背诵为王 第 三 册 第 09 课

Lesson9 Oxford¹
What is so special about Oxford and Cambridge, the two oldest universitiesin England? Why do so many students want to study there?
Both of these university towns are very beautiful. They have some of thefinest architecture in Britain. Some of their colleges, chapels³ andlibraries are three, four or even up to seven hundred years old, and arefull of valuable books and precious paintings. Both towns have many lovelygardens, where the students can read and relax in the summer months.
Oxford is the older university of the two. The first of its colleges wasfounded in 1249. The university now has thirty-four colleges and abouttwelve thousand students, many of them from other countries. There were nowomen students at Oxford until 1878, when the first women's college, LadyMargaret Hall, opened. Now, women study at all colleges but one for Monks⁴ intraining.
Oxford is, of course, famous for its first class education as well as itsbeautiful buildings. It boasts a quiet atmosphere, friendly colleagues, andthe four-hundred-year-old Bodleian library, which has over five millionbooks.
It is not easy to get a place at Oxford University to study for a degree,but outside the university there are many smaller private colleges whichoffer less difficult courses and where it is easy to enrol⁵. Most students inthese private schools take business, secretarial or English languagecourses.

chapel² 小教堂，小礼拜堂
precious 珍贵的
colleague 同事
enrol 登记，入学
secretarial 秘书的，秘书工作的

牛津大学
英国最古老的两所大学——牛津大学和剑桥大学有什么独特的魅力呢？为什么这么多学生希望到牛津和剑桥来学习？
这两座大学城都十分漂亮。这里有一些全英国最精美的建筑，一些学院、教堂和图书馆始建于三四百年甚至七百年前，里面藏有珍贵的图书和绘画。这两座大学城都有许多美丽的花园，学子们在夏日里可以在这里读书和休闲。
牛津的历史比剑桥更悠久，其最早的学院始建于1249年。牛津现有三十四个学院，有大约一万两千学生，其中有许多是留学生。1878年第一个女子学院——玛格丽特•霍尔学院成立，在这之前，牛津是没有女学生的。而现在除了一个僧侣学院外其他所有的学院都招收女学生。
当然令牛津闻名于世的不仅是其精美的建筑物，还有其一流的教学。这里有优雅的环境，友好的同事，以及一个有着四百年历史、藏书五百多万册的牛津大学博德利图书馆。
要得到在牛津大学学习和获得学位的机会是很难的。但是在牛津大学的外围有许多小一点的私立学院，那里的课程要容易一点，入学的难度也不大。这些私立学院的学生大多在修商务、文秘和英语等课程。

1 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

2 chapel   

n.小教堂，殡仪馆

参考例句：

• The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
• She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午，她在小教堂的演出，可以说是登峰造极。

3 chapels   

n.小教堂， （医院、监狱等的）附属礼拜堂( chapel的名词复数 )；（在小教堂和附属礼拜堂举行的）礼拜仪式

参考例句：

• Both castles had their own chapels too, which was incredible to see. 两个城堡都有自己的礼拜堂，非常华美。 来自互联网
• It has an ambulatory and seven chapels. 它有一条走廊和七个小教堂。 来自互联网

4 monks   

n.修道士，僧侣( monk的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The monks lived a very ascetic life. 僧侣过着很清苦的生活。
• He had been trained rigorously by the monks. 他接受过修道士的严格训练。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 enrol   

v.（使）注册入学，（使）入学，（使）入会

参考例句：

• I like your institute but I do not want to enrol.我喜欢你们学院但我不想报名去你院。
• They decided to enrol him as a member of the society.他们决定吸收他成为会社的成员。