ESL WORKSHEET - The scientist Marie Curie

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

MARIE CURIE

LinguaHouse

Jan. 29, 2019

Level: Pre-Intermediate (A2-B1)
Type of English: General English
Tags: Science and Technology; People and Places; Celebrities and Historical Figures; Health and Well-being; Vocabulary Lesson
Publication date: 01/29/2019

Students listen to a brief biography of scientist Marie Curie. The exercises focus on listening comprehension, vocabulary, and speaking.

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AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

Marie Sklodowska Curie was born in 1867 in Poland.
Her family was big, and she was the youngest of five children. Her parents were both teachers.
They loved books and learning. They taught their children many important things about life, education, and about respecting other people.
Thanks to their support, Marie became one of the best students.
In her teenage life, Marie taught poor children how to read. She was very good at it.
Later, she went to college and became an amazing scientist.
She wanted to make a difference, so she worked very hard to help women to go to schools. At that time, it was not typical for girls, so her parents founded a secret school just for them.
In her adult life, Marie did many experiments and around 1912, she discovered Radium and Polonium with her husband Pierre.
These are radioactive elements which make X-Rays possible. She was the first ever woman to win the Nobel Prize.
First, she got it for her work in Physics, and what was even more surprising, she received a second prize but this time in Chemistry.
Working with X-Ray machines made Madame Curie very sick.
At that time, people did not know it was very dangerous to use radioactive elements without special protection.
As a result, she died in 1934, at the age of 66.

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