Nobel strove to make explosives safer to handle when an accident at his factory killed five people, including his brother Emil.

诺贝尔努力使爆炸物更安全，但他的工厂发生事故，造成五人死亡，其中包括他的兄弟埃米尔。

The new product added an earthy compound to the unstable and gelatinous nitroglycerine and was first marketed as Nobel's Safety Powder in 1867.

这种新产品在不稳定的凝胶状硝化甘油中添加了一种泥土化合物，并于1867年首次作为诺贝尔安全粉上市。

Dynamite was originally intended for use in civil engineering and Nobel, perhaps naively, believed his continuing developments in explosives would one day put a stop to warfare.

炸药最初是用于土木工程的，也许是天真的诺贝尔认为，他在炸药方面的持续发展总有一天会终结战争。

The first Nobel prizes were awarded in Stockholm in 1901. Each year seven separate committees select a list of nominees, announcing towards the end of the year those who ‘have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind’.

第一届诺贝尔奖于1901年在斯德哥尔摩颁发。每年有七个独立的委员会选出一份被提名者名单，在年底宣布那些“给人类带来最大利益”的人。

The chemical element nobelium (No), atomic number 102, was discovered in the US in 1958 and named in memory of Alfred Nobel.

化学元素锘 (No)，原子序数102，于1958年在美国被发现，并为纪念阿尔弗雷德·诺贝尔而命名。

词汇学习：

discipline学科，领域。legacy遗产。institute v.制定 (规章、制度)；创立。

gelatinous adj.凝胶状的，胶状的。nitroglycerine n.[有化]硝化甘油（等于 nitroglycerin），炸药。naively /naɪˈiːvli/ adv.无邪地；天真烂漫地。

nominee/ˌnɒmɪˈniː/n.被提名者，被任命者。confer v.授予，赋予。nobelium n.[化学]锘（一种放射性元素，化学符号为 No, 原子序102）。