1、Return to Menu,Alfred Nobel,Alfred Nobel (18331896) Alfred Nobel was born in 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden to a family ofengineers. At age 9, he moved with his family to Russia where he and his brothers were given first class education in the humanities and natural sciences by private teachers.,Alfred N
2、obel Man behind the Prizes,Alfred Nobel Man behind the Prizes,Nobel invented dynamite in 1866. A holder of more than 350 patents, he also wrote poetry and drama and even seriously considered becoming a writer.The idea of giving away his fortune was no passing fancy(心血来潮) for Nobel. Efforts to promot
3、e peace were close to his heart.On November 27, 1895, Nobel signed his final will and testament at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris. He died in his home in on December 10, 1896.,dynamite,will and testament,danmat,V.S. Naipaul, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Naipaul delivering his Nobel lectur
4、e,General view of the Olso（奥斯陆）City Hall during the Prize Award Ceremony on December 10, 2001,If you were the Nobel Prize winner and were standing in front of the microphone, what would you say to the people in the hall and the whole world?,Look at the following pictures and talk about the question
5、after them.,English Writer V.S.奈保尔,the leading novelist, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature 2001. Naipauls writings dealt with the cultural confusion of the Third World and the problem of an outsider, a feature of his own experience as an Indian, a West Indian in England.,2001 Nobel Peace Prize
6、 Laureate Kofi Annan,Dr. Ahmed Zewail accepting the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1999,What does a Nobel Prize mean to you? Diplomas, medals and ceremony? Or curiosity, creativity, and persistence?,Look at the following pictures and talk about the question after them.,KOFI A. ANNAN of Ghana,The seven
7、th Secretary-General of the United Nations, served from 1997 to 2006 and was the first to emerge from the ranks of United Nations staff. He was a constant advocate for human rights, the rule of law,Ahmed Zewail,an Egyptian-American scientist who won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on
8、femtochemistry飞秒化学,Zewail was awarded an honorary doctorate by Lund University in Sweden in May 2003 and is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Cambridge University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Science in 2006. In May 2008, Zewail received an honorary doctorate from Complutense U
9、niversity of Madrid. In February, 2009, Zewail was awarded an honorary doctorate in arts and sciences by the University of Jordan,Nobel Medals,What would you do with the money if you won the Nobel Prize?幻灯片 8,Look at the following pictures and talk about the question after them.,Each year the respec
10、tive Nobel Committees send invitations to thousands of scientists, members of academies and university professors around the world, asking them to nominate (提名) candidates for the Nobel Prizes for the coming year. These prize nominations must reach the respective Nobel Committees of the prize-awardi
11、ng institutions before February 1 of the year for which the nomination is being made. The prize-awarding institution for the Physics and Chemistry awards is the Swedish Academy of Sciences.,The nominations received by each committee are then evaluated with the help of specially appointed experts Whe
12、n the committees have presented their recommendations to the prize-awarding institutions, a vote is taken for the final choice of Laureateslrt (获奖者). The choice of that years Laureates is announced immediately after the vote in October each year. The prizes are awarded at the Prize Awarding Ceremony
13、 (颁奖典礼)(at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 10 (the Anniversary of Alfred Nobels death). At the Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm（瑞典斯德哥尔摩）, the King of Sweden hands each Laureate a diploma and a medal. The Ceremony is followed by a banquet at the Stockholm City Hall for about 1 300
14、 people, including 250 students.,respective,adj. Of or for or belonging to each as an individual 各自的；各个的；分别的 e.g. 聚会后我们回到了各自的房间 After the party we all went to our respective rooms.,nominate,V. nominate sb.（for/as sth.） 1. 提名某人（为某职位、职务、任务等的候选人） E.g.她已被提名为总统（候选人）。 She has been nominated(as candidate)
15、for the Presidency.,nominate,2. nominate sb.(to/as sth.) Appoint sb. to an office任命某人（任某职）；指定；指派 E.g. 董事会指定她为新董事。 The board nominated her as the new director.Nomination n.,evaluate V.,to find out or form an idea of the amount or value of(sb./sth.); assess 评价，估计，评估（某人/某物） E.g. evaluate her chances of
16、 success 估计她成功的机会,I cant evaluate his ability without seeing his work. 我没有看到他的工作情况，无法评论他的能力。,Laureate lrt,someone honored for great achievements桂冠诗人；得奖者 Poet laureate 桂冠诗人,e.g.： Well,dont turn it off,you might miss your call from the Nobel committee letting you know youve been nominated as Dumb-Ass
17、Laureate of the Year. 别关机，小心错过诺贝尔委员会,通知你被提名为“年度最佳傻冒”。,Dialogue 1,Dialogue 2,Turn to p.32, and lets listen and read.,Nature vs. Nurture Theories,There are three distinctive schools of thought. 1. Personality is Natural:This group believes that your personality is the result of evolutionary process. Y
18、ou inherit behaviors due to a complex interaction of genes. That controls your behaviors, so you dont have the ability to act otherwise. 2. Personality is Nurtured:This group argues that your personality is not inherited. Your mind is a blank slate( 白板） at birth. It is your environment, education an
19、d culture that influence your behavior. You have “free will” to change your behavior. 3. Personality is Spiritual:This group claims that your personality is result of neither nature nor nurture. It is a gift of a deity（神性）. They are split on the issue of “free will”.,Richard Phillips Feynman (May 11
20、, 1918 February 15, 1988),An American theoretical physicist,Received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965,Became known through his semi-autobiographical books, Surely Youre Joking, Mr. Feynman!,1. autobiography tbagrf 自传,2. get over: If you get over a problem or difficulty, you overcome it. 解决,e.g.: “How would they get over that problem?“ he wondered,If you get over an unpleasant or unhappy experience or an illness, you recover from it. (从不快或疾病中) 恢复过来,e.g.： It took me a very long time to get over the shock of her death.,我过了很长时间才从她去世的震惊中恢复过来。,Passage A,
