Unit3.Reading

Unit 3:
PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND
A. READING
Before you read:
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
1.Can you name some scientists and their specialisations?
2.Who is this?
3.What do you know about her?
EX: NEWTON ( PHYSICS ); MENDELEEP ( CHEMISTRY )
Newton Mendeleep
Marie curie
To learn more about Marie Curie, let us go on reading now
You have 5 minutes to read through reading this book
Task 1
Match the words or phrases in A with their meanings in B

2. Her dream was to become a private tutor.

3. At the Sorbonne, she studied very well.

4. She married Pierre Curie in 1984.

5. She was the first woman professor at the Sorbonne.
Marie went to school in Warsaw.
Task 2:
Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false information.
scientist
1985
Task 3:
Answer the questions.
1. when and where was Marie curie born?
She was born in Warsaw on November
2. What kind of student was she?
She was a brilliant and mature student.
3. Why did she work as 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?
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”.
Let’s play
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Presentation of our team to this is the end
Thank you for tracking
goodbye
Who died in 1906?
Pierre Curie
Number 1
What
Did
She
Say
Her
Real
Joy ?
She
Said:
“Easing human
Suffering”
Number 3
Why was Marie Curie awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
Because she determined the atomic weight radium.
Number 4
lucky
Number 5
unlucky
Number 6
What was Marie Curie’s dream?
A
scientific
Number 2