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UNIT 3 : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND -Reading *New words: -General education n / 'dʒenərəl/ : Giáo dục phổ thông -Brilliant a /'briljənt/ : Clever thông minh -Mature a /mə'tjuə/ : Trưởng thành[r]
(1)(2) Unit 3: Part A: READING (3) UNIT : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND -Reading Before you read: Ask and answer the questions Can you name some scientists and their specialisations ? Have you ever heard of Marie Curie? What you know about her? Work in pairs (4) UNIT : 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 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 * 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 15 17 18 19 (5) UNIT : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND -Reading *New words: -General education (n) / 'dʒenərəl/ : Giáo dục phổ thông -Brilliant (a) /'briljənt/ : Clever ( thông minh) -Mature (a) /mə'tjuə/ : Trưởng thành -harboured the dream of : Nuôi ước mơ trở thành -Private tutor (n): Gia sư -With flying colours: Tốt nghiệp loại ưu - PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) : Tiến sĩ -Tragic death: Cái chết đau thương -Be awarded: Được trao cái gì -Atomic weight of radium: Trọng lượng nguyên tử - Humanitarian wish /hju:,mæni'teəriən/ Mong muốn nhân đạo (6) Match the words or phrase in A with their meaning in B with flying colours a having a fully developed mind determine b keep in the mind mature c very well, with a very high mark/grade ease d make less severe harbour e find out exactly by making calculation (7) UNIT : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND -Reading While you read: b.Task 2: decide T- F T Marie went to school in Warsaw F Her dream was to become a scientist private tutor At the Sorbonne, she studied very well She married Pierre Curie in 1894 1895 She was the first woman professor at the Sorbonne (8) UNIT : PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND -Reading While you read: c.Tasks 3: Answer the questions When and where was Marie Curie born? What kind of student was she? Why did she work as a private tutor? For what service was she awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry? Was the prize her real joy? Why/Why not? (9) Answer keys: When and where was Marie Curie born? → She was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867 What kind of student was she? → She was a brilliant and mature student Why did she work as a private tutor? → She worked as a private tutor to save money for a study tour abroad 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 Was the prize her real joy? Why? Why not? → No, it wasn’t Her real joy was “easing human (10) Unit 3: PEOPLE’ S BACKGROUND Part A: Reading Before you read a Answering the questions b.Vocabulary pre-teaching 2.While you read a Task b Task c.Task 3 After you read Learn by heart the vocabulary and prepare for the next lesson (11) (12)