Unit 3 -reading

All the teachers and the students to the
lecture designed on computer
Designed by Nguyen Thi Ha
On october 1st 2007
Look at these picture
Marie Curie
Nguyen Du
Quang Vinh
Lam Tam Nhu
Owen
Reading – p.32
2. Have you ever heard of Marie Curie?
3. What do you know about her ?
Look at the picture and answer the questions
1. Who is she ?
Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow
Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on November 7th , 1867 . She received general education in local schools and some scientific training from her father .
As a brilliant and mature student , Marie harboured the dream of a scientific career , which was impossible for a woman at that time . To save money for a study tour abroad , she had to work as a private tutor , and her studies were interrupted .
Finally in 1891 , Marie , with very litter money to live on , went to Paris to realise her dream at the Sorbonne . In spite of her difficult living conditions , she worked extremely hard. She earned a degree in Physics with flying colours, and went on to take another degree in Mathematics. She met Pierre Curie in the School of Physics in 1894 and a year later they got married . From then on , they worked together on their research . In 1903 , Marie became the firat woman to receive a PhD from the Sorbonne .
After the tragic death of Pierre Curie in 1906 , she took up the position which her husband had obtained at the Sorbonne .Thus , she was the first woman in France to be a university professor . Soon after , she was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the atomic weight of radium . But her real joy was “easing human suffering”. The founding of Radium Institute in 1914 made her humanitarian wish come true
1. General education (n)
2. Brilliant (adj)
3. Mature (adj )
4. Harbour the dream of
5. Flying colour
6. PhD: Doctor of Phylosophy
8. To be awarded
9. Atomic weight of radium
10. Humanitarian wish
a. Thông minh , sáng dạ
b. Nuôi ước mơ trở thành ….
c. Mong nuốn nhân đạo
d. Tốt nghiệp đại học loại ưu
f. Trưởng thành
h Cái chết đau khổ
i. Giáo dục phổ thông
g. Được trao cái gì
k. Trọng lượng nguyên tử
7. Tragic death
e. Bằng tiến sĩ
Task 1
Match the words or phrases in A with their meaning in B
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


Task 3
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Answer the questions
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When and where was Marie Curie born ?
Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on November 7th , 1867
What kind of student was she ?
She was a brilliant and mature student
Why did she work as a private tutor ?
She worked as a private tutor to save money for a study tour abroad
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
Was the prize her real joy ? Why / why not ?
No, it wasn’t . Her real joy was “ easing human suffering .”
Below are five adjectives we may use to describe Marie Curie. Find the evidence from the passage to prove each of them
strong-willed * intelligent
Ambitious *humane
Hard-woking