Do something good for the world

Do something good for the world

　Many years ago, a man was reading his morning newspaper. To his surprise, he saw his own name in the obituary column¹. The newspaper made a mistake and reported the death of the wrong person!

　The man was upset to read about his “death”. After he calmed down, he read the rest of the obituary to find out what people said about him.

　There were sentences like “Dynamite² King Dies” and “He was the merchant³ of death.” He was known for inventing dynamite. When he read the words “merchant of death,” he asked himself a question: “Is this how I am going to be remembered?” He decided that he needed to make some kind of change in his life.

　From that day on, he started working toward world peace. His name was Alfred Nobel and he is remembered today for founding the Nobel Prize.

　The Nobel Prize has honored men and women from all over the world for their work in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and world peace since 1901. Nobel wrote his last will in 1895, leaving most of his money behind to fund⁴ the Nobel Prize.

Notes：

1. 意为：讣告栏 2. dynamite n. 炸药 3. merchant n. 商人

4. fund v. 资助