2026 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Will Be Announced Friday

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1. Question 1 · Single choice

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   What does the first paragraph say the available information establishes?

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   1. The recipient’s identity and professional background
   2. The announcement’s timing but not its substantive details
   3. The committee’s rationale and deliberative process
   4. The likely international response to the result
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   The announcement’s timing but not its substantive details

   It establishes when the announcement will occur, while withholding identity and reasoning.

   At present, the available information establishes the timing of the announcement, but not the identity of the recipient or the considerations behind the decision.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

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   What remains unconfirmed before the announcement?

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   1. The date of the announcement
   2. The existence of the Nobel Peace Prize
   3. The identity of any proposed recipient
   4. The possibility of public discussion
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   The identity of any proposed recipient

   Any proposed recipient remains unconfirmed until the official announcement occurs.

   Until the announcement, any proposed recipient remains unconfirmed.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

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   Which example is mentioned as peace-related work?

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   1. Protection of rights
   2. Management of award ceremonies
   3. Publication of committee records
   4. Prediction of international reactions
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   Protection of rights

   The recording specifically lists protection of rights among several possible forms.

   As general background, peace-related work can take many forms: mediation between opposing sides, support for dialogue, protection of rights, or attempts to address conditions that make conflict more likely.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

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   What may the announcement focus international attention on?

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   1. Only the committee’s private deliberations
   2. A person, organization, or issue
   3. The history of every Nobel category
   4. The accuracy of previous predictions
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   A person, organization, or issue

   The recording identifies a person, organization, or issue as a possible focus.

   It can focus international attention on a person, organization, or issue; it can prompt discussion about what effective peace-building entails; and it can invite differing interpretations of the values reflected in the choice.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

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   When will broader reactions become dependent on emerging facts?

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   1. Before the committee begins deliberating
   2. While possible recipients remain unconfirmed
   3. After the decision is made public
   4. Only after the recipient completes future work
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   After the decision is made public

   The text places those reactions after the decision becomes public.

   Those broader reactions, however, depend on facts that will emerge only after the decision is made public.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

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   What does the recording say would happen if unsettled matters were treated as settled?

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   1. The announcement would be postponed indefinitely
   2. The distinction between information and expectation would weaken
   3. The recipient’s work would receive immediate recognition
   4. The committee would publish its complete rationale
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   The distinction between information and expectation would weaken

   It says that doing so would obscure the boundary between information and expectation.

   Treating those matters as settled in advance would blur the distinction between information and expectation.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

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   What will change after Friday’s announcement?

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   1. The prize’s connection with peace will be redefined
   2. The recipient’s identity will be supplied publicly
   3. All interpretations of the decision will converge
   4. The committee’s previous uncertainty will be documented
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   The recipient’s identity will be supplied publicly

   The missing central fact—who receives the prize—will become known.

   Friday’s announcement will change that position by supplying the central fact now absent from public view: who will receive the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

8. Question 8 · Single choice

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   What does the closing sentence emphasize about the outcome?

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   1. The outcome has already been informally revealed
   2. The outcome is unlikely to attract attention
   3. The outcome remains undisclosed despite the scheduled announcement
   4. The outcome will necessarily resolve every related question
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   The outcome remains undisclosed despite the scheduled announcement

   It emphasizes that the recipient’s identity remains private until the scheduled announcement.

   The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize is due to be announced Friday, while the outcome remains undisclosed.

What to review next

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Before you practise: a worked example

Listen for the final information, especially when a speaker corrects or changes an earlier statement.

Example transcript: “Let’s meet at five — actually, half past five would be better.” What is the final suggested time?

The final suggested time is 5:30. Actually signals a correction; the first time is replaced by the later suggestion.

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