纯正英语一分钟-Nobel Prize

I wonder why the Nobel Prize is so famous. Sure, the people who win it are very clever, but they’re not really superstars¹. I’ve usually heard of the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize because they’re always in the news. But have you ever heard of the Nobel Laureates for Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, etc? Even though I read a lot, I only sometimes know the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature². I like reading³ about who won the Nobel Prize. It makes me want to be like them. Of course, I can never win such a prize, but I can study more. Some of the Nobel Prize winners of the past are really famous. Einstein and Mother Theresa are perhaps the most famous. I was shocked⁴ to learn Gandhi never won the Nobel Peace Prize.

1 superstars   

n.超级明星（演员、音乐师等）( superstar的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Some of our greatest and richest superstars have been as thick as two planks. 我们的某些最了不起的、最富有的超级明星却愚不可及。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The private lives of those superstars are often commented on by tabloids. 7那些超级明星的私生活经常受到小报的评论。 来自互联网

2 literature   

n.文学，文学作品；文献，图书资料

参考例句：

• He gave up medicine and took to literature.他放弃医学,开始从事文学。
• That was the high summer of English literature.那是英国文学的黄金时代。

3 reading   

n.阅读，知识，读物，表演，对法律条文的解释；adj.阅读的

参考例句：

• Children learn reading and writing at school.孩子们在学校学习阅读和写作。
• He finds pleasure in reading.他从阅读中得到乐趣。

4 shocked   

adj.惊愕的，受震惊的v.使…震惊( shock的过去式和过去分词 )；使受电击；使…感到厌恶[恐惧]

参考例句：

• The local community was shocked by the murders. 当地社会对这些谋杀案感到震惊。
• The police were shocked by the ferocity of the attack. 警方对那起攻击的凶残感到震惊。