Unit3: Reading

Match the people with their jobA 1.Lam Truong 2.To Hoai 3.Hong Anh 4.Marie Curie 5.Trinh Cong Son a.Musician b.Singer c.Writer d.Scientist d.Actress B... VOCABULARY Private tutor n Brill

A READING

Match the people with their job

A

1.Lam Truong 2.To Hoai

3.Hong Anh 4.Marie Curie 5.Trinh Cong Son

a.Musician b.Singer c.Writer d.Scientist d.Actress

B

VOCABULARY Private tutor (n)

Brilliant (a) PhD (n): Doctor of philosophy Tragic death

To be awarded Atomic weight of radium Human suffering

Humanitarian wish

Thông minh Gia sư

Tiến sĩ Cái chết đau khổ

Được trao cái gì

Trọng lượng nguyên tử

Nỗi khổ của con người Mong muốn nhân đạo

Task 1: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or

false (F) Correct the false information

1 Marie went to school in Warsaw

2 Her dream was to become a private tutor

3 At Sorbonne, she studied very well

4 She married Pierre Curie in 1894

5 She was the first woman professor at the Sorbonne

T

T

Guess Correct

scientist

1895

Task 2: Match the words or phrases in A with their meanings in B

1.with flying colours

2 determine

3 mature

4 ease

5 harbour

a having a fully developed mind

b b keep in the mind

c very well, with a very high mark /

grade

d make less severe

e find out exactly by making

calculations

Task 3: Answer the questions

1.When and where was Marie Curie

born?

2.What kind of student was she?

3.Why did she work as a private tutor?

4.For what service was she awarded a

Nobel Prize in chemistry?

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

1.When and where was Marie Curie born?

Marie Curie was born in Warsaw

2.What kind of student was she?

She was a brilliant and mature student.

3.Why did she work as a private tutor?

She worked as a private tutor to save money for study tour abroad.

4.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

5.Was the prize her real joy? Why?/ Why

not?

No, it wasn’t Her real joy was “ easing human suffering ”

Lucky star

Work in group Below are five adjectives we may use to describe Marie Curie Find the evidence from the passage to prove each of them.

(She harboured the dream of scientific career,

which was impossible for a woman at that time)

(In spite of her difficult situation, she worked

extremely hard and earned a degree in Physics with flying colours) (She works extremely hard)

(As a brilliant student, …)

(She had a humanitarian wish that ease human

suffering)

Strong-willed

-ambitious

-hard-working

-intelligent

- humane

Answer the questions:

1.Have you ever heard of Marie Curie? 2.What do you know about her?