走进牛津大学 第15期:丰富多彩的课外活动

 　　There are rich extracurricular activities at Oxford¹, which is one of the University of Oxford's special features, and the main reason of attracting students.

　　牛津大学有着丰富多彩的课外活动，这是牛津大学的一大特色和吸引学生的重要原因。

　　Nowadays, there are more than 200 clubs and societies in the Oxford University,

　　牛津大学现有200多个俱乐部和社团组织，

　　including not only debating society, religious society and academic society, but also sports clubs such as dance club, music club and drama club.

　　既有辩论、宗教、学术方面的组织，又有舞蹈、音乐、戏剧方面的体育娱乐性组织。

　　Students may take part in a variety of clubs and societies according to their own interests.

　　学生们可以根据自己的兴趣爱好加人各种倶乐部和社团组织。

　　At the meantime, they may also participate in all sorts of activities,

　　同时，他们还可以参加各种课外活动，

　　which are held mainly by colleges of the University to enrich students，extracurricular activities, as well as to provide students with condition of developing their hobbies.

　　这些活动主要是由牛津大学各学院组织的，以此来丰富学生的课外生活，并为学生提供发展兴趣爱好的条件。

　　The Oxford Union Society, referred to simply as the Oxford Union, is a debating society in the Oxford city.

　　牛津联盟社团，简称为牛津联盟，是牛津城的一个辩论社团。

　　Established in 1823，it is Britain's second oldest university union after the Cambridge Union Society,

　　它始建于1823年，是英国历史上仅次于剑桥联合会的历史最悠久的大学联盟。

　　and has gained a worldwide reputation for the cut and thrust of its debate.

　　它因选手们在辩论会上出色的表现而享誉世界。

　　Since its foundation, it has been independent of the University because of various historical reasons.

　　自成立以来，牛津联盟便因种种历史原因从牛津大学中独立出来。

　　Its membership is primarily from the Oxford University, and only members of the University are eligible² to become life members of the Union.

　　牛津联盟的成员主要来自牛津大学，也只有来自牛津大学的会员才符合成为该联盟终身会员的条件。

　　Members entitled to join for the duration of their time in Oxford are students from certain other educational institutions,

　　有资格在逗留牛津市期间加入该联盟的会员来自几个特定的教育机构，

　　including Oxford Brookes University, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Oxford Centre for Postgraduate³ Hebrew Studies, Ripon College, Ruskin College, and St. Stephen's House.

　　包括牛津布鲁克斯大学、牛津伊斯兰研究中心、牛津研究生希伯来语研究中心、雷盆学院、斯金学院和圣斯蒂芬学院。

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 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

3 postgraduate   

adj.大学毕业后的，大学研究院的；n.研究生

参考例句：

• I didn't put down that I had postgraduate degree.我没有写上我有硕士学位。
• After college,Mary hopes to do postgraduate work in law school.大学毕业后， 玛丽想在法学院从事研究工作。