窮理查年鑑POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK
累積25年、重量級的人生智慧
Benjamin Franklin published advice for wise living for 25 years
富蘭克林將自己的書取名為《窮理查年鑑》，是因為他非常同情一般民眾。
《窮理查年鑑》便是專為他們而寫，標題用「窮」這個字是為了能更加與他們產生共鳴。
富蘭克林知道貧窮是什麼滋味；他的父親是一個做肥皂和蠟燭的窮人，育有十七個孩子而富蘭克林排行第十。
富蘭克林必須靠自己在這世界取得成功。
《窮理查年鑑》這標題還指向富蘭克林的清教徒根源。
清教徒將努力工作擺脫貧窮還有賺錢都與美德相連結，這也是富蘭克林年鑑中常見的主
題。
他告訴人們：「時光一逝不復返。
」他教導他們：「聰明人從別人的錯誤汲取教訓，愚笨人則自己付出代價。
」以及「說得好不如做得好。
」富蘭克林自己在很多事上都有很好的表現；他不僅是作家、出版商，還是發明家以及
外交官。
現在，在二百九十年之後，人們仍然依賴富蘭克林教導如何好好過日子的智慧和建議。
富蘭克林相信只要夠努力就能獲得成功，而他的《窮理查年鑑》上的格言就反映出這一點
Franklin called his book Poor Richard's Almanack because he had great sympathy
for common people. He geared his almanac toward them and used "poor" in the title to better identify with them.
Franklin knew what it was like to be poor. He was the tenth of 17 children of a poor man who made soap and candles. Franklin had to make his way in the world. The title also pointed to Franklin's Puritan roots. Puritans linked working hard to overcome poverty and earning money with virtue, which is a common theme in Franklin's almanac.
He told people that "lost time is never found again." He taught them "Wise men learn by other's harms, fools by their own," and "well done is better than well said." Franklin himself did many things well. He was not only a writer and publisher, but also an inventor and a diplomat.
Now, 290 years later, people still look to Franklin's wisdom and advice on how to live well. He believed that anyone who worked hard enough could be successful, and the sayings in his almanac reflect that.
sympathy （n.）同情；理解
Our teacher has no sympathy for anyone caught cheating on any exam.
Paul doesn’t deserve your sympathy because he did nothing to help his situation. 不值得同情，因為對自己的處境毫無作為
William always plays on his mother’s sympathy to get what he wants. 利用母親的同情心
overcome （v.）克服；勝過
Alison overcame her fear of public speaking by giving her speech to her parents first. 克服對公開演講的恐懼
overcome by/ with something 無法行動或思考
The firefighter was almost overcome by smoke, but he managed to save three children and make it out of the burning building alive. 被濃煙燻倒 自己也活著離開火場
Ruby was overcome with guilt after she told Peyton that no one wanted to play with her. 沒人想跟他玩 自己感到很內疚
sympathy vs. empathy
A sympathy card is something that you usually send when you have a friend who maybe had a parent or someone like that pass away
參考網路說明https://www.eisland.com.tw/Main.php?stat=a_v6XlP7b
這兩個字的字根都是”pathy”，意思是「感覺」，empathy的字首”em”是「在裡面」的意思，你的「同理」就像在對方心裡頭的感受。sympathy的字首”sym”是「在旁邊」，可以理解成「從旁同情」。
產生empathy（同理）的人可能說”I’ve been there.” （我懂。）產生sympathy（同情）的人可能說”I feel so bad for you.”（替你感到難過。）
看幾個例子：
He sent a sympathy card to the coworker who just had an operation.（他寫了慰問卡給開完刀的同事。）
a sympathy card、a sympathy message是慣用說法。送上慰問通常是表達關心，不見得需要同理對方遭遇。
The author has the ability to make you feel empathy towards his heroines. （這個作者有辦法讓你對作品中的女主角們產生同理心。）
common people
The average Joe is someone who ... there's maybe nothing extremely special about him
to gear ＋（n.）＋toward ＋（n.）
to carve out one’s own path
Well, when you get the idea that someone is carving out their own path, they're being creative with what they're going to do in life.
Puritan清教徒
指要求清除英國國教會高教會者，此字詞於16世紀60年代開始使用，源於拉丁文的Purus，意為禁慾者。嚴格說來，清教徒並非一個新教宗派，可以說是受喀爾文主義影響，相信《預選說》並反天主教的基督徒。他們原本教籍多屬於英國國教。
go the extra mile 形容做事情盡心竭力的人【多走一英里的路】
John always goes the extra mile at work.
It’s always lonely on the extra mile.
publisher （n.）出版商；出版者
The Alibaba Group is the publisher of the South China Morning Post. 南華早報的出版商
publishe （v.）出版
The South China Morning Post is published daily, including Sunday.
How many books has the author of the Harry Potter series published in total? 一共出版多少本書
inventor （n.）發明者
Cai Lun is the person who is credited as the inventor of paper as we know it. 據我們所知，蔡倫是紙的發明者
invention （n.）發明
The printing press is thought to be the most important invention of all time. 公認有史以來最重要的發明
The invention of the wheel changed they way people traveled.
lost time is never found again 光陰一去不復返
to learn from other’s mistakes
to learn the hard way 從吃苦頭中（汲取教訓）
And we call it the hard way because most likely you've heard that you shouldn't do something because somebody else made that mistake, and there were bad consequences.
well done is better than well said 說得好不如做得好
speaker louder than words
to look to ＋（person）
an apple a day keeps the doctor away
Cat got your tongue 啞口無言
