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1、Unit5ForceofNaturemadeby英教102班 陈丹 刘秀梅MarieCurie(1867-1934)wasaPolish-bornFrenchwomanscientistwhowonNobelPrizestwiceinphysicschemistry.HerbiggestachievementswasthatshefoundradioactiveelementRadiumwithherhusband.shewashonoredby“TheMotherofRadium”ThemajoreventsofMarieCurieIn1878
2、,whenCuriewastenyearsold,hermotherdiedoftuberculosis(肺结核.).Thepolishgirlcarriedonwithherschoolworkasifnothinghadhappened,butformonthssheshedunseentears.Atage18,shegotajobasgovernesstoawealthfamilynearWarsaw.ShefellinlovewithCasimirZorawski(卡西米佐罗斯基）,anaccomplishedstudentof19wi
3、thwhomshesharedaloveofnatureandscience.Fouryearsdraggedby.HerlovewithCasimirZorawski(卡西米佐罗斯基)finallyendedinfailure.Thenshetookatraintopairs,whereshechangedhername,enrolledattheSorbonneandwalkedintohistory.In1893,shebecamethefirstwomantoearnadegreeinphysicsattheSorbonne.Mariea
4、ndPierregotmarriedin1895.In1903,thecouplewonaNobelPrizeforthediscoveryofradioactivity.Soonafter,theywerethecenterofattentionoftheEuropeanscientificcommunity,fetedlavishlyandvisitedhomeinParisbypeoplewhocamefromasfarawayasNewZealandtopayhomage.In1906,Pierrewaskilledbyawagondra
5、wnbytwohugedrafthorses.HisdeathmarkedthedefiningmomentinMarieCurie’slife.“Acapeofsolitudeandsecrecyfelluponhershouldersforever.”Theirwork,however,stillwentonafterhisdeath,asecondNobelPrizeinchemistrywenttoMariealoneforisolatingtheelementsradiumandpolonium(钋）.Withtheonsetofwor
6、ldwar1in1914,sherecognizedthatmobileX-rayunitscouldsavelivesinbattlefieldhospitals,sosheestablishedafleetofthesevehicles,knownaspetitesCuries,orlittle,orlittleCuries.lattershewentbacktotheRadiumInstitutesheestablished,teaching,travelingandlecturinguntilherdeath,atage66,onjuly
7、4,1934.ThecauseofMarieCurie’sdeathMarieCurie’sdeathwascausedbyaplasticperniciousanemia（贫血）,whichwasmostlikelyduetobelong,devastatingexposureto（暴露）radiumandotherradioactiveelements.HowdidPierre’sdeathaffectMarieCurie’slifePierre’sdeathimmenselyaffectedMarieCurie’slife.Mariewas
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