我院英语16402班刘金颖同学进行课前十分钟演讲，演讲主题为《托马斯·潘恩》。

托马斯潘恩生于1737年，于1809年去世。他出生在一个贫困的家庭，在他年轻的时候做过好几种工作，有过两次婚姻，但都充满了挫折和不幸。人们认为他为小册子和反抗做出了杰出的贡献，他出生在一个革命的年代。

        1772年，他写了第一本小册子《税务员的案件》。他作为契约奴来到美国，受到了富兰克林的赏识并且给予他极高的评价。在富兰克林的帮助下，他成为了一名编辑。在常识中他是第一个提出解放黑奴思想的人，这个小册子改变了每一个人而且鼓舞他们为独立斗争。《美国危机》见证了独立战争的历史，在战争中这篇文章在全国广为流传，它被称为是《独立宣言》的前奏。

1787年，他回到英国并写下《人权》，这本书被看作是法国大革命的转折点。他于1809年埋葬在美国。总的来说，他的主要贡献是一系列十六本小册子，《美国危机》《常识》，他们对一个国家的进程有着重要意义。

Tomas Paine and his works. Tomas Paine was born in1737 and die in 1809.He was born in a poor family. When he was young, he did several jobs and had twice marriges, but all of them full of setbacks and misfortunes. People regard him as an outstanding person for pamphlet and rebellion. He was born in an age of revolution.

In 1772, he wrote his first pamphlet "The Case of the Officers of the Excise. He came to America as an indentured slave. However, Franklin recommend him and give him terrific evaluation. Under the help of Franklin, he became an editor. He was the first man rasied the idea of Emancipation of Negroes slaves in The Common Sense, the pamphlet changed every one and inspire them to fight for independence. The America Crisis witness the history of the Revolutionary War, during the war, the article was spreaded the whole contry, it is called the prelude of the Declaration of Independence.

In 1787, he returned to England and wrote the Rights of Man. The book is regarded as a diversion of the French Revolution. He was buried in 1809 in America.

In general, his major contribution was a serious of sixtenn pamphlets entitled The American Crisis and signed Common Sense, they are meaningful for the progress in a country.