自10月7號以來，一年一度的諾貝爾獎正式拉開序幕。去年因醜聞事件而推遲的文學獎，與今年的諾貝爾文學獎一併頒發，文學「雙黃蛋」備受矚目。
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The Nobel Prize in Literature, which has been awarded annually almost every year since 1901, netted the winning author 747,000 pounds ($915,000), a medal and certificate, and the legal duty to deliver a lecture in Sweden at some future date. The winner was selected, as usual, by the Swedish Academy, which also picked a second laureate（獲獎者）this year to make up for the fact that no prize was presented in 2018 because of a scandal.
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 was awarded to the Polish author Olga Tokarczuk 「for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic（百科全書式的）passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life」. She won last year’s Man Booker International Prize for her novel Flights. Her representative works include Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead and Primeval and Other Times.
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2019 was awarded to the Austrian author Peter Handke 「for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience」. His representative works include Sorrow Beyond Dreams, Slow Homecoming and The Great Fall.
Before the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature winners, there are also two nominees（被提名者）who have attracted much attention. Chinese people are keeping their eyes on nominee Can Xue.
Can Xue, whose real name is Deng Xiaohua, was born in Central China’s Hunan Province in 1953. She had a tough childhood working as a worker in a street factory for eight years. Her life experience has formed her own unique literary path. Can Xue’s books have been translated and published outside China. Frontier, published in the US in 2017, won attention and applause from the West.
The other hot guess is Japanese writer Haruki Murakami whose books and stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally, with his works being translated into 50 languages and selling millions of copies outside his native country. His works have received numerous awards. Internet users keep eyes on him in the Nobel Prize in Literature because he has become hot guess for years. His representative works include Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore and 1Q84.
1. Why are two writers awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature this year?
A. To fill the prize gap of 2018.
B. To attract more people’s attention.
C. To inspire more extraordinary writers.
D. To satisfy the development of literature.
2. What made Olga Tokarczuk win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
A. Her high popularity.
B. Her language skills.
C. Her numerous works.
D. Her writing characteristics.
3. Which book can you choose if you are interested in Peter’s style?
A. Flights.
B. The Great Fall.
C. Frontier.
D. Kafka on the Shore.
4. What’s paragraph 4 mainly about?
A. The introduction to Can Xue.
B. The literary style of Can Xue.
C. The life experience of two nominees.
D. The great achievements of two nominees.
5. Why do the Internet users pay close attention to Haruki Murakami?
A. He has created hundreds of great novels.
B. He has received lots of awards all the time.
C. He has been supposed to win the prize for years.
D. He has been recognized as the most popular writer.
參考答案
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單詞學習
1. net v. 凈賺；獲得利益
The sale of paintings netted ￡17,000.
賣畫凈賺了17000英鎊。
2. scandal n. 醜聞 to cause a scandal 引發醜聞
3. narrative adj. 敘事的 narrative fiction 敘事小說
4. periphery n. 邊緣
5. Man Booker International Prize 布克國際文學獎
6. linguistic adj. 語言的
7. ingenuity n. 獨創性
She showed amazing ingenuity in finding ways to cut costs.
她在削減開支方面表現出驚人的聰明才智。
8. applause n. 歡呼，掌聲
9. numerous adj. 許多的
He has been late on numerous occasions. 他已經遲到過無數次了。
知識拓展
Olga Tokarczuk：波蘭作家、詩人、心理學家和劇作家。曾在華沙大學受過心理學培訓，出版過一系列詩歌、小說和散文作品。她的知名作品有《書中人物旅行記》、《太古和其他的時間》和《白天的房子，夜晚的房子》等。2018年她榮獲諾貝爾文學獎。2018年5月，她憑藉小說《航班》獲得了國際布克獎，2019年4月，她憑藉小說《讓你的犁頭碾著死人的白骨前進》獲得了2019布克國際文學獎(短名單)。
Peter Handke：奧地利著名小說家、劇作家，也是當代德語文學最重要的作家之一，榮獲2019年諾貝爾文學獎。他的代表作包括劇本《冒犯觀眾》、小說《守門員對點球的焦慮》等。在文學創作之外，漢德克與文德斯合作編劇的《柏林蒼穹下》成為影史經典，他導演的電影《左撇子女人》曾獲坎城電影節最佳影片提名。
殘雪：原名鄧小華，1970年後歷任街道工廠工人，個體裁縫。1985年開始發表作品。1988年加入中國作家協會，先鋒派文學代表人物。她的部分作品在中國香港和台灣地區出版，並被譯介到日本、法國、義大利、德國和加拿大等國家。2015年，殘雪的作品獲得美國紐斯達克文學獎提名；獲得美國最佳翻譯圖書獎提名以及英國倫敦獨立外國小說獎提名。
村上春樹：日本後現代主義作家。29歲開始寫作，第一部作品《且聽風吟》即獲得日本群像新人獎，1987年第五部長篇小說《挪威的森林》上市至2010年在日本暢銷一千萬冊，國內簡體版到2004年銷售總量786萬，引起「村上現象」。其作品在世界範圍內具有廣泛知名度，作品風格深受歐美作家的影響，基調輕盈，少有日本戰後陰鬱沉重的文字氣息，被稱作第一個純正的「二戰後時期作家」，並被譽為日本80年代的文學旗手。