AS A CHILD, HE RECEIVED MOST OF HIS AT HOME. (EDUCATE) V. READ THE...

28. As a child, he received most of his at home. (educate)

V. Read the passage carefully, then answer the following questions. (1M)

MARIE CURIE (1867 - 1934 )

Marie was born in Warsaw. She studied maths and physics in Paris. She met and married a

scientist - Pierre Curie. She had two children but continued her career after they was born.

In 1902, she and Pierre discovered a new element called “radium” which was important

because doctors could use it to help people with cancer. They were awarded the 1903

Nobel Prize for physics They continued to work hard and made new discoveries. Marie

even continued her research after her husband’s death in 1906. She became a professor of

the Sorbornne. In 1911, she was awarded a second Nobel Prize for chemistry. She died in