bai 3 reading unit 10

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Marie Curie

Many years ago, Minh
was a student
 Now, Minh is a mature person
mature (adj)
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I. Before you read
VOCABULARY

brilliant (adj)
thông minh
intelligent
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harbour (v)
p ấ ủ
keep in mind
with flying colours
Đạt điểm cao
with very high mark
determine (v)
Đánh giá, xác định
I. Before you read
VOCABULARY
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She should take an aspirin to ease her headache
She has headache.
ease (v) giảm bớt
I. Before you read
VOCABULARY

mature (adj) Tr ng thànhưở
with flying colours Đạt điểm cao
ease (v) gi m b tả ớ

harbour (v)
thông minh
brilliant (adj)
ấp ủ
determine (v)
Đánh giá, xác định

1. with flying colours
2. determine
3. mature
4. ease
5. harbour
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 calculation
Match the words or phrase in A with their meaning in B
I. Before you read

Marie Curie went to school in
Warsaw
Her dream was to become a private
tutor
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She married Pierre Curie in 1894
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She was the first woman professor
at the Sorbonne
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Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
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F
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II. While you read
At the Sorbonne, she studied very well
F
T
T

When and where was Marie Curie born?
What kind of student was she?
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2
A. In 1867 in Warsaw
C. In 1867 in France D. In 1877 in France
B. In 1877 in Warsaw
A. Brilliant and beautiful
C. Brilliant and mature D. Mature and pretty
B. Beautiful but silly

Marie Curie worked as a private tutor to
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Marie Curie was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for
It can be inferred from the passage that Marie Curie’ s real joy
was
A. save money for a study tour abroad
C. do nothing
D. earn a degree in Maths
B. receive a PhD
A. finding out the Radium
C. determining the Radium
D. determining the atomic
weight of radium
B. setting up Radium InstituteA. finding out the Radium B. setting up Radium Institute
C. making a lot of money D. increasing human suffering
A. Nobel Prize B. making human less severe

When and where was Marie Curie born?
What kind of student was she?
1
2
A. In 1867 in Warsaw
C. In 1867 in France D. In 1877 in France
B. In 1877 in Warsaw
A. Brilliant and beautiful
C. Brilliant and mature D. Mature and pretty
B. Beautiful but silly

Marie Curie worked as a private tutor to
3
5
4
Marie Curie was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for
It can be inferred from the passage that Marie Curie’ s real joy
was
A. save money for a study tour abroad
C. do nothing
D. earn a degree in Maths
B. receive a PhD
A. finding out the Radium
C. Determining the Radium
D. determining the atomic
weight of radium
B. setting up Radium InstituteA. finding out the Radium B. setting up Radium Institute
C. making a lot of money D. increasing human suffering
A. Nobel Prize B. making human less severe

Marie’s birthday
Year
Events
1867
studied at Sorbonne
1891
got married
1895
received doctor of Philosophy
1903

founded the radium Institute
1914
Find the events for each of the following years. Then use
them to summarize Marie Curie’s Background.
III. After you read

Learn vocabularies.
Prepare for speaking lesson.