雅思阅读材料：Wild and Crazy Nobel Guys

 　　Wild and Crazy Nobel Guys

　　Science is boring? Not during nobel week, when the recipients¹ of the highest honors in chemistry, medicine and physics are announced. The 2006 winners were named last week, continuing a tradition begun in 1901, five years after Swedish dynamite² inventor Alfred Nobel died, leaving $9 million and instructions to start annual prizes to honor achievements in those three scientific fields as well as in literature and peace. (Recipients of those awards will be announced this week, along with the winner in economics, a prize created in 1969.) The stories behind this year's science winners are particularly compelling. It was a banner year for the Americans, and there were family ties as well as years-old feuds³. Here's the scoop⁴.

　　说诺贝尔奖得主

　　科学枯燥乏味么?在揭晓化学、生理学或医学以及物理学领域最高荣誉得主的诺贝尔周，答案是否定的：2006年度的获奖者名单已于上周公布，这项沿袭至今的传统始于1901年.瑞典炸药发明家艾尔弗雷德·诺贝尔逝世5年后。艾尔弗雷德·诺贝尔身后留下900万美元，并要求设立每年颁发一次的奖项。表彰在这3个自然科学以及文学和和平领域取得的成就。本年度诺贝尔自然科学奖得主的幕后故事尤为引人注目。这是美国人春风得意的一年;获奖者中有的有家族渊源，有的是多年的老对头。以下就是本刊的独家新闻。

1 recipients   

adj.接受的；受领的；容纳的；愿意接受的n.收件人；接受者；受领者；接受器

参考例句：

• The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 dynamite   

n./vt.(用)炸药(爆破)

参考例句：

• The workmen detonated the dynamite.工人们把炸药引爆了。
• The philosopher was still political dynamite.那位哲学家仍旧是政治上的爆炸性人物。

3 feuds   

n.长期不和，世仇( feud的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Quarrels and feuds between tribes became incessant. 部落间的争吵、反目成仇的事件接连不断。 来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
• There were feuds in the palace, no one can deny. 宫里也有斗争，这是无可否认的。 来自辞典例句

4 scoop   

n.铲子，舀取，独家新闻；v.汲取，舀取，抢先登出

参考例句：

• In the morning he must get his boy to scoop it out.早上一定得叫佣人把它剜出来。
• Uh,one scoop of coffee and one scoop of chocolate for me.我要一勺咖啡的和一勺巧克力的。