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Jackwasasmalldog.But he was cleverer than big dogs. His master (хозяин) taught him to do many tricks. Jack learnt them more rapidly than a dog could do. But there was one thing Jack could not understand. All dogs like to bury (закапывать) their food in the ground. Jack often buried a bone or a piece of bread. He never forgot where he could find it. When he was hungry, he always knew where to look for food.

In summer when the weather got warmer Jack loved to gnaw (грызть) a piece of ice. It made his mouth feel cooler. He sat and waited when the iceman left a piece of ice for him. Later when he dug (копать) in the place where he had left the ice there was no ice there. He seemed greatly puzzled (озадачить) when he could not find the ice.

Lesson 7

Грамматика: Времена Perfect (active voice)

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin, American statesman¹, printer, scientist², inventor, and writer, was born³ about three hundred years ago in Boston, Massachusetts. At the time of his birth, 1706, Massachusetts was still a colony and the United States had not yet become an independent nation. At that time candles were used for lights in houses and Franklin's father was a candle-maker. Benjamin was the tenth of seventeen children. When he. was only ten years old he had to leave school⁴ to help his father.

Benjamin was not happy working in his father's candle shop, and so when he was thirteen his father sent him to Ben's elder brother where he became a printer. In these years he learned to write so well that he often wrote something for his brother's newspaper.

Franklin liked the work in the printing shop, but he did not get along very well with⁵ his brother. At the age of seventeen⁶ he set out to make his own way in the world⁷. He went to New York, but not finding any work there, went to Philadelphia. He arrived there dirty and hungry.

Franklin began working in a printing shop in Philadelphia, but by 1729 he became the owner of a popular newspaper.

Franklin was greatly interested in electricity and is famous for flying a kite during a thunderstorm: thus he proved the connection of lightning with electricity. This was one of the many investigations, which won Franklin recognition⁸ as a scientist.

In Philadelphia Franklin founded⁹ the first public library in America. Franklin served his country as a statesman and as a diplomat. Benjamin Franklin died in 1790 when he was eighty-four years old.

Notes

1 statesman	– государственный деятель
2 scientist	– ученый
3 wasborn	– родился
4 to leave school	– окончить школу; бросить учиться
5 to get along well with somebody	– быть в хороших отношениях, уживаться, ладить с кем-нибудь
6 at the age of 17	– в возрасте 17 лет
7 to make one's own way in the world	– сделать карьеру, завоевать положение в обществе, выбиться в люди
8investigations, which won recognition	–исследования, которые принесли признание, славу
9 to found	– основать
10 to serve one's country	– служить своей стране

Vocabulary Exercises