一、导语
Ten lives, six prizes, one quiet lesson: curiosity outlasts certainty.
十段人生，六项大奖，一个安静的启示——好奇心，比确定更持久。
二、英文成长故事 · The Story
The 2026 Nobel season closed with six prizes and ten laureates, spanning medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economic sciences. From a neuroscientist who once wanted to be a novelist, to a physicist who watched the Antarctic ice for half a century, the winners shared little on paper — yet their lives tell one story.
2026 年诺奖季以六项大奖、十位得主落下帷幕，涵盖生理学或医学、物理、化学、文学、和平与经济学。从曾想当小说家的神经科学家，到守望着南极冰原半个世纪的物理学家，得主们表面鲜有交集——然而他们的人生讲述着同一个故事。
In science, the thread was persistence through doubt. Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel turned a green alga's trick into a tool that switches brain cells with light. Halzen waited decades for neutrinos to surface from the ice. Kagan and Soai taught molecules to choose a single "hand." Each began where textbooks ended and questions began.
在科学领域，主线是「在怀疑中坚持」。戴塞罗思、黑格曼与内格尔将绿藻的小把戏，变成了用光拨动脑细胞的工具；哈尔岑等了数十年，才等来中微子从冰下浮现；卡甘与硖合教会分子只选一只「手」。每个人都始于教科书终结、问题开始之处。
The humanists and peacemakers walked the same road. Carson rebuilt classical forms into something startlingly new; Pillay turned a lawyer's craft into a shield for the voiceless. The economists Hall and Woodford rebuilt the foundations of stability from the behaviour of ordinary people. Across fields, recognition came late, often after a lifetime of being quietly right.
人文学者与和平奖得主走着同样的路。卡森把古典形式重塑得令人耳目一新；皮莱将律师的技艺化作弱者的盾牌；经济学家霍尔与伍德福德，从普通人的行为出发，重塑了经济稳定的根基。跨越领域，荣誉往往来得很晚，常常是在一生「安静地正确」之后。
What unites them is not talent alone, but the courage to change course and the patience to stay. They remind students that a straight line is rare, and that the question you cannot answer today may become the discovery of tomorrow. Curiosity, it seems, outlasts certainty.
将他们联系在一起的，不只是天赋，更是改换航向的勇气与坚守的耐心。他们提醒学生：笔直的道路少之又少，今天答不上来的问题，或许正是明天的发现。看来，好奇心比确定更持久。
三、高考实战 · Gaokao Practice
1. According to the passage, which prize category included the most laureates in 2026?
A. Physics. B. Chemistry.
C. Physiology or Medicine. D. Literature.
2. What can be inferred about the 2026 laureates from the passage?
A. They all started their careers as writers.
B. They were recognised only after long perseverance.
C. They worked in the same research field.
D. They avoided changing their original plans.
3. The word "outlasts" in the lead and the ending most probably means _____.
A. is shorter than B. lasts longer than C. depends on D. replaces
4. Which title best captures the main idea of the passage?
A. How to Win a Nobel Prize
B. Ten Scientists and Their Inventions
C. Curiosity Outlasts Certainty: Lessons from the 2026 Laureates
D. The History of the Nobel Prize
四、词汇积累 · Word Bank
单词 Word 释义 Meaning 文中例句 Example
persistence (n.) 坚持；韧性 the thread was persistence through doubt 在怀疑中坚持
voiceless (adj.) 无声的；无权发声的 a shield for the voiceless 弱者的盾牌
recognition (n.) 认可；荣誉 recognition came late 荣誉来得很晚
quietly (adv.) 安静地；不张扬地 a lifetime of being quietly right 一生安静地正确
一、文本分析与主题学习全貌
主题 成长与志趣的年度回响——十位横跨医、物、化、文、和、经的诺奖得主，以「改换航向的勇气」与「长期坚守的耐心」诠释科学精神与人文关怀；核心母题为「好奇心比确定更持久」。
体裁 年度盘点综述（review / expository writing），夹叙夹议，先总览后分述再升华，信息密度高、可读性强，适合作群文阅读与写作素材。
语言特色 语言特色：多用抽象名词与对比结构（curiosity outlasts certainty; a straight line is rare）；时态以一般过去时叙述、现在时收束评价；习语化表达（quietly right, a shield for the voiceless）增强文学张力，词汇兼具学术性与感染力。
结构 结构：『总览（六项六奖十人）→ 科学线（在怀疑中坚持）→ 人文线（以技艺护弱）/ 殊途同归 → 升华（改道与坚守 + 给学生的启示）』四段递进，首尾以 curiosity / questions 意象呼应。
主题学习全貌：本篇可串联「科学家的另一面」「跨界与志趣」「长期坚持的价值」「人文与科学的共通精神」等单元，引导学生建立「人物群像—精神母题—方法启示」的阅读图式，并积累 persistence / voiceless / recognition 等高考高频词块。
