ГДЗ Английский язык за 8 класс Афанасьева, Михеева, Баранова - Rainbow English - Учебник. Часть 2Unit 4 – Step 5 – 4b

🔊 Brave and Gifted Scientist

🔊 Franklin believed in experimental science. He tried to explain the nature of electricity. Once he decided to show that lightning is a form of electricity with the help of an experiment. He flew a kite during a storm and showed that electricity got from the kite to the metal key on the other end of the cord.

🔊 Able Pupil

🔊 Franklin’s family immigrated to America from England, his father was a candle-maker. Though Benjamin was self-educated, he was well-read and had learned a lot from Enlightenment writers. While he was still young, he taught himself languages. During his whole life Franklin worked hard and carefully to improve his knowledge and character.

🔊 Teacher of Life Wisdom

🔊 Never selfish, Franklin tried to help other people to become successful and wrote a self-help book "Poor Richard’s Almanack". The book became very popular and made Franklin quite rich and well-known in the American colonies. The Almanack is full of useful information and has a lot of clever sayings. Here are some examples: "God helps them that help themselves." "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise."

🔊 Man of Many Interests

🔊 Benjamin Franklin (1706- 1790) lived in America at about the same time as Mikhail Lomonosov in Russia. They both belonged to the Age of Enlightenment. Franklin was a writer, publisher, scientist, diplomat. He was among the most famous and respected people of his time. He was, probably, the first self-made man in America.

🔊 Politician and Educator

🔊 Franklin understood early the power of words. He became one of the people who worked on the U. S. Constitution , which played such an important role in the country’s history. In his later years this truly great man did his best to prove that education must be given free to everybody in the country.

🔊 A Great Traveller and politician.

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