Unit 3

DAKALAK TRAINING AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Le Huu Trac High School
Foreign Language Group
Teacher in charge: tranvanthuong
Section: Reading

ENGLISH 10
Unit 3:
WARM UP
Group
work:
Ampere
Einstein
Newton
Volta
Ohm
Marie Curie
Gauss
Watt
Do you know who are they?
Pair works:
1. Answer these questions:
2. Have you ever heard
of Marie Curie?
3. What do you know about her?
1. Who is this woman?
She is Marie Curie.
Yes, I have.
She is a talent scientist, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- General education (n) :
2. Vocabulary:
Comprehensive study of all subjects and skills
- Brilliant (a) :
Clever, quick at learning
-Mature (a) :
Fully- grown/ developed in character and power
Foster/ keep in mind the dream of doing something
-Harbour the dream of (v) :
-Flying colours (a) :
With excellent grade
-PhD :
Doctor of Phylosophy
-Tragic death (n phr) :
Die painfully, tragical
-To be awarded (a) :
Trọng lượng nguyên tử

-Atomic weight of radium (n):
-Humanitarian wish (n) :
Mong muốn nhân đạo
To be presented with
Read the text below and listen to the tape:
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 harboured the dream of a 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 realize her dream at the Sorbonne. In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely hard. She earned a degree in Physics with flying colors, 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 worked 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 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 come true.
Match the words or phrases in A with their meanings in B:
Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F):
Marie Curie went to school in Warsaw.
Her dream was to become a private tutor.
At the Sorbonne, she studied very well.
She married Pierre Curie in 1894.
She was the first woman professor at the Sorbonne.
T F
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Work in pairs. Answer the questions:
When and where was Marie Curie born?
What kind of student was she?
Why did she work as a private tutor?
4. For what service was she awarded a Nobel Prize?

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 a 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.”
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.
FIND THE EVIDENCE FROM THE PASSAGE:
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 harboured the dream of a 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, eith very little money to live on, went to Paris to realize her dream at the Sorbonne. In 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 worked 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 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 come true.
STRONG-WILLED:
She harboured the dream of a scientific career, which was impossible for a woman at that time.
AMBITIOUS:
In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked
extremely hard. She earned a degree in Physics
with flying colors.
HARD-WORKING:
she worked extremely hard.
INTELLIGENT:
As a brilliant and mature student
HUMANE:
She has a humanitarian wish that ease human suffering.
Birth: November 7th, 1867
Death: July 4th, 1934
Place of birth: Warsaw, Poland
Principal resident: Paris, France
Known for: winning the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics, and becoming the first scientist to receive the award in two different scientific categories

Career:
-Translate the text into Vietnamese.
-Finish all tasks into notebooks.
-Prepare Speaking part for the next period.