Elizabeth Fry （1780～1845）

Elizabeth Fry was born in 1780. She was a Quaker1 from Britain. She helped improved prison conditions and gave prisoners work and education. Her work helped the Quakers get the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947.

伊麗莎白·弗萊（1780～1845）

伊麗莎白·弗萊出生于1780年。她是一個(gè)英國教友派信徒。她幫助改善監(jiān)獄條件，并給予囚犯工作和教育。在1947年，她因幫助教友派信徒的舉動(dòng)而獲得諾貝爾和平獎(jiǎng)。

Marie Curie （1867～1934）

Polish-born scientist Marie Curie is best known for discovering the radioactive elements polonium and radium2. She encouraged the use of X-rays for medical treatment. She received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1903 and in Chemistry in 1911. She is the first and the only woman in the world to win two Nobel Prizes in two different sciences.

瑪麗·居里（1867～1934）

波蘭科學(xué)家居里夫人以發(fā)現(xiàn)了放射性元素釙和鐳而出名。她鼓勵(lì)使用X射線進(jìn)行醫(yī)學(xué)治療。她于1903年獲得諾貝爾物理學(xué)獎(jiǎng)，并于1911年獲得諾貝爾化學(xué)獎(jiǎng)。她是世界上首位、也是唯一一位在不同領(lǐng)域獲得兩次諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)的女性。

Jody Williams （1950～ ）

Jody Williams was born in 1950 in America. She was one of the founders of the international campaign to stop the making of landmines3. She served as the group leader for a long time. She also worked hard to make as many countries as possible agree not to use them. She and her organization were given the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997.

喬迪·威廉姆斯（1950～ ）

喬迪·威廉姆斯1950年出生于美國。她是“國際禁止地雷運(yùn)動(dòng)”的創(chuàng)始人之一，并長期擔(dān)任該組織的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。她努力工作，使得盡可能多的國家同意不使用地雷。她和她的組織在1997年被授予諾貝爾和平獎(jiǎng)。

Jane Addams （1860～1935）

Jane Addams was born in 1860 in the USA. She helped the poor and worked for peace. She created shelters， education opportunities and services for people in need. In 1931， Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

簡(jiǎn)·亞當(dāng)斯（1860～1935）

簡(jiǎn)·亞當(dāng)斯于1860年出生于美國。她幫助窮苦大眾并為爭(zhēng)取和平而工作。她為有需要的人們建立了避難所，創(chuàng)造了教育機(jī)會(huì)，提供了服務(wù)。1931年，亞當(dāng)斯成為第一個(gè)獲得諾貝爾和平獎(jiǎng)的美國女性。

Toni Morrison （1931～ ）

Toni Morrison was born in 1933 in the USA. She is one of the famous American black women writers. In 1953 she graduated from Howard University. In 1988 her fifth novel Beloved was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. In 1993， she was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. She was the first black woman writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

托妮·莫里森（1931～ ）

托妮·莫里森于1933年出生在美國。她是美國著名黑人女作家之一。1953年，她從霍華德大學(xué)畢業(yè)。1988年她的第五部小說《寵兒》榮獲普利策獎(jiǎng)。1993年她被授予諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)。她是第一個(gè)獲得諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)的黑人女作家。

Tu Youyou （1930～ ）

Tu Youyou was born in Ningbo， Zhejiang Province in 1930. She was admitted into Beijing Medicine College in 1951. After graduation， she devoted all her efforts to the research in treating malaria4. She was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine for her discovery of artemisinin5. Her discovery is seen a big contribution to the human health.

屠呦呦（1930～ ）

1930年屠呦呦出生于浙江寧波。1951年她考入北京醫(yī)科大學(xué)。畢業(yè)后，她投身于治療瘧疾的研究中。她在2015年因發(fā)現(xiàn)了青蒿素被授予諾貝爾醫(yī)學(xué)獎(jiǎng)。她的發(fā)現(xiàn)是對(duì)人類健康事業(yè)的重大貢獻(xiàn)。

Notes：

1. Quaker [] n. 教友派信徒；貴格會(huì)教徒

2. radioactive elements polonium and radium 放射性元素釙和鐳

3. landmine [] n. 地雷

4. malaria [] n. 瘧疾

5. artemisinin [] n. 青蒿素