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Lead in Listen Talk Return to Menu Alfred Nobel Alfred Nobel (1833—1896) Alfred Nobel was born in 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden to a family of engineers. 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 Nobel – 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 promote 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 [da?n?ma?t] V.S. Naipaul, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Naipaul delivering his Nobel lecture 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 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 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 seventh 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 wa