Bài hát: Listening Practice Through Dictation 3 - Part 10 - English

Unit 10 The Nobel Prize
W: One of the greatest achievements in the
world is to win the Nobel Prize. It has been given
to people since 1901. There are prizes for physics,
chemistry, and medicine. There are also prizes for
literature, economics, and peace. The Nobel
Prize is named after Alfred Nobel. He was born
in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1833. Alfred Nobel
invented dynamite in 1866. Dynamite is used in
mining, construction, and war. Before he died, he
wrote that all of his money should be used to
create the Nobel Prize. He died in 1896. The
first prize was given in 1901.
Each prize has three parts: a diploma, a gold
medal, and money. The money has increased
since 1980. It is now ten million Swedish crowns.
This is about one million euros. How are the
winners chosen? Five committees secretly meet to
pick the winners. The Nobel Prize for Economics
is the only one that is not decided that way. That
is because it was created in 1956 by the Bank of
Sweden in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of
Alfred Nobel’s death. The Bank of Sweden decides
who gets the Nobel Prize for Economics. Since
1901, over 750 people have won the Nobel Prize.