Exercise 12. Decide if the statements are true or false

 

1. The Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, biology, medicine, literature and for peace.

2. The Nobel Foundation is in Sweden.

3. The festival day of the Nobel Foundation is on the 11th of December.

4. The prize in economic was established in 1998.

5. The winner of the prize gets only a medal and a diploma.

6. The International Committee of the Red Cross has received the Nobel Peace Prize three times.

7. If nobody is awarded the prize money isn’t returned back to the fund.

 

Exercise 13. Discuss the following situations:

 

1. Tell us about some famous personality who has won the Nobel Prize. When? What for? Explain why you have chosen this person.

2. What other spheres would you add to the 6 spheres of the Nobel Prize? Explain why.

3. Tell whom would you nominate to the Nobel Prize? Why? What for?

4. Tell some interesting facts about Alfred Nobel. Why did he found the Nobel Prize? Who was he? Where did he take all the money from?

5. Tell about the Nobel Prize and the Nobel Foundation.

Lesson 41. Famous Scientists, Scholars (Видатні вчені, науковці)

“Science is discovery. Science is fun.

Science is understanding what makes

A clock tick and what makes a cat purr,

What makes the Sun rise and what makes

the Moon look so large on the horizon…”

Rita Colwell