Read the introductory paragraph. Then listen. Complete the missing dates in the timeline of Benjamin Franklin’s life

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2. Read the introductory paragraph. Then listen. Complete the missing dates in the timeline of Benjamin Franklin’s life.

(Đọc đoạn giới thiệu. Sau đó lắng nghe. Hoàn thành những ngày còn thiếu trong dòng thời gian về cuộc đời của Benjamin Franklin)

Benjamin Franklin is a giant 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.

1715. Starts working for his brother James, a printer.

1725. 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.

1745. 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.

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