Unit 3. People's background

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Famous Scientists
Isaac Newton
Louis Pasteur
Albert Einstein
Marie Curie
Louis Pasteur developed the vaccine for preventing rabies.
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Isaac Newton is famous for his discovery of gravity.
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Albert Einstein is famous for his special and general theories of relativity.
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Marie Curie determined the atomic weight of radium.
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Marie Curie`s Background
Thursday, September 24th , 2009
Unit 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND
Lesson: Reading
I. Vocabulary:
brilliant:
mature:
private tutor:
interrupt:
professor:
determine:
(adj) xu?t s?c
(adj) trưởng thành
(n) gia sư
(v) làm gián đoạn
(n) giáo sư
(v) xác định
(v) d?t du?c
obtain:
She needs money. She teaches children at home. She is a private tutor.
She always gets very good mark at tests and exams. She is brilliant.
He is not a teacher. He teaches in a university. He is a professor.
I`m watching an interesting program on TV. An advertisement interrupts me. I hate this.
II. True / false statements:
1. Marie went to school in Warsaw.
2. Her dream was to become a
3. At the Sorbonne, she studied very well.
4. She married Pierre Curie in
5. She was the first woman professor at the Sorbonne.
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scientist.
1895.
private tutor.
1894.
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?


III. Answer the questions:
Lucky
Number!
LUCKY NUMBER
5
1
2
4
6
7
Lucky
Number!
3
Lucky
Number!
8
1. When and where was Marie Curie born?
She was born in Warsaw on November 7, 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 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
Number !
Lucky
Number !
Lucky
Number !
1. When and where was Marie Curie born?
? She was born in Warsaw on November 7, 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 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".




Answer keys:
IV. Retell:
- Marie Curie/born/Warsaw/Nov 7, 1867.
- She/go/school/Warsaw/but/studies/interrupted.
- In 1891/she/go/Sorbonne School.
- She/marry/Pierre Curie/1895.
- In 1903/she/become/first woman/receive/PhD /Sorbonne.
- In 1906/she/become/first woman/be/university professor/France.
- She/awarded/Nobel Prize/Chemistry/determining/atomic weight/radium.
V. Homework:
Write the summary in your notebooks.
Prepare for section B - Speaking.
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