UNIT 1Culture Background Analysis-【新课程能力培养】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第一册学习手册（人教版）

UNIT 1　PEOPLE OF ACHIEVEMENT　 UNIT 1　PEOPLE OF ACHIEVEMENT Culture Background Analysis The Nobel Prizes are awarded by the Nobel Foundation (基金会) for outstanding achieve- ments or contributions in these areas:chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine, literature, peace,economics. Each prize has three parts. The first part is a gold medal. Second,a winner of a Nobel Prize is given a diploma saying that he has been awar- ded the prize. The third part of the prize is a large amount of money. Often a prize is awarded to just one person but not always. Sometimes a prize is shared maybe by two or more people who have worked together to reach a goal. Since the Nobel Prizes are international prizes,scien- tists,inventors,writers and diplomats (外交官) from all countries may receive a prize. Some- times two people from countries with different political views may even share a prize. An exam- ple of this is the 1973 Peace Prize which was awarded to Henry Kissinger of the United States and Le Duc Tho of Vietnam for the Vietnam peace negotiations (谈判). It is also sometimes true that a prize is not given. If there is no out- standing achievement in one of these areas,no prize is given in that area. In 1972,for example, no Nobel Peace Prize was given. Someone must decide whether or not to give an award. The process of nominating(提名,推荐)and choosing Nobel Prize winners has two parts. First,nominations or recommendations of people who might deserve a Nobel Prize are made. The nominations in physics and chemistry are made by the Royal