Unit-04-Force-of-Nature

Unit4ForceofNatureLearningObjectivesPre-readingActivitiesGlobalReadingDetailedReadingConsolidationActivitiesFurtherEnhancementContentsRhetoricalskill:featuresofEnglishdescriptivenarrationKeylanguage&grammarpointsWritingstrategies:metaphoricallanguageTheme:iconandrealpersonLearningObjectivesWhodoyouadmiremost?Why?PictureActivation|Pre-questionsCurieEinsteinObamaOthers1.GreatscientistslikeEdison,Einstein,etc.arebigiconsinourminds.Weseemtoknowmoreabouttheirmiraculousaccomplishmentsthanthestrenuouseffortstheytooktoachievethem.Tellwhatyouknowaboutsomegreatscientistsofthe19thto21stcenturies,boththeirlifeandtheirwork.PictureActivation|Pre-questionsOpenfordiscussion.FamouscoupleswhoeverwontheNoblePrize:|Pre-questions2.Foronereasonoranother,world-famousscientistsarenobleinspirationstoteenagersandyoungpeople.Doyouhaveoneorseveraloftheminyourmind?Whydoyoucherishspecialadmirationforhim/them?Openfordiscussion.Greatlivesinscienceareallaboutpassionandcuriosity.MarieCurie,thePolish-borndiscovererofradium,hadbothingrandmeasure.Butdowntheroadshehelpedopen-upnuclearenergy,whichmeantatomicbombs,andputCuriecenterstageduringoneofthegreatturningpointsinscientifichistory.BarbaraGoldsmithhasuniquelycapturedthewomanandherscience.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|StructureUsingoriginalresearch(diaries,letters,andfamilyinterviews)topeelawaythelayersofmythandrevealthewomanbehindtheicon,theacclaimedauthorandhistorianBarbaraGoldsmithoffersadazzlingportraitofCurie,heramazingdiscoveries,andthepriceshepaidforfame.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|StructureMarieCurie(Paragraph1)(1867-1934),Polish-bornFrenchchemistwho,withherhusbandPierreCurie,wasanearlyinvestigatorofradioactivity.TheCuriessharedthe1903NobelPrizeinphysicswithFrenchphysicistAntoineHenriBecquerelforfundamentalresearchonradioactivity.MarieCuriewentontostudythechemistryandmedicalapplicationsofradium.Shewasawardedthe1911NobelPrizeinchemistryinrecognitionofherworkindiscoveringradiumandpoloniumandinisolatingradium.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|StructureSorbonne(Paragraph5)thenameofoneofthebuildingsoftheUniversityofParis,popularlyusedtodesignatetheentireuniversity.Thenamewasderivedfromatheologicalcollegefoundedabout1257byRobertdeSorbon.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|StructurePrize-winningauthorandsocialhistorian,BarbaraGoldsmithwasborninNewYorkCity,graduatedfromWellesleyCollege(1958),andholdsthreedoctorates.AfoundingeditorofNewYorkMagazine,shecurrentlycontributestotheNewYorkTimes,ArchitecturalDigest,andTheNewYorker.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|StructureSheistheauthoroftheacclaimedbestsellersLittleGloria…HappyAtLast(1980)andJohnsonv.Johnson(1987).AtrusteeoftheNewYorkPublicLibrary,GoldsmithalsoservesonthePresident'sCommissionontheCelebrationofWomeninAmericanHistory.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|StructureThisnarrativearticleischaracterizedbyanobjectiveandsomewhatdescriptivestyle.Itmaybedividedintothreeparts:TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|StructurePart1Part2Part3(1-5)backgroundknowledge,whythewriteridolizedMarieCurie(4-13)impressiveaccountofheroine,focusingonherexperiencesinlifeandherresearchwork(14)writer'sunderstandingorassessmentofMarieCurie'slifeFORCEOFNATUREBarbaraGoldsmith1.WhileIwasateenagergrowingupinNewRochelle,NewYork,IhaduponmybulletinboardaphotoofMarieCuriesittingunderanelmtree,herarmswrappedaroundherdaughters,two-year-oldEveandnine-year-oldIrene.Ididn'tknowverymuchaboutCuriebeyondthebasics:Sheandherhusbandhaddiscoveredradioactivity.ShewasthefirstpersontowintwoNobelprizes.Shewasbrilliant,single-minded,alegend.Iwasjustagirlwithlittledirection,moredrawntowordsandmade-upstoriesthantoformulasandlabexperiments.DetailedReading2.Lookingback,IthinkIadmiredthatphotosomuch,notbecauseofMarieCurieandwhatshestoodforbutbecausesheseemedsoexotic—ormaybebecauseofhowherarmsencircledhergirls.Myownmotherlayinthehospital,recoveringfromagraveinjuryinacarcrash.Iwantedhertoholdme,butshecouldn't.So,instead,IidolizedMarie,whoinmymindbecamethestrongestandmostcapablewomanintheworld.DetailedReading3.Likeanygirl'sfantasy,minecontainedatleastashredoftruth.MarieCurie'sowndaughtersgrewintoaccomplishedwomenintheirownright,thoughtheirmotherwasobsessivelyengagedinherresearchbeforetheywereborn.Curiewaswhatwemighttodaycallasuper-competentmulti-tasker:Herworkrevolutionizedthestudyofatomicenergyandradioactivity,andshe'soneofapitifulfewfemalescientistswhomschoolchildreneverstudy.Alsoshewasawomandrivenbypassions,fightingbattlesmuchofherlifewithwhatadoctornowwouldprobablydiagnoseasseveredepression.Intheend,hermostbrilliantdiscoveryprovedfatalforbothherandherhusband.DetailedReading4.WhenCuriewas10yearsold,in1878,hermotherdiedoftuberculosis.ThePolishgirlthenknownasManyaSklodowskacarriedonwithherschoolworkasifnothinghadhappened,butformonthsshe'dfindplacestohidesoshecouldcryhereyesout.DetailedReading5.Atage18,shelandedajobasgovernesstoawealthyfamilynearWarsaw.ShewoundupfallinginlovewithCasimirZorawski,anaccomplishedstudentof19withwho