Unit 3 - Reading

A
B
C
D
Questions:

1, Who is she?
2, Where and when was she born?
3, What is her husband`s name?
4, How many Nobel Prizes was she awarded? In which science?
Task 1: Match the words or phrases in A with their meanings in B
A
with flying colours
determine
mature
ease
harbour
B
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 caculations
KEY
1 – C
2 – E
3 – A
4 – D
5 – B
Vocabulary:
Science (n) – scientific (adj.) – scientist (n)
brilliant (adj.) = intelligent(adj.)
interrupt(v-ed)= stop/ to stop sb when he is speaking.
PhD( abbre.) = Doctor of Philosophy
Radium(n):
Atomic(adj.):
Humanitarian(adj.) =
e.g: Humanitarian organization
Task 2: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
Marie went to school in Warsaw.
Her dream was to become a private tutor.
At the Sorbonne, she studied very well.
She married Pierre Curie in 1894.
She was the first woman professor at the Sorbonne.
T
F
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TASK 3: Answer the questions
Where and when was Marie 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 tutor?
- Because she had to save money for a study tour abroad.

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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. Because her real joy was “ easing human suffering”
After you read
Strong-willed (adj.)
Ambitous ( adj.)
Hardworking (adj.)
Intelligent (adj.)
Humane (adj.)  humanitarian (adj.)
Consolidation
1. Retell about Marie Curie basing on the following information
She was born in…………. on………….
When she was a student,…………………
In 1894 she met ……………………
In 1903, she became ……………….
She was awarded a Nobel Prize for………
2.Fill in the blanks with missing words
Marie Curie was born in ________ on November 7th , _______. She went to school in her hometown. When she was a student, she was very ________ and mature. She _________ the dream of a scientific career. She went to Paris to study in Sorbonne university. She met Pierre Curie in the School of Physics in ________. After her husband’s death in 1906, she continued their research. She was awarded a ________ Prize in Chemistry for determining the atomic weight of ________.
Warsaw
1867
brilliant
harboured
1894
Nobel
radium
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