Unidad II.

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Biografa de una

mujer de ciencia
Biography

Marie Curie was born on 7 November 1867. In 1891 she moved to France
where she studied mathematics and physics at Sorbonne.
She married in July 1895.
She discovered X-Ray in 1895.
She discoveredpolonium in 1898.
In the beginning of the 20th century, she became the first female professor at
the University of Paris. She conducted pioneering research onradioactivity and
she was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in 1903. In 1906 her husband died
in an accident. She won her second Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
Curie died in France on 4 July 1934, because of exposure to radiation.

Cardinal numbers
1 One
2 Two
3 Three
4 Four
5 Five
6 Six
7 Seven
8 Eight
9 Nine
10 Ten

11 eleven
12 twelve
13 thirteen
14 fourteen
15 fteen
16 sixteen
17 seventeen
18 eighteen
19 nineteen
20 twenty

21 twenty-one
22 twenty-two
23 twenty-three
24 twenty-four
25 twenty-ve
26 twenty-six
27 twenty-seven
28 twenty-eight
29 twenty-nine
30 thirty

Para indicar una fecha se

separan los nmeros en pares:
1985 Nineteen eighty-ve
1942 Eighteen forty-two

31 thirty-one
40 forty
50 fty
60 sixty
70 seventy
80 eighty
90 ninety
100 a/one hundred
1,000 a/one thousand
1,000,000 a/one million

Para nombrar un periodo de tiempo se utiliza:

decade 10 years
century 100 years
millennium 1000 years

Ordinal numbers
1st rst
2nd second
3rd third
4th fourth
5th fth

6th sixth
7th seventh
8th eighth
9th ninth
10th tenth

16th sixteenth
17th seventeenth
18th eighteenth
19th nineteenth
20th twentieth
21st twenty-rst

11th eleventh
12th twelfth
13th thirteenth
14th fourteenth
15th fteenth

Examples:
He was a famous philosopher in the 18th century.
The nineteenth century had signicant developments in mathematics and physics.
His rst year as a King was very dicult.

Expresin del tiempo:

preposiciones y adverbios

At

Se usa para expresar la hora o

momento en el que sucedi un evento

at nine o'clock.
at a time
Independence movement started at midnight.
She became professor at a time when only
men did.

In

Se usa para expresar un periodo de tiempo

en el que sucedi un evento: mes, ao,
dcada, siglos y estaciones del ao.

In September
In 1980
in the 1950s.
In 15th century
In Winter.
She was born in the 19th century, in 1815.
The social movement started in September.

On

Se usa para indicar una fecha

precisa o un da de la semana.

On Sunday
On February 14th, 1980 / On 14 February 1980
She was born on May 10th, 1954.

During

Se usa para expresar el

intervalo de tiempo en el
que ocurri una accin en relacin con otro

During the year.

She moved to Paris during the war.
The economy was weak during the 1990s.

Ago

Se usa para indicar

el paso de un
periodo de tiempo.

A long time ago.

Centuries ago.
Decades ago.
Years ago.
Women got political participation decades ago.
Mexico City experienced an earthquake years ago.

Last

Se usa para indicar el ltimo perio-

Last year.
Last decade.
Last century.
Camarena invented Coler TV last century.
Smartphones became popular last decade.