Biografia de benjamin franklin

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
WEBSTER'S SPANISH THESAURUS EDITION

for ESL, EFL, ELP, TOFEL®, TOEIC®, and AP® Test Preparation

Benjamin Franklin
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Webster's Spanish ThesaurusEdition
for ESL, EFL, ELP, TOFEL®, TOEIC®, and AP® Test Preparation

Benjamin Franklin

TOEFL®, TOEIC®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which has neither reviewed nor endorsed this book. All rights reserved.

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ICON CLASSICS Published by ICON Group International, Inc. 7404 Trade Street San Diego, CA 92121 USA www.icongrouponline.com TheAutobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Webster's Spanish Thesaurus Edition for ESL, EFL, ELP, TOFEL®, TOEIC®, and AP® Test Preparation This edition published by ICON Classics in 2005 Printed in the United States of America. Copyright ©2005 by ICON Group International, Inc. Edited by Philip M. Parker, Ph.D. (INSEAD); Copyright ©2005, all rights reserved. All rights reserved. This book is protected bycopyright. No part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. Copying our publications in whole or in part, for whatever reason, is a violation of copyright laws and can lead to penalties and fines. Should you want to copy tables, graphs,or other materials, please contact us to request permission (E-mail: iconedit@san.rr.com). ICON Group often grants permission for very limited reproduction of our publications for internal use, press releases, and academic research. Such reproduction requires confirmed permission from ICON Group International, Inc. TOEFL®, TOEIC®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are trademarks of the EducationalTesting Service which has neither reviewed nor endorsed this book. All rights reserved. ISBN 0-497-25883-8

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Contents
PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR .......................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE ..................................................................................................... 2 PART ONE........................................................................................................................ 5 PART TWO ...................................................................................................................... 76 PART THREE .................................................................................................................. 93 PART FOUR.................................................................................................................. 165 CHIEF EVENTS IN FRANKLIN’S LIFE ............................................................................ 170 GLOSSARY ....................................................................................................................... 1

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PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR
Webster’spaperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned readings in English courses. By using a running English-to-Spanish thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin was edited for three audiences. The first includes Spanish-speaking students enrolled in an English Language Program (ELP), an English as a ForeignLanguage (EFL) program, an English as a Second Language Program (ESL), or in a TOEFL® or TOEIC® preparation program. The second audience includes English-speaking students enrolled in bilingual education programs or Spanish speakers enrolled in English speaking schools. The third audience consists of students who are actively building their vocabularies in Spanish in order to take foreign service,...