Unit 3. People''s background

Choose the best answer:
Cam Ly is a _______________________
A. singer

B. doctor

C. writer


Shakespeare is a__________

A. worker

B. student
C. writer


Marie Curie is a___________

A. singer

B. nurse

C. scientist


Can you name some scientists and their
specializations?

Isaac Newton

Physics


Archimedes

Physics


Pythagoras

Maths


Marie Curie


UNIT 3:
PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND

READING

1. Have you ever heard about Marie Curie?

2. What do you know about her?



New words

Scientific / saɪənˈtɪfɪk/ (a):

Thuộc khoa học, có tính khoa học

Ex: The scientists often do the scientific research


harbour /'hɑ:bə/ (v):
chứa chấp, che giấu

I harbour the dream of a
scientific career.


With flying colors:
EX: She passed the exam with flying colors.


PhD /piː eɪtʃ ˈdi:/

Doctorate of philosophy


brilliant /'briljənt/ (a)

Tài giỏi


mature /mə'tjuə/ (a)

Trưởng thành, chín chắn

EX: He is a mature student in my class.


interrupt /intə'rʌpt/
Làm gián đoạn, ngắt quãng
makes sb stop what they are saying or doing

(v)


position /pə'zi∫n/ (n)

Vị trí, địa vị

obtain /əb'tein/ (v)

Đạt được, thu được


humanitarian /hju:mæni'teəriən/ (a)/(n)

Nhân đạo

Người theo chủ nghĩa nhân đạo


Strong- willed /'strɔɳ'wild/ (a)
Kiên quyết, cứng cỏi

Ambitious /æm'biʃəs/ (a)
Có nhiều hoài bão


New words:

scientific / saɪənˈtɪfɪk/(a)
with flying colors:

brilliant /'briljənt/ (a)
mature /mə'tjuə/
harbor /'hɑ:bə/

(a)
(v)

interrupt /intə'rʌpt/

(v)

position /pə'zi∫n/

(n)

obtain /əb'tein/

(v)

humanitarian /hju:mæni'teəriən/ (a) (n)
strong- willed /'strɔɳ'wild/ (a)
ambitious /æm'biʃəs/ (a)


Task 1: Match the words or phrases in A with their meanings in B


Task 2: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
Correct the false information.

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.

5.

She was the first woman professor at the Sorbonne.

T

F

scientific career

T

F

1895

T