Most of us know about the Nobel Prize, especially the Nobel Peace Prize, but few of us know anything about the man 1 set them up. His name was Alfred Nobel. He was 2 great scientist and inventor himself. Besides, he had a big business. You might be surprised at 3 his business was. He made and sold explosives (炸药). His companies even made and sold weapons (武器).
Although Alfred Nobel 4 a lot of money from weapons, he hated war. He hoped that there would be no war in the world. He was one of 5 in Europe. He left behind him a lot of money and his famous will after he died in 1896. According to his will, most of his money 6 in a fund (基金会). He wanted the interest from the fun d to be used as prizes every year. We know them 7 the Nobel Prizes. The Nobel Prizes are international. Alfred Nobel wanted the winners to be chosen for 8 work, not the country they came from.
Alfred Nobel had given his whole life to his study and 9 and to the benefits of mankind. He made money all by his own efforts, but he let the world 10 his wealth. His inventions and wealth stay with the world forever.
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Environmental pollution has become a serious problem. Would you like to do something for the earth but you don't know 1 ? These days technology is making it much 2 for people to protect the environment. For Bryan in California, 3 only needs a phone and a trip to the beach to make a difference.
4 20-year-old student enjoys diving. He also wants to keep the seas clean. Last June, he finally turned his hobby into an eco-friendly mission(环保任务).
One day, while Bryan 5 with his phone, a new app called Rubbish caught his eye. The app calls on people around the world to pick up rubbish in their communities. Lots of local clean-up activities 6 before helping solve the pollution problem. Users only need to connect their phones 7 the app and start cleaning. That encouraged Bryan 8 his summer diving for rubbish. The app helped Bryan record what kind of rubbish he was finding and where he was finding it. It also told him 9 he had been to the place before. With the app, Bryan finds joy in helping clean up the seas. In fact, Bryan has so much fun collecting underwater rubbish that his footprint(足迹) 10 about 20,000 square meters of San Diego's seas so far!