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英語四級聽力真題短文19

Most people know Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and the first person to win it twice.

大多數(shù)人都知道瑪麗·居里是位獲得諾貝爾獎的女性，同時也是位兩次獲得諾貝爾獎的女性。

However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.

然而，很少有人知道她也是諾貝爾獎得主的母親。

Irene Currie was born on September 12th, 1897.

艾琳·居里出生于1897年9月12日。

At the age of ten, Irene's talents and interests in mathematics were apparent.

十歲的時候，艾琳就展現(xiàn)出對數(shù)學(xué)的天賦和興趣。

Irene entered Sorbonne University in October 1914 to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics.

1914年10月，艾琳進入索邦大學(xué)，攻讀數(shù)學(xué)和物理學(xué)學(xué)位。

When World War I began, she left Sorbonne University to help her mother

次世界大戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)后，她離開索邦大學(xué)去協(xié)助她母親，

who was using x-ray facilities to help save the lives of wounded soldiers.

當(dāng)時她母親正在使用x光設(shè)備來拯救受傷士兵的生命。

Irene continued this work by developing x-ray facilities for military hospitals in France and Belgium.

艾琳繼續(xù)了這項工作，她為法國和比利時的軍事醫(yī)院開發(fā)x光設(shè)備。

After the war, she received a military medal for her work.

戰(zhàn)爭結(jié)束后，她因此獲得了一枚軍事勛章。

In 1918, Irene became her mother's assistant at the Curie Institute.

1918年，艾琳成為了她母親再居里研究所里的助手。

In December 1924, Frederic Joliot visited the institute and met Marie Curie.

1924年12月，弗里德里克·約里奧參觀了研究所，并遇到了瑪麗·居里。

Frederic became one of her assistants, and Irene taught him the techniques required to work with radioactivity.

弗里德里克也成為她的一位助手，艾琳教他放射性研究工作需要掌握的技術(shù)。

Irene and Frederic soon fell in love and got married on October 29th, 1926.

艾琳與弗里德里克很快相愛了，他們于1926年10月29日結(jié)婚。

Their daughter was born in 1927 and their son in 1932.

他們的女兒出生于1927年，兒子出生于1932年。

Like her mother, Irene combined family with career.

和她的母親一樣，艾琳同時兼顧家庭和事業(yè)。

Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel Prize, along with her husband Frederic in 1935, for producing new radioactive elements.

和她的母親一樣，艾琳于1935年，與他的丈夫弗里德里克，因創(chuàng)造了新的放射性元素，共同獲得了諾貝爾獎。

Unfortunately, also like her mother, she developed blood cancer because of her exposure to radiation.

不幸的是，同樣和她的母親一樣，她也因為遭受輻射得了血癌。

Irene Joliot Curie died on March 17th, 1956.

艾琳于1956年3月17日去世。

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

請根據(jù)你剛剛聽到的文章回答問題16至問題18。

Question 16: What does the speaker say about Marie Curie's daughter?

問題16：說話者是如何形容瑪麗·居里夫人的女兒的?

Question 17: For what was Irene Curie awarded a military medal?

問題17：艾琳·居里因何被授予了軍事勛章?

Question 18: In what way were Marie and Irene similar?

問題18：瑪麗和艾琳在哪些方面相似?