Read the introductory paragraph. Then listen. Complete the missing dates in the timeline of Benjamin Franklin's life. Berenjamin Franklin is a giant O of American history, partly because he was successful in so many different areas. Today, he is perhaps remembered mostly as a scientist and inventor, but he was also a publisher, a musician, a newspaper owner, a politician and a philosopher. And he was able to do all of this despite quite a poor background.1706 Born in Boston, USA, the eighth of...
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Read the introductory paragraph. Then listen. Complete the missing dates in the timeline of Benjamin Franklin's life.
Berenjamin Franklin is a giant O of American history, partly because he was successful in so many different areas. Today, he is perhaps remembered mostly as a scientist and inventor, but he was also a publisher, a musician, a newspaper owner, a politician and a philosopher. And he was able to do all of this despite quite a poor background.
1706 Born in Boston, USA, the eighth of ten children.
1_____ Leaves school after only two years because his parents cannot afford to pay.
1718 Starts working for his brother James, a printer.
1728 Starts his own printing company in Philadelphia.
2_____ Becomes owner of a newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette.
1731 Founds America's first lending library.
3_____ Begins to publish the first in a series of almanacs, yearly books containing interesting facts, stories and puzzles. Their success makes Franklin rich.
1748 Retires from printing to spend more time on science and experiments.
1750 Publishes important work on electricity.
4_____ Carries out his famous experiment with a kite in a storm.
1776 Becomes the first American Ambassador to France, and works to improve the relationship between the
two countries.
1785 Retires from politics.
5_____ Dies at the age of 84. Funeral is attended by 20,000 people.
1. start
2. write
3. publish
4. found
5. carry out
6. build
7. retire
8. attend
1 start your own business (gây dựng dự nghiệp của riêng bạn.)
2 write an article for a newspaper (viết một bài báo cho tờ báo)
3 publish a book (xuất bản một cuốc sách)
4 found a hospital (thành lập một bệnh viện)
5 carry out a scientific experiment (thực hiện một thí nghiệm khoa học)
6 build strong relations between two countries (xây dựng mối quan hệ thân thiết giữ 2 nước)
7 retire from a job (nghỉ hưu)
8 attend a funeral (tham dự đám tang)