Science heroine:Madame Curie

河北 田 靖

主題語境：人與自我 篇幅：230詞 建議用時：5分鐘

1Madame Curie,the youngest of the five children in her family,was born in Warsaw,Poland on November 7,1867.Her early years were strongly influenced by her parents,who were both educators. 1 She later joined the Faculty of Sciences at the Sorbonne.This made Madame Curie the first woman to teach at the university level in France.

22 They started to do research together on radioactive matter and found polonium（釙）and radium（鐳）.The work laid the foundation for future discoveries in nuclear physics and chemistry.In 1903,Madame Curie received her Doctor's degree for her study on radioactive matter. 3

34 Despite this loss,Madame Curie continued her work on radioactivity and won a second Nobel Prize in 1911.After the First World War,Madame Curie visited the USA and was invited to many countries to give speeches about her work. 5

一、語篇理解

根據上面的短文，從下面選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

A.And at an early age she put importance to education.

B.In 1895,she married Pierre Curie,a very bright scientist.

C.On July 4,1934,at the age of 66,she died peacefully in Paris.

D.After their marriage,they worked together on radioactivity.

E.In the same year Madame Curie and Pierre Curie were given the Nobel Prize in Physics.

F.She sent part of her income to help pay for her older sister's medical studies.

G.On April 19,1906,Pierre was killed in a accident while walking across the street.

【語篇圖解】

這是一篇人物介紹類記敘文，其主題語境為“人與自我”范疇中的“生命的意義、生命的價值”。文章介紹了兩次獲得諾貝爾獎的女科學家居里夫人。全文結構如下：

二、閱讀筆記

閱讀上面的短文，搜集文本中出現的單詞和短語。

三、語句分析

閱讀上面的短文，分析、掌握文本中出現的復雜的語言結構。

1.Her early years were strongly influenced by her parents,who were both educators.

【點石成金】這是一個復合句，意為“她早年深受父母的影響，他們都是教育家”。主句Her early years were strongly influenced by her parents 是被動結構，who were both educators是關系代詞who引導的非限制性定語從句，修飾先行詞her parents。

2.On April 19,1906,Pierre was killed in a accident while walking across the street.

【點石成金】這是一個簡單句，意為“1906 年4 月19 日，皮埃爾在過馬路時意外喪生”。while walking across the street 在句子中作時間狀語。

四、活學活用

根據上面的短文中出現過的短語和表達方式，完成下面的句子。

1.中國政府和人民非常重視2022年北京冬季奧運會的舉辦。

______________________the holding of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

2.女性應該在年輕時多學點東西，為以后的事業(yè)打基礎。

______________________,and lay the foundation for future careers.

3.這些志愿者近來一直致力于北京冬季奧運會的相關工作。

______________________the Beijing Winter Olympics recently.

五、文本寫作

通過閱讀上面的短文，我們對居里夫人的科學貢獻有了更多的了解。現在，請你根據上面的短文以及下面的信息，寫一篇英語短文。

注意：

1.詞數80左右；

2.可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。