Unit 3:
PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND
Before you read:
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.






1. Can you name some scientists and their specialisations?
Issac Newton
Physics
Pytago
Maths
Marie Curie
Chemistry
Physics
Maths
2. Have you ever heard of Marie Curie?

3. What do you know about her?
- Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on November 7th, 1867. She received general education in local schools and some scientific training from her father.
While you read:
- As a brilliant and mature student, Marie harboured the dream of a 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. In 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 worked together on their research. In 1903, Marie became the first woman to receive 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 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 wish come true.
New word
Brilliant = intelligent : thông minh, xuất chúng

Mature = grown up, adult: trưởng thành
Harbour = have in mind: nuôi dưỡng (ý định)
Career = occupation: nghề nghiệp
Interrupted= stop, obstruct, impede: ngăn cản 
Degree= diploma: bằng cấp
With flying colours= successfully: xuất sắc
THIÊN ÂN

ENGLISH TEST

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PhD= doctor of Philosophy: tiến sĩ
Obtain= acquire,get: đạt được,có được
Thus= therefore: do đó
Determine= find out: xác định, quyết tâm


Humanitarian= generous: nhân đạo
TASK 1
MATCH THE WORDS OR PHRASES IN A WITH THEIR MEANINGS IN B
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C
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E
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A
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D
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B
Task 2 : DECIDE THESE STATEMENTS WHETHER THEY ARE TRUE OR FALSE:


T F

1. Marie went to schoolin 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
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TASK 3: ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
1. When and where was Marie Curie born?

She was born in Warsaw on November 7th, 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 tour 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”
After you read:
Find out the evidence from the passage to prove each of adjectives.

Strong-willed

Ambitious

Hard-working

Intelligent

Humane
Ambitious
Marie harboured the dream of a scientific career which was impossible for a woman at that time
Strong-willed
Finally in 1891, Marie, with very little money to live on, went to Paris to realise her dream at the Sorbonne.
Hard-working
Inspite of her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely hard.
Intelligent:
She earned a physics degree with flying colours, and went on to take another degree in mathematics.
Humane
Her real joy was”easing human suffering”.
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