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スラッシュ・リーディング長文演習　（２）

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① The achievements of Benjamin Franklin are not so well known as his name.

But America owes what she is to his achievements.

② Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, but he made his way to Philadelphia

at the age of 16. On arriving there, he walked around and looked for *lodgings

and work.

③ His industry brought him success, and when he was about forty years old

he retired to devote himself to helping the people of his colony. Soon he was

engaged in everything good and useful. He organized a *fire company, and he

saw to it that the streets of the city were lighted and cleaned. He set up the

first library, the first academy and the first post office. He made an experiment

of electricity by flying a *kite in a storm. As a result, lighting proved to be

electricity. He printed many newspapers, and he brought out an *almanac each

year.

④ Later, Franklin went to London to represent the American colonies. Though

he lived in England a long time, he was the last person to lose the American

simplicity or the American point of view. When he felt that the time had come

for America to break away from England and set up for herself, he took the

lead in working for independence.


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