Unit 3. People's background

Welcome the teachers to Class 10C3
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. Miss Nguyet 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
Involving science
Does he often do the scientific research?
Harbour (v) :
To keep feeling or thoughts
I harboured the dream of a scientific career

With flying colours:


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Peter
Very well, with a very high mark
John


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Did he do the English Test with flying colours?
PhD:
Doctorate of philosophy
PhD:
Doctorate of philosophy
With flying colours
Harbour (v) :
Scientific
(adj)
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”
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