Unit 3. People's background

1867: in Warsaw
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born
at a local school
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studied
1891: to Paris
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went
1895: married
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got
1906: husband
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died
1867: in Warsaw
- - - -
born
at a local school
- - - - - - -
studied
1891: to Paris
- - - -
went
1895: married
- - -
got
1906: husband
- - - -
died
1906: first woman
professor
1911: awarded
Nobel Prize
1934: died
Unit 3
People’s background
Newton
Marie Curie
L.Pasteur
Einstein

L. Pasteur - rabies
Newton - gravity
A. Einstein - relativity
Marie Curie - radium
Pierre Curie scientist

Nobel prize




career
a Ph.D
private tutor
research
humanitarian
brilliant = intelligent
To be impossible = can’t
be interrupted = to pause
extremely = very, very



Task 2 : True or False
1. Marie went to school
in Warsaw
T
2. Her dream was to become
a private tutor.
F
3. At the Sorbonne, she studied
very well.
T
4. She married Pierre Curie
in 1894.
F
5. She was the first woman
Professor at the Sorbonne.
T
1891
1894
1903
1906
Homework
Marie Curie was intelligent.
She was the first woman to get a PhD, the first woman to be a professor in France and she was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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?
Because she wanted 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 or why not?
No, it wasn’t. Her real joy was “easing human suffering.”