Chào các thính giả yêu mến của chương trình Học Tiếng Anh qua các chủ đề của chương trình học tiếng anh cùng Radiome. Mình là Diệu Hoa.
Chủ đề nghe Tiếng Anh của chúng ta ngày hôm nay có tựa đề là: Marie Curie.
Vì bài nghe khá dài nên mình sẽ tách làm hai phần để các bạn dễ dàng theo dõi hơn nhé!
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Welcome to Spotlight. I’m Katy Blake.
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And I’m Luke Haley. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
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Do you know the name Marie Curie? Marie Curie was a scientist in the early 20th century. At that time, very few women were scientists. Marie had to work hard to prove her skills. But her scientific discoveries lead to many of the important technologies of our time. Today’s Spotlight is on Marie Curie’s life and work.
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When she was a young girl, Marie dreamed of going to university. But this did not seem possible. She was born in the late 19th century. Her family lived in Poland. During that time, Russia ruled Poland. And Marie’s parents wanted Poland to be its own country. They demonstrated against Russian rule.
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But Marie’s parents were teachers. The Russian government managed their schools. Her parents were forced to leave their teaching jobs. So the whole family had to work hard to survive. Then, when Marie was just 11 years old, her mother died. Marie did continue her education. But the best schools in her country would not teach her, because she was a woman.
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This may not seem like a successful beginning for Marie. But Marie would not give up. She went to Paris, and found a school that would teach her. She went without food to study. But it was all worth it. Even as a student, she made many discoveries that made her famous.

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In1896 Henri Becquerel was studying the element uranium. He discovered something very special about it. It gave off energy. Becquerel did not know much about radiation. He thought that it would move through solid objects, like an X-ray. But the energy from uranium was different. It was a weaker energy. And it did not do anything interesting, at first. Many scientists did not explore Becquerel’s discovery.
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Marie Curie was different than these other scientists. She was very interested in uranium. She was a student at the University of Paris. She was working to become an expert in chemistry and physics. Becquerel’s work was a good subject to study. No one knew much about it, so Marie could experiment.
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Around this time, Marie met another scientist. His name was Pierre Curie. They fell in love, and married in 1895. Neither was very wealthy. Pierre taught at the university. And Marie spent all of her time studying. They wanted a laboratory to experiment in together. Instead they experimented in a small shed, used for storing tools. They did not have enough money for a real laboratory.
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Marie spent a long time on her research. She studied the radiation coming from uranium. She also discovered other elements that were radioactive. She named them polonium and radium. She named Polonium after the place she was born; Poland. These elements had a stronger energy than uranium. She also found that radiation could shrink tumors from cancer.
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Soon, Marie’s husband Pierre recognized the importance of her work. He had never studied radioactive elements. But soon, Pierre started helping Marie. He stopped his own experiments. And the two worked on the same project. Together they even invented the word “radioactivity.”
Phần 1 của bài nghe hôm nay tạm dừng ở đây. Các bạn chú ý và theo dõi phần 2 ở những bài học tiếp sau nhé! Cảm ơn các bạn.