Ukrainian Nobel Prize winners:

1. Ilya Mechnikov - Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 1908. Parents were born in Ukraine. 2. Simon Kuznets - Nobel prize for Economics in 1971. Parents were born in Ukraine. 3. Milton Friedman - Nobel Prize for Economics in 1976. Parents were born in Ukraine. 4. Herbert Brown - Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1979. Parents were born in Zhitomir. 5. Roald Hoffmann - Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1981. He was born in 1937 in Zloczow, Poland (now Zoloczew, Ukraine). 6. Georges Charpak - Nobel prize for Physics in 1992. He lives in France. He was born in Dabrovica, Ukraine. 7. Samuel Yosef Agnon - Nobel prize for Literature in 1966. He was born in Buchach, Ukraine. 8. Mihail Olohov - Nobel Prize for Literature in 1965. His mother was Ukrainian.

Notable Ukrainian Poets:

Pavlo Tychyna, Mykola Bazhan and Vasyl Stus are Ukrainian Nobel Prize winners.

When Pavlo Tychyna and Mykola Bazhan, both remarkable world-class poets, were nominated for the Nobel Prize, the Soviet Authorities forced them to write letters of refusal. The third poet, Vasyl Stus, the greatest Ukrainian post-war poet, who was imprisoned under Brezhnev, was nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1985 but died in a prison camp that same year.

Exercise 3. Make up your own sentences using the new words and word-combinations:

Example: Taras Shevchenko is the Ukrainian outstanding poet.

Exercise 4. Finish the sentences according to the text:

16. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established …

17. The Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in …

18. Each prize consists of …

19. The Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded ...

20. The Nobel Prizes have been presented …

21. Since 1969 an additional prize …

22. The Prize Award Ceremony …

23. In 1990 the event moved to …

24. Pavlo Tychyna, Mykola Bazhan …

25. The third poet, Vasyl Stus, the greatest Ukrainian post-war poet …

Exercise 5. Answer the questions:

• When was Alfred Bernhard Nobel born?

• How many languages did Alfred Bernhard Nobel speak?

• What was Alfred Bernhard Nobel?

• How much did he leave in his will?

• What has the Nobel Prize been awarded for?

• What is the Nobel Prize?

• How many times were the Nobel Prize and the Prize in Economic

Sciences awarded between 1901 and 2012?

• What do you know about the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony?

• Where did the event move to in 1990?

• What are Ukrainian Nobel Prize winners in?

• What interesting facts do you know about Pavlo Tychyna, Mykola Bazhan

and Vasyl Stus?

Exercise 6. Match the words with their definitions:

Anniversary - to demand or specify (a requirement)

Outstanding - a thing done successfully with effort, skill, or courage

Achievement - a document giving directions

To stipulate - exceptionally good

Will - the date on which an event took place

Laureate - a sum of money saved for a particular purpose

Fund - a person who is honoured with an award

Exercise 7. Complete the sentences with the words from the box:

death / Stockholm / achievements / Economic Sciences / Peace / December / Chemistry / Oslo, Norway /

1. Since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in Physics, ... , Physiology or Medicine, Literature and for ... .

2. The Nobel Prize has been awarded to men and women from all corners of the globe for outstanding ... .

3. In 1968, ... were added to the list of fields.

4. The Nobel Prizes have been presented to the Laureates at ceremonies on 10 ... , the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's ... .

5. The Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and Literature are awarded in .... , Sweden.

6. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in ... .

Exercise 8. Translate the following combinations:

в пам’ять Альфреда Нобеля, отримувати грошову винагороду, лауреат Нобелівської премії миру, подавати на розгляд комітетам, присуджувати винагороду у галузі фізики/фізіології/медицини, найвище досягнення.

Exercise 9. Before reading task: Answer the following questions share your knowledge about the Nobel Prize:

• What is the Nobel Prize?

• Who is Alfred Nobel?

• What spheres is the prize given in?

• What Nobel laureates and winners do you know?

Exercise 10. Read the following information and translate it. Discuss after reading:

• What didn’t you know?

• What is surprising/strange/new for you?