Unit 3. People's background

Unit 3:
PEOPLE` S BACKGROUND
Part A:
READING
Famous Scientists
Louis Pasteur
Albert Einstein
Marie Curie
Isaac Newton
Louis Pasteur developed the vaccine for preventing rabies.
bệnh dại
Isaac Newton is famous for his discovery of gravity.
trọng lực
Albert Einstein is famous for his special and general theories of relativity.
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Marie Curie determined the atomic weight of radium.
Nguyên tố phóng xạ
Marie Curie`s Background
UNIT 3 : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND
1. Before you read:
Ask and answer the questions.
1. Have you ever heard of Marie Curie?
2.What do you know about her?
Work in pairs
UNIT 3 : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND
2. While you read:
*New words:
-General education (n)
-Brilliant (a)
-Mature (a)
-Private tutor (n) /’praivit ‘tju:tə/ :
-Flying colours (a) :
-PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) :
-Tragic death (n):
-Be awarded (a):
-Atomic weight of radium /’reidiəm/ :
- Humanitarian wish
/ `dʒenərəl/ :
/`briljənt/ :
-harboured the dream of :
/mə`tjuə/ :
/hju:,mæni`teəriən/
Giáo dục phổ cập
Clever ( thông minh)
Gia sư
Tiến sĩ
Cái chết đau thương
Được trao cái gì
Trọng lượng nguyên tử
Mong muốn nhân đạo
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 Curie harboured the dream of 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 little money to live on , went to Paris to realise her dream at the Sorbonne. On 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 work together on their research. In 1903, Marie became the first 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 at 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 the Radium Institute in 1914 made her humanitarian which come true.
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UNIT 3 : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND -Reading
2. While you read:
a.Task 1: Matching A with B
Task 2: whether the statements are True (T) or False (F).Correct the false information.
5.She was the first woman professor at the Sorbonne”.
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F
1.Marie went to school in Warsaw.
2. Her dream was to become a private tutor.
3.At the Sorbonne, she studied very well.
4. She married Pierre Curie in 1894.
1. Marie went to school in Warsaw.
2. Her dream was to become a
3. At the Sorbonne, she studied very well.
4. She married Pierre Curie in
5. She was the first woman professor at the Sorbonne.
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scientist.
1895.
private tutor.
1894.
Task 3: Answer the questions
What did she do after her husband’s death?

For what service was she awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

Was the prize her real joy? Why /Why not?

When was the Radium Institute founded?

5. What was made to come true by the founding of the Radium Institute?

1. When and where was Marie Curie born?
? She was born in Warsaw on November 7, 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 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".




Answer keys:
After you read: Work in groups. Below are five adjectives
we may use to describe Marie Curie. Find the evidence
from the passage to prove each of them.
She harboured the dream of a scientific career,
which was impossible for a woman at that time. Finally
in 1891,Marie, with very little money to live on,
went to Paris to realize her dream at the Sorbonne.
She harboured the dream of a scientific career,
which was impossible for a woman at that time.
She earned a degree in Physics with flying colors,
and went on to take another degree in Mathematics.
In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely hard.
She earned a degree in Physics with flying colors,
and went on to take another degree in Mathematics.
Soon after, she was awarded a Nobel Prize in
Chemistry for determining the atomic weight of radium.
Her real joy was “easing human sufferring”
Homework
+ Learn new words by heart
+ Practice reading the passage and translate it into Vietnamese
+ Prepare Unit 3 – Speaking lesson