世界名人简介 第104期:玛丽·居里

 Marie Curie was born in 1867. She is one of the greatest scientists ever to have lived. She was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity and discovered the chemical elements radium and polonium. Curie is the only person ever to win two Nobel Prizes in two different sciences. Other achievements include being the first female professor at the University of Paris.

玛丽·居里出生于1867年。她是史上最伟大科学家之一。居里为放射性理论先驱，并发现化学元素钋和镭。居里是首位在不同领域获得诺贝尔奖科学家。此外，她还是巴黎大学首位女教授。

Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland. Her father was a maths and physics teacher and was a big influence on Marie’s early education. From an early age Marie was an exceptional student with an amazing memory. She often went without food and sleep to study. Her brilliant mind led her to Paris to study and conduct her research.

居里出生于波兰华沙。父亲是一名数学和物理教师，这对居里的早期教育产生了重大影响。从小开始，居里学习成绩优异，且记忆力惊人。她经常为了学习不吃不睡。她的出色表现使她前往巴黎进行学习研究。

She met her future husband Pierre Curie at the university. He considered Marie to be a genius and instantly wanted to work with her. They got married and spent most of their time together in their laboratory studying radioactive materials. Their research led to the discovery of radium, for which they were honoured with the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.

居里在大学结识丈夫比埃尔·居里。他曾认为玛丽是一位天才，并立即想要与她进行合作。此后俩人结婚，并将大部分时间用来研究放射性材料。并最终发现元素镭，并因此而获得1903年诺贝尔物理学奖。

Pierre was killed in 1906 and Marie was devastated¹ and extremely lonely. She threw herself even deeper into her work and won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911. She spent the 1920s raising funds for more research into radium. In 1934 she died from a condition caused by decades of exposure to radiation. No one knew how deadly radium was until years later.

1906年，比埃尔遭到谋杀，玛丽感到失落孤单。她更加努力研究，并于1911年获得诺贝尔化学奖。20世纪20年代，为了更好的研究元素镭，玛丽开始筹集资金。1934年，因数十年接触放射物质，玛丽不幸去世。多年过后，人们才知道放射镭的危害。

1.Nobel Prize 诺贝尔奖

例句：He won the Nobel Prize for his Photoelectric² Theory.

他因其光电理论而获得诺贝尔奖金。

2.radioactive material 放射性材料

例句：But it depends on the depth of the radioactive material.

但是这取决于放射性材料的厚度。

3.work with 与…共事

例句：I'd like to work with young people.

我愿意和年轻人共事。

4.want to 想要做

例句：I want to insure my house.

我要为自己的住宅保险。

1 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

2 photoelectric   

adj.光电的，光电效应的

参考例句：

• Photoelectric spectrophotometers give better result.用光电分光光度计能得到较佳结果。
• Einstein also explained a baffling feature of the photoelectric effect.爱因斯坦也解释了光电效应里一个令人困扰的现象。