2021届高考英语中英双语阅读素材（十七）

2021高考英语二轮复习：中英双语阅读素材（十七） 今年的诺贝尔经济学奖颁给了这对师徒！ A Stanford University professor raced to his sleeping colleague's home at 2am and woke him up to let him know they had just won the Nobel Peace Prize in economics. 凌晨2点，斯坦福大学的一位教授跑到他熟睡的同事家，叫醒了他，让他知道他们刚刚获得了诺贝尔经济学和平奖。 Paul R. Milgrom, 72, and Robert B. Wilson, 83, were awarded the prestigious prize on Monday as the winners were announced in Stockholmby Goran Hansson, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 周一，瑞典皇家科学院秘书长戈兰·汉森(Goran Hansson)在斯德哥尔摩宣布了获奖者，72岁的保罗·R·米尔格罗姆(Paul R.Milgrom)和83岁的罗伯特·B·威尔逊(Robert B.Wilson)被授予了这一享有盛誉的奖项。 'Their discoveries 'have benefitted sellers, buyers and taxpayers around the world,' the Nobel Committee said. 诺贝尔委员会说，他们的发现让世界各地的卖家、买家和纳税人受益。 Their auction formats have been used to sell radio frequencies, fishing quotas and airport landing slots. 他们的拍卖形式已经被用来出售无线电频率、捕鱼配额和机场降落时段。 But Milgrom almost missed the incredible moment because he was fast sleep inside his home in Stanford, California.Luckily,