Unit 3. People's background

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1
B
2
C
3
D
4
E
5
F
6
1. The capital of France?
2. The place where The Titanic left before
the accident?
3. The capital of Poland?
4. The football team won the UEFA Champion
League in 2005?
5. Who discovered America?
6. Where will Olympic Games 2012 be held ?
Paris
Southamton (England)
Warsaw
Liverpool
Colombus
London (England)
UNIT 3
PEOPLE`S BACKGROUND
Lesson: READING
Leading questions
Have you ever heard of Marie Curie?
2. What do you know about her?
What you already
know about her...
What you want to know
about her...
- brilliant (a)
= intelligent
- tragic death
- obtain (v)
- humanitarian (a)
2. Vocabulary
Nhân đạo
3. Checking vocabulary: Gap fill-in
1. Police are investigating the truth of the woman`s
death. Because it is a .....................
2. Nowadays, the ....................... works are always concerned in society.
3. Ronaldinho is a .......................... footballer.
4. He always tries to .......................... what he wants.
tragic death
humanitarian
brilliant
obtain
II. While-reading:
1. Matching:
A
B


1. with flying colours
2. determine
3. mature
4. ease
5. harbour


a. having a fully
developed mind
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
2. True/ False statements (Group-work)
a. .............. Marie went to school in Warsaw.
b. .............. Her dream was to become a private tutor.
c. .............. At the Sorbonne, she studied very well.
d. .............. She married Pierre Curie in 1894
e. .............. She was the first woman professor at the
Sorbonne.
T
F
Note:
b. Her dream was to become a scientist
T
F
d. She married Pierre Curie in 1895
T
3. Answer the questions: (Group- work)
a. When and where was Marie Curie born?
b. What kind of student was she?
c. Why did she work as a private tutor?
d. For what service was she awarded a Nobel Prize in
Chemistry?
e. Was the prize her real joy? Why/ Why not?
She was born in Warsaw on Nov 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 weigh of radium
No, it wasn`t. Her real joy was ``easing human suffering``
*4. Gap-fill (Group-work) Complete the sentences
by using the information from the text.
a. Lack of money, Marie Curie had to ..................... a
private tutor.
b. ........................ her difficult living condition, she
worked extremely hard.
c. Both Marie Curie and her husband .........................
...... their research.
d. She not only educated her two children but also
................................. of her husband at the
Sorbonne.
work as
In spite of
worked together
on
took up the position
III. Post-reading: (Group-work) Below are five adjectives we may use to describe Marie Curie. Find the evidence from passage to prove each of them.
a. strong-willed ?


b. ambitious ?

c. hard-working ?

d. intelligent ?

e. humane ?
harboured the dream of a scientist career - impossible for a woman at that time.
kept moving up in her career.
difficult living condition - worked hard
won the Nobel Prize
easing human suffering
Homework
At home, students write a paragraph to summarize Marie Curie`s background, not more than 100 words.
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