Fill in the Blanks Life of a ScientistOnline version Complete the biography of Marie Curie with the correct verbs. by Jorge Gomez 1 was needed was was started discovered introduced finished changed married worked helped called shared was lived was agreed changed wanted finished attended was was wanted helped graduated were Maria Sklodowska Curie an extraordinary person and a brilliant scientist . She polonium and radium and the first person in the world to win two Nobel prizes . Maria born on November 7 1867 in Warsaw , Poland . She a brilliant student and from high school in 1883 , when she 15 years old . She to study at university , but this almost impossible for a woman in those days . So , for a time , she the " Floating " University in Warsaw . It was the floating university because the teacher and students met for classes in a different place every night . They had to do this because the classes illegal and it very dangerous to attend them . Maria's family did not have much money . So , Maria to work to pay for her older sister's medical studies at the Sobornne , a famous university in Paris . Then , later , when she became a doctor , her sister would pay for Maria´s studies . So , Maria with a rich family , teaching their small children for some years . In her free time , she taught poor farm workers' children to read and write . In 1891 , Maria studying at the Sobornne and her name to Marie . Maria worker very hard and , in 1893 , she first in her master's degree in physics . In 1894 , she second in her maths degree . Some professors to pay for her studies . Marie to continue her research and get a doctorate , but she a laboratory to work in . A friend her to Pierre Curie , who had a space in his small laboratory . Marie and Pierre a passion for science and , through working together , they fell in love and . Marie and Pierre as a team and each other in the field of science . They had two daughters , Irene and Eve . Marie had to work very hard to take care of her children and complete her doctoral thesis . Marie gave money back to the university to help other poor students to study . In 1903 , Marie became the first woman to receive adoctorate in France . Her discoveries - polonium named after her home country and raium , meaning ray in Latin - the world of science forever .
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