通向诺贝尔奖之路

It's one of the world's most exclusive clubs Peter Doherty joined in 1996, sharing the Nobel Prize in medicine. Few make it, which is why the title of his memoir¹, The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize raised a few eyebrows².

So how do you win the Noble Prize?

You get lucky, yeah, well you work hard for a long time, you, you look very hard of what's coming up in front of you, the data that you see, and you are instructed by what you see there. And, and you need a bit of luck, too.

The Australian scientist never thought he was on a path to the highest honor in science. Doherty first trained as a veterinarian, but found his calling in the mysterious field of infectious diseases.

My nominee³ is Zinkernagel .

He teamed up with another young professor Rolf Zinkernagel. and made in an world-winning discovery almost by accident.

We were doing some experiments to look at a particular question and then, then we suddenly got this very unexpected result, realized that it was probably extremely significant straightaway.

The pair had cracked the code of T cells which Doherty calls the " hit man " of the immune system. How they fight infected cells and leave healthy ones alone?

Firstly, It was so, so unorthodox, and so against the accepted wisdom that people didn't really even grasp what we are saying .

Experiments by others confirmed the findings and expanded on them, leading to new vaccines⁴ and advances in the fight against cancer. Nobel came calling 2 decades later and it changed Doherty's life. There were endless accolades⁵, even having his face on a postage stamp.

Well, you get a fair amount of money when you win it, you get invited to very nice meetings and very nice places, but you quickly find that you can't handle all that and you tend to go on need to the things, when you think you 're gonna all learn something new, or you gonna be doing something useful.

Most of the professor's time is devoted⁶ to his research labs, one in Australia and one in the US. Doherty credits his success to curiosity and a willingness to question, something he tries to impress upon his proteges and anyone asking for his advice.

From us if we are not gonna win the Nobel Prize, but, but people can be winners I think, to have a satisfactory life, you wanna look within yourself, and trying find out, well, what is it that I can contribute.

And sometimes that contribution can end up being much bigger than expected.

James McDonald, CNN, Melbourne , Australia.

1 memoir   

n.[pl.]回忆录，自传；记事录

参考例句：

• He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。
• In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中，她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。

2 eyebrows   

眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
• His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。

3 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

4 vaccines   

疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
• The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。

5 accolades   

n.（连结几行谱表的）连谱号( accolade的名词复数 )；嘉奖；（窗、门上方的）桃尖拱形线脚；册封爵士的仪式（用剑面在肩上轻拍一下）

参考例句：

• Unlike other accolades for literature which tend to value style or experimentation. 有别于其他偏重风格活实验性的文学奖项。 来自互联网
• Build your trophy room while amassing awards and accolades. 建立您的奖杯积累奖项和荣誉。 来自互联网

6 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。