The following day, the Chinese class talked about Marie Curie's essay "My Faith".

Originally, this was a non-compulsory reading. However, Mr. Li seems to have taken this text as the focus.

In order to be able to take this class well, Mr. Li chose to book a multimedia classroom on the first floor of the front high school as the teaching location.

Then, in the class, in the old black and white photos, everyone walked into Marie Curie's life step by step.

In this way, the children can get closer to the most authentic Marie Curie step by step through these fragmentary historical backgrounds.

Among them, there is an old photo of the Solvay Conference in 1927 collected by Mr. Li, which impressed Wu Zhen particularly - Marie Curie, Einstein, Lorenz, Planck, Schrödinger and a large number of famous scientists are on this group photo.

Although Marie Curie, who sits in the front row, is still a little inferior to Einstein in the center, it is clear that this is also a very important position.

Then, through a series of old black and white photographs, Marie Curie's life story gradually unfolded.

Marie Curie spent her teenage years in Russian-occupied Warsaw, a country that had been ravaged by war for a long time.

From time to time, the Prussian army, the Tsarist army and the Austrian army appeared in the periphery. Everyone is at risk is a true portrayal of that time and place.

Therefore, before coming to Paris to study at the age of 24, it can be said that he was in a very dangerous and helpless situation.

It is undoubtedly very unimaginable to grow up to be a great physicist and chemist in the face of such adversity. At a time when scientists were completely male-dominated, it was not easy for Marie Curie to occupy such an important historical position.

Of course, talent is not indispensable, and diligence is obvious, as evidenced by Marie Curie's rise from the brightest days of physicists and chemists.

Then, Marie Curie's two Nobel Prize winners are listed.

All of a sudden, a great image appeared in front of the children.

More than that, Marie Curie's children were also very well educated. The eldest daughter who inherited the mantle also won the Nobel Prize, and the younger daughter is a writer.

So, if I look at this text called "My Faith", its concise text is even more admirable.

In Mr. Li's eloquent introduction, the image of a glorious Marie Curie gradually walked in front of everyone.

However, no one is perfect. With the death of her husband in a car accident, there was a long period of time when Marie Curie was also in a low ebb.

So, Mr. Li also explained a little that Marie Curie also struggled with the spittle of the newspaper for some reason during her middle age.

In the toughest of times, being the hardest working scientist in the world also looks so unbearable in these newspapers.

However, Marie Curie did not stop working because of the rumors in the newspapers. She is still working hard to find out the secrets of these radioactive materials.

Mr. Li said proudly: "The greatness of Marie Curie lies not only in the discovery of the two elements and the spirit of patriotism, but also in the attitude of continuing to do the things at hand in the face of outside rumors. It is this long-term persistence that allows Marie Curie to create so much wealth for all mankind. ”

After a pause, Mr. Li continued, "It is important to discover a new element. However, a closer analysis of its nature is much more arduous and dangerous. ”

Radium and polonium are both highly radioactive elements, and after decades of struggle, Marie Curie finally made the cornerstone of radiology architecture. And this, this has also played a great role in the development of modern Western medicine.

Among them, the most widely used is on the battlefield of World War I, where Marie Curie personally operated and instructed the radiology departments of various field hospitals in France. We know that we can see the bones and other things in the body through X-rays, so as to distinguish the general situation in the body, and these safe and reliable CT machines are inseparable from Marie Curie's efforts.

At a time when manpower was scarce, Marie Curie even took out shrapnel for wounded soldiers herself.

As a result, under the guidance of Marie Curie, these radiologists were gradually able to accurately and quickly locate shrapnel and other debris through X-rays, relying on this most advanced technology at the time, successfully saving thousands of lives.

You know, before that, the shrapnel was removed because it was not possible to determine the location of some shrapnel. Therefore, it is very troublesome to remove shrapnel, and many soldiers can only experience the pain of shrapnel slowly rusting in their bodies for the rest of their lives.

Then Mr. Li continued to emphasize: "Of course, saving people is one thing. But, on the other hand, it also shows that the combination of theory and practice is very important. It was through the experience of the long experience of supervising the radiology department of the field hospital in the First World War that the foundation was laid for Marie Curie's initial and complete understanding of radioactive elements. ”

At this time, Yuan Li stood up and asked, "Then why is Marie Curie not a medical scientist? After all, Marie Curie has made so many contributions to radioactive research." ”

Teacher Li smiled and said, "I can be regarded as a medical scientist, but Marie Curie's main work is to deal with chemistry and physics. ”

In this way, the atmosphere of the class was relieved, after all, much of what was said about Marie Curie was too serious.

Chen Quan raised his hand rarely, so Teacher Li called him up.

Chen Quan said: "What about Marie Curie's patriotism?"

Teacher Li smiled and said, "Haha, there are two things that are most obvious about this, but I will first tell you that science has no borders, and scientists have borders." ”

After a pause, Mr. Li said, "The specific thing is that Marie Curie named the element she found after Poland. ”

Naturally, children find it easy to find new elements named after their own country.

Seeing the children's doubts, Mr. Li explained: "However, when Marie Curie named it. Poland was divided into three regions, ruled by Germany, Austria, and Russia. Poland did not have any political rights, so this naming is enough to prove Marie Curie's patriotism. ”

After a pause, Mr. Li continued: "There is also the valuable radium donated by Marie Curie to Poland after Poland finally became independent. ”

Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized. It seems that there is such a content in the text "Three Grams of Radium" in elementary school.

However, what followed was the most frustrating scene in the course. Although Mr. Li also felt that it didn't seem to be a taste to talk about, it seemed that it was still a part that had to be talked about - the death of Marie Curie.

Since that era was still in the stage of exploring radioactive elements, it was not known that long-term exposure of human beings to radioactive materials would have serious and fatal consequences.

As a result, decades of meticulous work without protection from radiation caused Marie Curie, who had been able-bodied, to suffer from severe leukemia.

However, the work did not stop, and Marie Curie was still on her sickbed with the book "Radioactivity".

Teacher Li choked up and said: "Finally, in 1934, Marie Curie came to the end of her life painfully with severe malignant leukemia, and "Radioactivity" was revised and published a year later. ”

Hearing this, the children fell silent. Even Chen Quan, who is usually the naughtiest, hung a circle of tears.

Marie Curie's deeds seem to have infected everyone in the classroom, and Ms. Guan, who walked to the back of the classroom, seems to have been infected a little.

After a pause for a while, after everyone had digested it, Mr. Li said: "Today's text "My Faith" expounds on Marie Curie's meticulous work attitude. So, let's learn from Marie Curie's beliefs."

So, when the text was told, everyone listened carefully.

Because it took a lot of time to introduce the background, the class was delayed at the end, but the children were not restless, and they were quietly waiting for Mr. Li to finish the rest of the content.