Date Unit-4 (Section-2) Class-

Day Madame Curie Work

Dictation words –

 unbelievable  distasteful
 accompanying  patenting
 postponed  laboratory
 disappointed  briefly
 photograph  definitely

Frame sentences –

1. curiosity (noun) – She waited a moment and then curiosity got the better of her.
2. devoted (adjective) – The rest of the island is mainly devoted to agriculture.
3. hounding (verb) – He’s been hounding me for an answer.
4. famous (adjective) – It is still a famous school.
5. privacy (noun) – I need some privacy here.

Summary –

Marie Curie, was a simple and very humble woman who shook the world with her discovery of radium. She was
awarded the Nobel Prize twice. She won it along with her husband Pierre Curie in 1903.

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Answer the following questions –

Question1. Why was Madame Dluska disappointed that the Curies would not go to Sweden?

Answer. Madame Dluska expressed the wish to accompany the Curies to Sweden and she had dreamed of
designing a new dress for Madame Curies for the occasion.

Question2. What did Madame Dluska mean when she said, ‘This is only the beginning’?

Answer. The newspaper reporters were asking many questions to the Curies. She said that it was only the
beginning and as the news spread, many more people would come calling on them.

Question3. ‘The Curies were very private people.’ Illustrate with examples from the story.

Answer. The Curies did not encourage the press reporters to ask questions. They did not want to go to Sweden to
receive the prize. They also did not show interest to meet the King of Greece. All this shows that the Curies were
not after fame.

Question4. Did the Noble Price bring the Curies what they wanted?

Answer. The Curies’ research was not aimed at winning an award. All they wanted was to continue to do their
work.

Question5. Despite their success, what irony marked the lives of the Curies?

Answer. The irony was that the Nobel Prize and all the fame that it brought the Curies in its wake did not really
get them what they wanted. Pierre did not become a professor at the University of Sorbonne; they did not get a
laboratory.

Question6. What does the last anecdote tell you about Madame Curie?

Answer. The last anecdote tells us that Madame Curie was truly a unique person. Anybody else would have felt
thrilled and proud at the prospect of meeting a king, but she was thinking only of her work. She always put her
work before herself.

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 Class Test MM:10
Q1. Write the meaning of the following words: (2)

a) sonnets b) isolating

Q2. Frame sentences using the following words: (2)

a) famous b) privacy

Q3. Dictation words: (2)

a) accompanying b) laboratory

Q4. Answer the following questions: (4)

a) Why Madame Dluska rushed into the house of Curies?

b) What was the reaction of Curies on receiving the news of the Nobel Prize?
c) Did the Nobel Prize bring the Curies what they wanted?
d) Describe Madame Curie’s character.

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ACTIVITY - Vocabulary Test

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