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Who is this man?
inventor
He is a famous
Sweden
He is from
He was born in
1833
He invented
His name is
Alfred Nobel
Russian outstanding scientists, writers and public figures awarded for excellence in the field of
Chemistry
Medicine and Physiology
Physics
Literature
Peace
Chemistry
Semyonov Nikolay Nikolayevich, 1956
for his work on the mechanism of chemical transformation
Physiology and Medicine
Pavlov Ivan Petrovich,
1904
for his work on the physiology of digestion (пищеварение)
Physiology and Medicine
Mechnikov Ilya Ilyich,
1908
for his work on immunity
Frank Ilya Mikhailovich 1958
Physics
Cherenkov
Pavel Alekseyevich
Tamm Igor Yevgenyevich
for the discovery of Cherenkov radiation
Physics
Landau Lev Davidovich,
1962
for his development of a mathematical theory of super fluidity (сверхтекучесть) that accounts for the properties of liquid helium
Prokhorov Alexander Mikhaylovich, 1964
Physics
Basov Nikolay Gennadiyevich
for their fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics that led to the development of laser and maser
Physics
Kapitsa Pyotr Leonidovich, 1978
for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics
Physics
Alferov Zhores Ivanovich, 2000
for developing semiconductors used in high-speed- and optoelectronics
Ginzburg Vitaly Lazarevich, 2003
Physics
Abrikosov Alexei Alexeyevich, 2003
for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids
Sir Novoselov Konstantin Sergeevich,
Physics
2010
for the work
on graphene
(графен)
Literature
Pasternak Boris Leonidovich, 1958
Doctor Zhivago
Pasternak's translations of William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello,
King Henry IV (Parts I and II), Hamlet,
Macbeth, King Lear
Literature
Sholokhov Mikhail Aleksandrovich, 1965
And Quiet Flows the Don
(about the period of collectivization)
Literature
Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr Isayevich, 1970
Cancer Ward
August 1914
The Gulag
Archipelago
ˌɑː(r)kɪˈpeləɡəʊ
Peace
Sakharov Andrei Dmitrievich,
1945
an activist for disarmament, peace and human rights, civil liberties and civil reforms
Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich,
Peace
1990
Gorbachev's policies of glasnost ("openness") and perestroika ("restructuring") and his reorientation of Soviet strategic aims contributed to the end of the Cold War.
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Complete the statements.
1. He was always щедр to the беднякам .
2. He was a патриот of his родины and he died alone in a чужой country.
3. Most of the family вернулся to Sweden in 1859, where Alfred воссоединился them in 1863, beginning his own study of взрывчатки in his father’s laboratory.
4. Since Nobel's death many выдающиеся учёные , писатели and общественные деятели from different countries have become Nobel Prize winners.
5. Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish изобретатель and промышленник , was a man of many контрастов.
6. He had never been to school or university but had studied частным образом .
7. Like his father, Alfred Nobel was одарён богатым воображением and изобретателен.
8. His greatest wish was to see an end of wars and таким образом peace between nations.
9. Человеколюб , he never had a family or wife to love him.
10. He изобрёл динамит , чтобы улучшить the peacetime industries of горного дела and дорожного строительства.
11. He был удачливее в бизнесе and showed more финансового благоразумия.
12. In his youth he had серьёзно интересовался in литература and философия.
13. He сделал состояние but lived a простой life.
14. В течение his полезной life he often felt he was бесполезен.
15. He saw it used as a оружие для войны to kill and калечить people.
16. В своём известном завещании he left money to обеспечить prizes for выдающуюся work in Физике , Химии, Физиологии and Медицине, Литературе and Peace.
17. But since his death his name has brought известность and славу to others.
18. He was весёл in company but often грустен when оставался alone.
19. By the time he was 20 he had been a искусным/опытным химиком and an исключительным лингвистом , говоря на Шведском, Русском, Немецком, Французском, Итальянском and Английском.
20. Всемирно известный for his works he was never лично известен , for throughout his life he избегал публичности.
21. Nobel никогда по-настоящему не волновался about making money or even making научных открытий.
Find the synonym and make up a sentence about Alfred Nobel
became rich
made a fortune
was cheerful in
company
was joyful in public
was often unhappy when stayed unaccompanied
was often sad when remained alone
built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries
set up more than 80 companies in 20 other countries
were awarded Nobel Prize for excellence in the field of Physics, …
became Nobel Prize winners for outstanding works in Physics,
he made up an explosive to develop …
invented dynamite to improve …
was never really concerned about making money
was never interested in /worried about earning money
was open-handed to low-income people
was generous to the poor
when he was young he was into / was keen on …
in his youth he took a serious interest in …
an inventor and industrialist, he was a man of many contrasts
an experimenter and manufacturer, he was a many-sided person
a skillful chemist and an excellent linguist, speaking …
an experienced chemist and an outstanding linguist speaking …
he was always a patriot of his motherland/ he was always loyal to his motherland
was a patriotic son of his native land
Throughout his life he avoided publicity
During all his life he escaped attention
During his successful life he often felt he was worthless
During his useful life he often felt he was useless
In his famous will he left money to provide prizes
In his famous will he made his fortune over to provide ...
Like his father, Alfred Nobel was imaginative and inventive.
Just as his father, Alfred Nobel was creative and resourceful.
but he was more successful in business and more reasonable /sensible in finance /finance affairs.
he had better luck in business and showed more financial sense.
Translate into English.
1.Он родился в Стокгольме 21 октября 1833 года.
2. Но после его смерти его имя принесло известность и славу другим.
3. Его величайшим желанием было увидеть конец войн и, таким образом, мир между народами.
4. Альфред Нобель был великим изобретателем и промышленником.
5. Всю свою жизнь он избегал публичности.
6. Он был патриотом своей родины и умер в одиночестве в чужой стране.
7. Как и его отец он обладал богатым воображением и изобретательностью.
8. Он переехал в Россию вместе со своими родителями в 1842, где его отец сделал хорошую карьеру в инженерной отрасли.
9. Он никогда не ходил в школу и не учился в университете, а учился у частных учителей.
10. Он был человеком контрастов.
11. В 1863 году он начал своё собственное исследование взрывчатых веществ в лаборатории отца.
12. Oн был удачливее в бизнесе и благоразумнее в финансовых делах.
13. В обществе он был весел, но грустил, когда оставался один.
14. Он всегда был щедрым к бедным.
15. В молодости он серьёзно увлекался литературой и философией.
16. Он изобрёл динамит, чтобы улучшить такие мирные отрасли как горное дело и дорожное строительство.
17. Он создал более 80 компаний в 20 разных странах.
18. Он сделал состояние, но жил простой жизнью.
19. Всю свою полезную жизнь он чувствовал себя никчёмным.
20. У него любящего всё человечество не было ни семьи, ни жены, любящей его.
21. К 20 годам он уже был искусным химиком и превосходным лингвистом, говорящим на 6ти языках.
22. В своём известном завещании он оставил деньги на обеспечение наград за выдающуюся работу в области физики, химии, физиологии и медицины, литературы и за миротворческую деятельность.
23. Его никогда по-настоящему не интересовали научные достижения или деньги.
24. Он увидел своё изобретение, использующееся как оружие, чтобы убивать и калечить людей.
25. Он был широко известен благодаря своим работам, но малоизвестен как личность.
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