Well done is better than well said.

Eat to live, not live to eat.

Benjamin Franklin

About Benjamin Franklin:He was born on January 17, in Boston in Masachusetts,

and was the tenth child and youngest son of the

family.

He had only less than three years of formal education.

He once was a candle-maker in his father’s shop.

He was curious and loved to learn about new things

He invented lightning rod.(避雷针 )He helped set up America’s first city hospital.

He also helped to found a new nation.

He helped to write the Declaration of Independence.

He was a successful businessman, an inventor, a writer,

a scientist and a world-famous statesman.

With the following questions please listen to the tape

1. When did the experiment happen?

2. Who did the experiment?

3. Was the experiment successful?

In June 1752.

Benjamin Franklin helped by his son.

Yes. It’s quit successful.

Read the text again and answer the following questions:

1. The passage is mainly about______ A. how to make a strong kite and fly it high in the sky B. a number of experiments to show what electricity is C. an experiment to prove that lightning and electricity are the same D. how to use a kite to attract lightning and make use of it in our everyday life

2. Before his experiment, Franklin had to prepare the following EXCEPT______ A. a strong kite B. really bad weather C. a metal key D. a condenser

3. In Franklin’s experiment, a condenser was used to ___ A. store electricity B. make electricity C. attract lightning D. protect him from electricity

4. Which can be learned from paragraph 3? A. Franklin was shocked at the results of his kite experiment B. Franklin could have carried out the experiment in any season of the year. C. When a string gets wet it will conduct electricity much better. D. Before Franklin felt an electric shock, his hair must have stood up.

5. The writer thinks it better to make the kite out of silk than paper because______ A. silk conducts electricity better B. silk can protect people from electric shocks C. a silk kite is much lighter in weight D. it’ll be longer before a silk kite is damaged

a kite

wood

handkerchief

silk

string

frame

stronger

Fasten thecross

control

The report of the experiment

Purpose

Result

Things to be paid

attention to

Stand inside a door, or under some cover.

Make sure the string does not touch the wall or the door.

To prove lightning and electricity are the same

Lightning and electricity are the same

Which one is correct?

Which of the following sentence can be used to describe Benjamin Franklin:

1. Great hopes make great man.

2. From small beginning come great things.

3. No pains, no gains.

4. Practice makes perfect.

5. God help those who help themselves.

Practice makes perfect.

1.Find an interesting story about some other scientists.