VOCABULARY revered - szanowany the Founding Fathers - twórcy amerykańskiej konstytucji to be born - urodzić się to be apprenticed - być uczniem, czeladnikiem printer - drukarz to leave - opuścić, wyjechać teenager - nastolatek to make a visit - złożyć wizytę, przybyć z wizytą printing house - drukarnia the latest developments - najnowsze zdobycze, osiągnięcia trade - zawód, profesja to return - wrócić to continue - kontynuować career - kariera journalist - dziennikarz earlier - wcześniejszy scientific experiments - eksperymenty naukowe kite - latawiec lightning - piorun to give an introduction - tu: wprowadzić intellectual circles - elita intelektualna to be elected - być wybranym The Royal Society - prestiżowe towarzystwo naukowe Wielkiej Brytanii to become a friend of - zaprzyjaźnić się z to receive a honorary degree - otrzymać doktorat honoris causa

Lesson 13
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin, one of the most revered of America's Founding Fathers, was born in Boston in January 1706 and was apprenticed to his brother James, a printer, when he was only twelve years old.

After leaving Boston for Philadelphia as a teenager, he made his first visit to London at the age of eighteen.

He worked for two years in a printing house there, studying the latest developments in his trade, before returning to Philadelphia to continue his career as a printer and journalist.

His earlier scientific experiments (including the famous one in which he used a kite to show that lightning was electrical in its nature) gave him an introduction to English intellectual circles.

He was elected to the Royal Society, became a friend of Edmund Burke, David Hume and Adam Smith and received honorary degrees from three universities.

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