大学进阶英语综合教程（第二版）第4册 PPT课件Unit 4 Women Nobel Prize Winners.pptx

;;;;committeeschoosearound3006)potentialrecipientsandprepareareportreflectingtheadviceofexperts.Theprize-awardinginstitutionsthenselectthelaureates(获奖者)byamajorityvote.

Eachwinnerreceivesagoldmedal,a7)diplomaandasumofmoney.Thereisamaximumofthreelaureatesperaward,exceptforthepeaceprize,whichcanbeawardedto8)institutions.

Yousurelyknowsomeofthemostfamouslaureates.ErnestHemingwaywonforwritingTheOldManandtheSea.Whatwould9)humanitylooklikewithoutAlexanderFleming,whodiscoveredpenicillin(青霉素)?AlbertEinsteinwonfordiscoveringthelawofthephotoelectric(光电的)effect.MartinLutherKingJr.showedtheWesternworldthatstrugglecanbewonwithout10)violence.Theonlypersontowintwo;;;;;;;;;;;;;1MarieCuriewasaphysicistandchemistandapioneerinthestudyofradiation.Sheandherhusband,Pierre,discoveredtheelementspoloniumandradium.Together,theywereawardedtheNobelPrizeforPhysicsin1903,andshereceivedanotherone,forChemistry,in1911.Herworkwithradioactivematerialsdoomedher,however.Shediedofablooddiseasein1934.

EarlyLife

2MariaSalomeaSklodowskawasborninWarsaw,Poland,onNov.7,1867.Shewastheyoungestoffivechildren,threeoldersistersandabrother.Bothofherparentswereeducatorsandinsistedthattheirgirlsbeeducatedaswellastheirson.Mariagraduatedfromhighschoolfirstinherclassattheageof15.Mariaandheroldersister,Bronia,bothwishedtoattendcollegebuttheUniversityofWarsawdidnotacceptwomen.Theywerebothinterestedinscientificresearch;buttogettheeducationtheydesiredtheywouldhavetoleavethecountry.;Attheageof17,MariabecameagovernesstohelppayforBroniatoattendmedicalschoolinParis.Mariacontinuedtostudyonherown,lookingforwardtojoininghersisterandgettingherowndegree.

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