The founding fathers and mothers, modestly dressed in millstone ruffs, had given way to their children.

谨慎的穿着磨盘似的环领的先辈，已经为子孙们让了道路。

But for those actually around them the founding fathers weren't abstract icons.

但对于他们周围的人来说，开国元勋并不是抽象的偶像。

You think the founding fathers wrote down an agenda?

你以为开国元老会用这种东西吗？

Every other founding father's story gets told.

所有其他国父的故事都得到传诵。

Which U.S. founding father warned Americans about the danger of political parties in the state?

哪位国开国元勋警告国人警惕政党的危险？

Call into Historic Travellers Rest, the estate of Tennessee founding father, John Overton.

造访「历史旅人住宅」，这里属于田纳西之父，约翰·奥文顿。

Which of these U.S. founding fathers never served as president?

这些国开国元勋中哪一位从未担任过总统？

Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the US, loved air baths.

国开国元勋之一本杰明·富兰克林喜欢空气浴。

Every other founding father gets to grow old.

所有其他国父都能安度晚。

But he was definitely one of the founding fathers of our space program.

但他绝对是我们太空计划的创始人之一。

He was one of the founding fathers of the United States.

他是国的开国元勋之一。

Jefferson is considered one of the country's founding fathers and the third US president.

杰斐逊被认为是国的国父之一，也是国的第三任总统。

He also had great admiration for the U.S. founding fathers who crafted it.

他也非常敬佩精心创立宪法的国开国元勋们。

Used this way, however, we do not capitalize " founding father."

这种用法下，“founding father”这两个单词不用大写。

That's not the only requirement that the founding fathers put in the U.S. Constitution.

这不是开国元勋纳入国宪法唯一的要求。

Time magazine would call him pain relief's founding father.

多后，时代杂志会称其为“止痛之父”。

But the founding fathers did not give special meaning to the colors of the flag.

但是开国元勋们没有给出国旗颜色的特殊含义。

The founding fathers gave senate that power in constitution that's called vice consent.

开国之父们赋予参议院这样权力，在宪法中这被称为副同意。

So that was the job of the founding fathers.

这就是开国元勋们的工作。

Professor Michael Green is a founding father of one of the strangest theories in physics.

迈克·格林教授是物理学上一个最奇怪理论的奠基者。