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2 Contents Pages Part 1 Warm Ups Odd-One-Out Page 3 Brainstorm Page 3 Nobel Prizes 2014 Page 3 & 4 Quiz This Week s Topic Page 4 Part 2 Before Listening / Reading Jumbled Words Page 5 True or False Page 5 Vocabulary Antonyms Page 5 Part 3 Listening / Reading The News Story 390 Words Page 6 What Do You Think..? Page 6 Part 4 After Listening / Reading Q & A Page 7 A & Q Page 7 Part 5 Extra Stuff Extra English I Page 8 7 to Chinwag Page 8 Writing Activity Page 9 And Finally. Did You Know? Page 9 TV Links Page 10 The Answers Pages A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast. A1 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習

3 [ ] 2014 Nobel Prize Winners October 17 th 2014 PART 1 Warm Ups Warm Up 1 Odd 1 Out Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later. a) Award b) Accolade c) Forfeit d) Trophy My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this? Prizes & Awards Warm Up 3 Nobel Prizes 2014 There are SIX Nobel Prizes awarded annually. Choose the six areas in which the Nobel Prizes are awarded. Be careful there are six EXTRA areas! YES / NO 1 BIOLOGY YES 7 MEDICINE 2 CHEMISTRY 8 MUSIC 3 ECONOMICS YES 9 PEACE 4 JOURNALISM 10 PHYSICS YES 5 LITERATURE 11 SPORT 6 MATHAMATICS 12 TECHNOLOGY

Nobel Prize Winners Which Country? 13 people from seven different countries were awarded Nobel prizes or joint Noble prizes for 2014.

1 AUSTRALIA 6 JAPAN 2 BERMUDA 7 NORWAY 3 FRANCE 8 PAKISTAN 4 GERMANY 9 ROMANIA 5 INDIA 10 USA Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story.

a: Sweden b: Switzerland c: Norway 2: Which country presents the Nobel prizes for Chemistry annually?

4 Nobel Prize Winners Which Country? 13 people from seven different countries were awarded Nobel prizes or joint Noble prizes for 2014.Can you guess which of the following seven countries have nationals that won Nobel prizes in 2014? 1 AUSTRALIA 6 JAPAN 2 BERMUDA 7 NORWAY 3 FRANCE 8 PAKISTAN 4 GERMANY 9 ROMANIA 5 INDIA 10 USA Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story. Remember if you don t know use the internet to help or GUESS! 1: Which country s government presents the Nobel Peace Prize annually? a: Sweden b: Switzerland c: Norway 2: Which country presents the Nobel prizes for Chemistry annually? a: Sweden b: Switzerland c: Norway 3: Alfred Nobel created the Nobel Prizes, what nationality was he? a: Swedish b: Swiss c: Norwegian. 4: How much is the prize money for each Nobel prize? a: 571,000 b: 871,000 c: 1.17m 5: Which Nobel prize was the most recently created in 1968? a: Physics b: Economics c: Peace 6: Which explosive material did Alfred Nobel invent? a: Semtex b: TNT c: Dynamite E1: What year did Alfred Nobel die? a: 1896 b: 1906 c: 1916 E2: How many invention patterns did Alfred Nobel create in his lifetime? a: 350 b: 450 c: 550 E3: Which photograph is of Alfred Nobel? a: b: c: END OF PART 1

5 PART 2 Before Listening Pre-Listening / Reading 1 Jumbled Words The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story. Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order. ceremony be winners the The on December 10 th each in held prize for Norway of thirteen Stockholm will awards Nobel Sweden Oslo 2 Nobel Prizes Awarded for 2014 The awards ceremony Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False and Read the headline of News Story ~ Nobel Prizes Awarded for 2014 Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1 All six Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. [T] [F] saw the youngest ever winner of a Nobel Peace Prize. [T] [F] 3 Three Japanese doctors have won Nobel prizes in [T] [F] 4 In total 12 different people win Nobel prizes in [T] [F] 5 Dr Akasaki is the oldest ever winner of a Nobel prize. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading 3 Antonyms An antonym is a word with an opposite meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their antonyms on the right. All the antonyms in black are from the News Stories. 1 Awarded 6 Development A Repress F Encourage 2 Peace 7 Evoke B Entire G Distress 3 Suppression 8 Fellow C Oldest H Foe 4 Efficient 9 Handed-out D Stagnation I Given-in 5 Shared 10 Youngest E Rescinded J Useless END OF PART 2

6 PART 3 Listening Listening / Reading Listening Nobel Prizes Awarded 2014 Gap Fill Help Listen / Read the news story below and check your understanding. Write in the missing words to help you read the rest of the sentence! 167 Nobel Prizes Awarded for One hundred and 1: years after the first Nobel Prize was awarded the list of winners for 2014 has been announced. Thirteen people from seven countries have been awarded prizes in the six disciplines which award Nobel Prizes. The youngest winner was Malala Yousafzai who at 17 years old also became the 2: ever Nobel Peace Prize winner. 2 The Pakistani teenager shared her Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi from India. Both Miss Yousafzai and Mr Satyarthi were awarded the Peace Prize for their work in trying to end the abuse of 3:. The Nobel Peace Prize committee s reason for awarding both of them the prize was, for their struggle against the suppression of children and 4: people and for the right of all children to education. 3 Other award winners included three physicists from Japan who won the Nobel Prize in 5: for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources. Included in the 2014 Nobel Prize was Dr Isamu Akasaki, who at 85 years old becomes one of the 6: winners of a Nobel Prize. 4 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was also shared between three people, including two 7: the first people from Norway in 10 years to win a prize. The third Nobel Prize to be split between three people was the Nobel Prize in Chemistry which was 8: between two Americans and one Romanian and was awarded for research in the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy. 5 The final two Nobel prizes were both awarded to 9:. Patrick Modiano was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation. Whilst his fellow country man, Jean Tirole was awarded the Nobel Prize in 10: for his anlysis of market power and regulation. 6 The awards ceremony for each of the thirteen Nobel Prize winners will be held on December 10 th in Oslo, 11: and Stockholm, Sweden. The Nobel Peace Prize is presented every year by the King of Norway and is the only Nobel prize to be awarded in Norway. The remaining five awards are all handed-out in Sweden by the Swedish 12:. Each winner receives a gold medallion of Alfred Nobel and a prize of 871,000. END OF PART 3 [390 Words]

7 PART 4 After Listening Post-Listening / Reading 1 A3 Q & A How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can t remember any answers, guess! Q1 How old is the youngest winner of Nobel Peace Prize? Q2 How much does each winner of a Nobel prize receive? Q3 How old is Dr Isamu Asasaki? Q4 Which city is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded in every year? Q5 What year was the first Nobel Prize awarded? Q6 How many Nobel Awards were not shared? E1 What year did a Norwegian last win a Nobel Prize? E2 How many different nationalities won a 2014 Nobel Award? Post-Reading 2 A & Q How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one! A1 King of Norway? A2 Patrick Modiano? A3 Jean Tirole? A4 Kailash Satyarthi? A5 Alfred Nobel? END OF PART 4

8 PART 5 Extra Stuff English Extra I Health Idioms? The English language has many everyday expressions that mean old or oldest to explain a situation or event. Examples: Chip of the old block = Someone who is very similar to their parents An old flame = A person you were involved with in the past. Match the health expressions with their correct meaning! Two have been completed for you! A: Chip of the old block E: Tough as old boots H: A good ol boy B: An old flame F: A chip of the old block I: Of the old school C: An old wives tale G: For old times sake J: Old habits die hard D: An old head on young shoulders K: Always the same old story 1 They are very strong and not easily injured. 2 They have traditional ideas about how to do something. 3 Advice / idea which people believed in the past but which is now wrong 4 You do it in order to remember a happy time in the past 5 A situation / behaviour remains the same, especially-boring or annoying 6 A child who thinks and talks like an older person. 7 A good guy; a dependable companion. 8 Someone who is similar in character to their father or mother. 9 People find it difficult to change their accustomed behaviour 10 A person who behaves in the same way as his father. 11 A person who you had a romantic relationship with in the past. 7 to Chinwag Flying ENW Podcast Topic Nobel Prizes Awarded for 2014 Ask / Answer the questions below on this week s ENW Podcast Topic! 1 What did you think of this week s podcast topic when you first read it? 2 How many Nobel Prize winners can you name? 3 What is the biggest award that you have won? Why? 4 Which award would you like to win the most? Why? 5 What do you think is the most important global award? Why? 6 Who do you think is the greatest living woman? Why? 7 Who do you think is the greatest living man? Why?

9 Writing Greatest Living Person Who do you think are the three greatest living people today? Why do you think so? Give as many reasons as you can to explain your answers. END OF PART 5 And Finally X & Z A4 Did You Know? The End

10 BBC (UK) Visual TV Links 1: [02:24] 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Al Jazeera (Qatar) 2: [25:27] Nobel Peace Prize Politics or Recognition CNN (USA) 3: [04:46] 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Podcast Key A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast. Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Warm Up 1 Odd-1-Out C Forfeit A / B / C all can be used instead of PRIZE. Warm Up 3 A Nobel Prizes BIOLOGY 7 MEDICINE YES 2 CHEMISTRY YES 8 MUSIC 3 ECONOMICS YES 9 PEACE YES 4 JOURNALISM 10 PHYSICS YES 5 LITERATURE YES 11 SPORT 6 MATHAMATICS 12 TECHNOLOGY Warm Up 3 B Nobel Prizes JAPAN 2 7 NORWAY 3 FRANCE 8 PAKISTAN 4 9 ROMANIA 5 INDIA 10 USA A1 Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 C 2 A 3 C 4 B 5 B 6 C E1 A E2 A E3 A

11 Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Jumbled Words The awards ceremony for each of the thirteen Nobel Prize winners will be held on December 10 th in Oslo, Norway and Stockholm, Sweden. A2 True or False 1 F 2 T 3 T 4 F 5 F Antonyms 1 E 2 G 3 F 4 J 5 B 6 D 7 A 8 H 9 I 10 C Answers Part 3 Listening 167 Nobel Prizes Awarded for One hundred and thirteen years after the first Nobel Prize was awarded the list of winners for 2014 has been announced. Thirteen people from seven countries have been awarded prizes in the six disciplines which award Nobel Prizes. The youngest winner was Malala Yousafzai who at 17 years old also became the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner. 2 The Pakistani teenager shared her Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi from India. Both Miss Yousafzai and Mr Satyarthi were awarded the Peace Prize for their work in trying to end the abuse of children. The Nobel Peace Prize committee s reason for awarding both of them the prize was, for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education. 3 Other award winners included three physicists from Japan who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources. Included in the 2014 Nobel Prize was Dr Isamu Akasaki, who at 85 years old becomes one of the oldest winners of a Nobel Prize. 4 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was also shared between three people, including two Norwegians the first people from Norway in 10 years to win a prize. The third Nobel Prize to be split between three people was the Nobel Prize in Chemistry which was shared between two Americans and one Romanian and was awarded for research in the development of superresolved fluorescence microscopy. 5 The final two Nobel prizes were both awarded to Frenchman. Patrick Modiano was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation. Whilst his fellow country man, Jean Tirole was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his anlysis of market power and regulation. 6 The awards ceremony for each of the thirteen Nobel Prize winners will be held on December 10 th in Oslo, Norway and Stockholm, Sweden. The Nobel Peace Prize is presented every year by the King of Norway and is the only Nobel prize to be awarded in Norway. The remaining five awards are all handed-out in Sweden by the Swedish monarch. Each winner receives a gold medallion of Alfred Nobel and a prize of 871,000. [390 Words]

Answers Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading A3 Q & A 1 17 years old 5 1901 2 871,000 6 2 awards 3 85 years old. E1 2004 4 Oslo E2 7 countries.

12 Answers Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading A3 Q & A 1 17 years old , awards 3 85 years old. E Oslo E2 7 countries. A & Q Example Questions A1 Who presents the Nobel Peace Prize? A2 Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature? A3 Who won the Nobel Prize in Economics? A4 Who was a joint-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize? A5 Who are the Nobel prizes named after? English Extra 1 E 4 G 7 H 10 F 2 I 5 K 8 A 11 B 3 C 6 D 9 J And Finally A4 X 1901 / Z 90 year old. X & Z Extra Bit Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony

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