The Turner Prize is an award for a British contemporary artist－each year it causes controversy by apparently giving lots of money to artists who do things like display their beds, put animals in glass cases or－this year－build a garden shed.

　　Awards don't only exist for the arts.

　　There are now awards for Sports Personality of the Year, for European Footballer of the year and World Footballer of the Year.

　　This seems very strange－sometimes awards can be good to give recognition to people who deserve it, or to help people who don't make a lot of money carry on their work without worrying about finances, but professional soccer players these days certainly aren't short of cash!

　　Many small towns and communities all over the world also have their own awards ceremonies, for local writers or artists, or just for people who have graduated from high school or got a university degree.

　　Even the British Council has its own awards for“Innovation in English Language Teaching”．

　　Shakespeare never won a prize, nor did Leonardo da Vinci or Adam Smith or Charles Dickens.It would be possible to say, however, that in the past, scientists and artists could win“patronage”from rich people－a king or a lord would give the artist or scientist money to have them paint their palaces or help them develop new ways of making money.

　　With the change in social systems across the world, this no longer happens.

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