Unit 03 people background reading

Louis Pasteur

Famous
Scientists

Albert Einstein

Isaac Newton

Marie Curie


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.
thuyết tương đối


Marie Curie determined the
atomic weight of radium.

Nguyên tố
phóng xạ


Marie
Curie’s
Backgrou
nd


Monday, Sept 20th, 2010

Unit 3:

Part A:

READING


UNIT 3 : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND -Reading

1. Before you read:

Ask and answer the questions.

1. Can you name some scientists and their specialisations ?
2. Have you ever heard of Marie Curie?
3. What do you know about her?

Work in pairs

UNIT 3 : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND -Reading

2. While you read:

*New words:

-General education (n) / 'dʒenərəl/ : Giáo dục phổ cập
-Brilliant (a) /'briljənt/ : Clever ( thông minh)
-Mature (a) /mə'tjuə/ : Trưởng thành
-harboured the dream of : Nuôi ước mơ trưởng thành
-Private tutor (n):
Gia sư
-Flying colours (a) : Tốt nghiệp ĐH loại ưu
-PhD (Doctor of Phylosophy) : Tiến sĩ
-Tragic death (n): Cái chết đau thương
-Be awarded (a): Được trao cái gì
-Atomic weight of radium: Trọng lượng nguyên tử
- Humanitarian wish /hju:,mæni'teəriən/ Mong muốn nhân đạo


UNIT 3 : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND -Reading
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.
T/F

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UNIT 3 : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND -Reading

2. While you read:
a.Task 1: Matching A with B

1. determine
2. ease
3. harbour
4. Mature
5. with flying
colours

a. Keep in the mind
b. Make less severe
c. Find out exactly by making
calculations
d. Very well, with a very high
mark/grade
e. Having a fully developed mind


UNIT 3 : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND -Reading

2. While you read:
b.Task 2: decide T- F

1. Marie went to school in
Warsaw.
2. Her dream was
private
scientis
to
tutor.
become a
t.

3. At the Sorbonne, she
studied very well.
4. She married Pierre 189
189
Curie in
5.
4.
5. She was the first
woman professor at the

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UNIT 3 : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND -Reading

2. While you read:

c.Tasks 3: Answer the questions.


1

Lucky
Number!

4

2
3

Lucky
Number!

6

5
8

Lucky
Number!

7


UNIT 3 : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND -Reading

When and where was Marie Curie born?

e was born in Warsaw on November 7, 18


UNIT 3 : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND -Reading

. What kind of student was she?
She was a brilliant and
mature student.


UNIT 3 : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND -Reading

3. Why did she work as a private
tutor?
She worked as a private tutor to save
money for a study abroad.


UNIT 3 : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND -Reading

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.


UNIT 3 : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND -Reading

5. Was the prize her real joy? Why?
Why not?
No, it wasn’t. Her real joy was
“easing human suffering”.

Answer keys:
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


3.AFTER YOU READ:

- Marie Curie/born/Warsaw/Nov 7, 1867.
She/go/school/Warsaw/but/studies/interrupted.
- In 1891/she/go/Sorbonne School.
- She/marry/Pierre Curie/1895.
- In 1903/she/become/first
woman/receive/PhD /Sorbonne.
- In 1906/she/become/first woman/be/university
professor/France.
- She/awarded/Nobel

Prize/Chemistry/determining/atomic


Unit 3:

PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND
P.13th - Part A: Reading

1. Before you
read
a. Answering
the questions
b.Vocabulary
pre-teaching
2.While you
read
a. Task 1
b. Task 2
c.Task 3
3. After you
read

Learn by heart the vocabulary
and prepare for the next lesson