Unit 3. People''''s background

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Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences.

1 Marie Curie was born _.

A In 1867 in France

B B In 1877 in Warsaw

C In 1867 in Warsaw

2 She received some scientific training

.

A in local schools

B from her father

C both in local schools and from her father.

3 She had to work as to save money for a study tour abroad.

A a student

B a scientist

C a private tutor

4 In 1891, Marie went to the Sorbonne to harbour the dream of becoming a .

A a student

B a scientist

C a private tutor

5 She earned two degrees at the Sorbonne with flying colours, one in and one

in .

A Maths/ Chemistry

B Physics/ Chemistry

C Physics/ Maths

6 She married Pierre Curie _, only a year after they met.

A in 1894

B in 1895

C in 1906

7 In 1903, she became the first woman to receive a _ from the Sorbonne.

A PhD

B scholarship

C degree

1 tragic (a) /’trædʒɪk/ : bi thảm, bi kịch

VOCABULARY

2 take up (vp) /teɪk ʌp / : tiếp nhận, đảm nhận

4 award (v,n) /ə’wɔːd/ : trao giải

3 obtain (v) /əb’teɪn/ : nhận được, giành được

5 determine (v) /dɪˈtə:mɪn/

6 atomic (a) /ə’tɒmɪk/

atomic weight

: thuộc nguyên tử : xác định

: làm dịu đi, giảm bớt

7 ease (v) /i:z/

8 humanitarian (a) /hjʊˌmænɪˈteərɪən/

: trọng lượng nguyên tử

: nhân đạo

humane (a) /hju:’meɪn/ : nhân từ, nhân đức

Titanic is a tragic love story film.

= to continue sth that sb hasn’t finished

= give prize to sb

= find out exactly by making calculations

make less severe

Vocabulary check: Match the words or phrases in A with their meanings in B

a find out exactly by making calculations

b give something as an official payment, or

prize to (someone)

c make less severe

d continue sth that sb hasn’t finished

e Making you feel very sad, usually because sb

has died or suffered a lot

f concerned with reducing suffering and

improving the conditions that people live in

Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on November 7th, 1867 She received general education in local schools and some scientific training from her father.

As a brilliant and mature student, Marie Curie harboured the dream of scientific career, which was impossible for a woman at that time To save money for a

study tour abroad, she had to work as a private tutor, and her studies were interrupted

Finally, in 1891, Marie, with very little money to live on , went to Paris to realise her dream at the Sorbonne On spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely hard She earned a degree in Physics with flying colours , and went on to take another degree in Mathematics She met Pierre Curie in the school of Physics in 1894 and a year later they got married From then on, they work together on their research In

1903, Marie became the first woman to receive a PhD from the Sorbonne

After the tragic death of Pierre Curie in 1906, she took up the position which her husband had obtained at the Sorbonne Thus, she was the first woman in France to

be at a university professor Soon after, she was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the atomic weight of radium But her real joy was “easing human suffering” The founding of the Radium Institute in 1914 made her humanitarian wish

Task 1: Read the passage and decide whether

the statements are True (T) or False (F).

Correct the false information.

5 Her real joy was “easing human suffering”

1 Marie’s husband died in 1906.

2 She didn’t take up the position which her husband

had obtained at the Sorbonne after his death.

3 She was the first woman professor at the Sorbonne.

4 She was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics

Task 2: Answer the questions

1 What did she do after her husband’s death?

2 For what service was she awarded a Nobel Prize in

Chemistry?

3 Was the prize her real joy? Why /Why not?

4 When was the Radium Institute founded?

5 What was made to come true by the founding of the

Radium Institute?

1 2

3

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2 For what service was she awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry ?

- She was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the atomic weight of radium.

3 Was the prize her real joy? Why /Why not?

- No, it wasn’t Because her real joy

was “easing human suffering”.

1.What did she do after her husband’s death?

- After her husband’s death, she took up the position which her husband had obtained at the Sorbonne.

4 When was the Radium Institute founded ?

- It was founded in 1914.

5 What was made to come true by the

founding of the Radium Institute?

- Marie’s humanitarian wish was made

come true (by the founding of the Radium Institute).

After you read: 1 Work in groups Below are five adjectives

we may use to describe Marie Curie Find the evidence

from the passage to prove each of them.

After you read: 1 Work in groups Below are five adjectives

we may use to describe Marie Curie Find the evidence

from the passage to prove each of them.

humane

After you read: 1 Work in groups Below are five adjectives

we may use to describe Marie Curie Find the evidence

from the passage to prove each of them.

She earned a degree in Physics with flying colors, and went on to take another degree in Mathematics

Soon after, she was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the atomic weight of radium Her real joy was “easing human sufferring”

AFTER YOU READ: 2 Use the suggested information to talk about Marie Curie’s background.

- born / Warsaw / Nov 7, 1867.

- receive general education / local school

- go / Sorbonne School / 1891/ harbour the dream of a scientific career.

- marry / Pierre Curie / 1895 work together on the

research - become / first woman / receive / PhD / Sorbonne /

1903.

- awarded / Nobel Prize / Chemistry / determining /

atomic weight of radium.

- get 2 degrees (in Physics and Maths) with flying

colours

+ Learn new words by heart

+ Practice reading the passage and translate

it into Vietnamese

+ Prepare Unit 3 – Speaking lesson