried Franklin.
在1752年這次的實(shí)驗(yàn)中，本所做的就是將暴風(fēng)云附近的過量電荷通過風(fēng)箏線引到地面上來，雖然相比實(shí)際雷擊威力要小很多，但它仍是一個令人印象深刻的證明。
What Ben actually did in his famous 1752 experiment was to cause some excess electrical chargenear a storm cloud to ground out through his kite string–still an impressive demonstration, but amuch less powerful prospect than an actual lightning strike.
事實(shí)上，富蘭克林也沒有像人們所說的那樣發(fā)現(xiàn)了電。
Nor is it true that Franklin discovered electricity, as people tend to say.
他所努力做的一切就是要證明：閃電本身只是云和地球之間的一種威力巨大的放電現(xiàn)象，
What he was trying to dowas to demonstrate that lightning itself is simply a powerful electric discharge between the cloudsand the earth.
在這一點(diǎn)上，他是完全正確的。
In this he was entirely correct.
時至今日我們?nèi)杂靡悦枋鲭姾傻膬蓚€基本術(shù)語是富蘭克林創(chuàng)造的，你知道嗎？這個問題我們下次詳述。
Now, did you know that two of the basic terms we use even today to describe electric chargewere coined by Franklin? Next time.