5. UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND MARIE CURIE (1867) A- READING: Warm up - Make sentences with + born: She was born in Warsaw on November 7 th, 1867 + intelligent: She had a flying color, had a degree in Maths + ambitions: She became a university professor. She harboured a dream of scientific career. She became the first woman to receive a Ph.D. + real joy: Her real joy was “easing human suffering” MARIE CURIE (1867)

6. UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND - FILL IN THE COLUMN What you already know about MARIE CURIE + Intelligent + famous + won Nobel Prize + find out radium + hard- working + a university professor

7. Match the words or phrases in A with their meaning in B AB 1. with flying colours 2. determine 3. mature 4. ease 5. Harbour a. having a fully developed mind. 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 calculations UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND * Task 1: Work in pairs

8. UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND * Task 2: Pairs work 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 3. At the Sorbonne, she studied very well 4. She married Pierre Curie in 5. She was the first woman professor TF private tutor Scientific career 1894 1895

9. UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND * Task 4: Answer the questions 1. Where and when was Marie Curie born? 2. What kind of student was she? 3. Why did she work as a private tutor? 4. For what service was she awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry? 5. Was the Prize her real joy? Why/ Why not?

10. UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND * Task 4: Answer the questions 1. Where and when was Marie Curie born?  She was born in Warsaw on November 7 th, 1867

11. UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND * Task 4: Answer the questions 2. What kind of student was she?  She was a brilliant and mature student.

12. UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND * Task 4: Answer the questions 3. Why did she work as a private tutor?  Because she wanted to save money for a study tour abroad

13. UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND * Task 4: Answer the questions 4. For what service was she awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry?  She awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the atomic weight of radium.

14. UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND * Task 4: Answer the questions 5. Was the Prize her real joy? Why/ Why not?  No, it wasn’t. Because her real joy was “easing human suffering”

15. UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND * Task 4: Answer the questions 1. Where and when was Marie Curie born? 2. What kind of student was she? 3. Why did she work as a private tutor? 4. For what service was she awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry? 5. Was the Prize her real joy? Why/ Why not?