单词：Franklin
n. printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790)
n. a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth
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Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林 Franklin's life is full of charming stories which all young men should know-how he peddled ballads in Boston, and stood, the guest of kings in Europe; how he worked his passage as a stowaway to Philadelphia, an
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Aretha Franklin 艾瑞莎弗兰克林 All the stars want to be slim, but American queen of soul Aretha Franklin is different. Miss Franklin couldnt be happier, she says, Im proud to be a Big Woman. 明星们都希望能拥有美好苗条的身形，然
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Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林 Franklin's parents were both pious Puritans. The family attended the old South Church, the most liberal Puritan congregation in Boston, where Benjamin Franklin was baptized in 1706. 富兰克林的双亲皆为虔
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