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1. 1.

   Complete the following sentences.

   1. Radium was found useful in _______________________________.
   2. When Pierre's place was offered to Marie, she thought that ____________________________.
   3. Marie's approach to teaching was ________________________________.
   4. Marie had a desire to set up _________________________________.
   5. Marie fell ill because of __________________________________________.
2. 2.

   Marie wanted to study Science at the famous Sorbone, but her father didn't have enough money.

   1. Why did Marie want to go to Sorbonne?
   2. What sacrifices did Marie have to make in her life as a student?
   3. What were Marie's achievements as a student at Sorbonne?
3. 3.

   She soon met a man equally passionate about the subject as her, a Frenchman by the name of Pierre Curie.

   1. What was Pierre Curie working as when Marie met him?
   2. Who was Pierre‘s research partner when Marie first met him? What did they invent?
   3. What kind of work relationship did Marie have with Pierre after their wedding?
4. 4.

   In 1903, both Pierre's and Marie Curie were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for this important discovery.

   1. Why were Pierre and Marie awarded the Nobel Prize?
   2. How did Marie use her discovery to such mankind?
   3. What were her other achievements?
5. 5.

   When did Marie begin teaching? What made her a different sort of teacher?

6. 6.

   How was her great dream for Warsaw fulfilled?