Unit 3. People's background

Welcome to class 10
Choose the best answer
Lam Truong is a_____________
a. doctor
b. writer
c. singer
2. Shakespeare is a_____________
a. writer
b. worker
c. driver
3. Mr. Nam is a ___________
a. scientist
b. teacher
c. painter
4. Marie Curie is a___________
a. nurse
b. farmer
c. scientist
Can you name some scientists and their specializations?
Issac Newton
Physics
Archimede
Physics
Pitago
Maths
Marie Curie
1. Have you ever heard about Marie Curie?
UNIT 3:
PEOPLE`S BACKGROUND
2. What do you know about her?
READING
New words
Scientific
(adj)
Eg: The scientists often do the scientific researchs
Thuộc khoa học, có tính khoa học
harbour (v) : chứa chấp,che giấu
I harboured the dream of a scientific career
With flying colours:


ENGLISH TEST


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Peter
He passed the exam with flying colours
Xuất sắc
PhD:
Doctorate of philosophy
PhD:
Doctorate of philosophy
With flying colours : xuất sắc
harbour (v) : chứa chấp, che giấu
scientific
(adj) thuộc khoa hoc
TASK 1
MATCH THE WORDS OR PHRASES IN A WITH THEIR MEANINGS IN B
1.
C
2.
E
3.
A
4.
D
5.
B

T F
Marie went to school in Warsaw
Her dream was to become a private tutor
At the Sorbonne, she studied very well
4. She married Pierre Curie in 1894
5. She was the first woman professor
at the Sorbonne
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DECIDE THESE STATEMENTS WHETHER THEY ARE TRUE OR FALSE:
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Task 2
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?
She was born in Warsaw on November 7th, 1867.
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 a 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”
Find out the evidence from the passage to prove each of adjectives
Strong-willed
Ambitious
Hard-working
Intelligent
Humane
* Strong-willed
In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely hard
ambitious
As a brilliant and mature student, Marie harbored the dream of a scientific career which was impossible for a woman at that time.
Hard-working
To save money for a study tour abroad, she had to work as a private tutor.
Intelligent
She earned a physics degree with flying colours, and went on to take another degree in mathematics
Humane
Her real joy was”easing human suffering”
Marie Curie
(1867 - 1934)
Marie Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland on November 7th, 1867
Marie Sklodowska and Pierre Curie married on July 25th, 1895
She had two daughters, Irene and Eve, in 1897 and 1904
After the tragic death of Pierre Curie in 1906, Marie Curie 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.
The founding of the Radium institute in 1914 made her humanutarian wish come true.
Marie Curie with Albert Einstein
Some pictures
about Marie
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Group 3 - 25B Teaching
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