Madame Curie
Madame Curie is a French professor of physics. She was born in Poland in 1867. When she was young, she became in terested in physics. At that time women were not admitted to universities in Poland, so she was determined to go to Paris University and study there. When she was studying in Paris. she lived a very poor life. However, she worked very hard and succeeded in taking a first class degree in physics two years after arriving in Paris. In 1895, she married Pierre Curie, a very bright scientist, and then they worked together on the research into radioactive matter. They discovered two kinds of radioactive matters—Polunium and Radium. In 1904 she and her husband received the Nobel Prize for Physics. In 1906 Pierre died. Marie was deeply shocked by Pierre's death but determined to go on working. She received a second Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1911. So he became the first scientist in the world to win two Nobel Prizes.
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居里夫人几乎是家喻户晓的科学家。对她的一生作一简略的叙述，并非难事。读者可把此文当作有关知识来了解，从中记一些有关的专业词汇。
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居里夫人
居里夫人是法国物理学教授。她于1867年出生在波兰。小的时候她对物理非常感兴趣。因为当时在波兰妇女不能上大学，她决定去巴黎大学学习。在巴黎上学期间，她生活很苦，但学习非常努力，到巴黎两年后，她顺利地取得一级物理学位，1895年她与一位聪明的科学家皮埃尔.居里结了婚，然后共同对放射性物质进行研究。她们发现了钋和镭两种放射性物质。1904年她和丈夫获得了诺贝尔物理学奖。1906年居里先生逝世，这使玛丽极为震惊，但她决心继续工作。1911年她再度获得诺贝尔化学奖。于是成为世界上第一位两次获得诺贝尔奖的科学家。
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