Ben Franklin and the MAGIC SQUARES

Ben Franklin and Magic Squares

本·富兰克林与幻方

Over 200 years ago, when America was just 13 colonies, there lived a super smart guy. You may have heard of him. His name was Benjamin Franklin. But most people called him Ben. This story about how Ben invented magic squares. But first, there are a few things you need to know about this great man.

200多年前，当美洲还只有13个殖民地时，住着一位绝顶聪明的人。 你可能听说过他。 他的名字是本杰明·富兰克林。 不过大多数人都叫他本。 这个故事讲的是本如何发明幻方的。 不过首先，你需要了解这位伟人的几件事。

Ben Franklin wasn't smart for nothing. He put his big brain to good use. He was always thinking and writing and inventing cool things. Even when he was a kid. When he was 11 years old, Ben jumped into a lake holding on a kite. The kite was pulled by the wind. Ben was pulled by the kite. The kite flew a whole mile with Ben holding on tight.

本·富兰克林的聪明可不是浪得虚名，他把自己的聪明才智用到了实处，总是 思考、写作、发明各种有意思的东西。哪怕是小时候也是如此。11岁那年 本抓着风筝跳进了湖里，风筝被风牵着走，本就被风筝 牵着走，他紧紧抓着风筝，整整飞了一英里。

That same year, Ben wanted to swim faster than anyone. So he made flippers for his hands and feet. They worked. People still use this version for Ben's flipper today.

同年，本想要比所有人游得都快。 于是他为自己的手脚都做了脚蹼。 脚蹼很好用。 如今人们仍在使用本发明的这款脚蹼。

As Ben grew older, he kept thinking and writing and inventing. When he was 23, he wrote and printed a newspaper called The Pennsylvania Gazette. People loved it.

随着本渐渐长大，他依然保持着思考、写作和发明的习惯。 23岁时，他撰写并印刷了一份名为《宾夕法尼亚公报》的报纸。 大家都很喜欢这份报纸。