UNIT 3

Match the names with their careers
Trinh Cong Son football player
Thanh Lam writer
Pele singer
Marie Curie musician
Xuan Dieu scientist
Unit 3: People`s Background
Lesson: Reading
Monday, September 7th, 2009
Friday, September 11th, 2009
Vocabulary
Brilliant [`briljənt] (a)
: thông minh
Private tutor :
: gia sư
PhD [pi: eit∫ `di:]
= Doctor of Philosophy
: tiến sĩ
Be awarded
: được trao cái gì
Atomic weight of radium
Suffering [`sʌfəriη] (n)
:sự đau khổ
: trọng lượng nguyên tử
Humanitarian [hju:,mæni`teəriən] (a)
:tính nhân đạo
1. Marie went to school in Warsaw.
2. Her dream was to become a private tutor.
3. At the Sorbonne, she studied very well.
4. She married Pierre Curie in 1894.
5. She was the first woman professor at the Sorbonne.
T
F
T
F
T
scientist.
T
1895.
T
Task 2: Decide whether the statements are
true (T) or false (F). Correct the false information
Task 1: Match the words or phrases in A with
their meaning in B
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?
Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867
She was a brilliant and mature student.
She worked as private tutor to save money for a study tour abroad.
She was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for
determining the atomic weight of radium.
No, it wasn’t. Her real joy was “easing human suffering”.
Task 3: Answer the questions
There are five adjectives we can use to
describe Marie Curie. Find the evidence from
the passage to prove each of them
Strong – willed
Ambitious
Hard – working
Intelligent
Human