英文版诺贝尔介绍(2页).doc

-英文版诺贝尔介绍-第 2 页Unit 4 Alfred Nobel - A Man of ContrastsAlfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist, was a man of many contrasts. He was the son of a bankrupt man, but became a millionaire; a scientist with a love of literature, an industrialist who managed to remain an idealist. He made a fortune but lived a simple life, and although cheerful in company he was often sad in private. A lover of mankind, he never had a wife or family to love him; a patriotic son of his native land, he died alone on foreign soil. He invented a new explosive, dynamite, to improve the peacetime industries of mining and road building, but saw it used as a weapon of war to kill and injure his fellow men. During his useful life he often felt he was useless: World-famous for his works he was never personally well known, for throughout his life he avoided publicity. but since his death his name has brought fame and glory to others. Alfred Nobel was cold to material gains and honor, and extremely honest. Once he stated why he was able to won so many honors in a letter: his medals did not come from his invention of dynamite. For example, Swedish government awarded his medal because of his talents in cooking; French government gave his medal because of his good relationship with one French minister; Brazil presented his medal because of becoming a friend of a Brazilian VIP by accident. He also gave us a story in his autobiography in humorous words: Alfred Nobel, his poor life was nearly ended in the hand of a kind-hearted doctor when he came to the earth. Major merits: always keep his hand nail clean and nice-looking by own and never by others. Major shortcomings: no family, low spirit, poor digestion. Only wish: never being buried alive Most evil: never worship Plutus. Life achievements: noneThis is Alfred Nobel, a person who boasted himself "no achievements" and always kept his nail clean and nice-looking, had created mass material and spiritual property and left us lofty ideology of hardworking, looking down up material gains and honors.