走进牛津大学 第31期:牛津大学因什么著称于世?

 The University of Oxford¹ has attracted the world's best and brightest students all the time since it was established.

自建校以来，牛津大学就一直吸引着世界各地的精英。

At present, students from 138 countries are studying at Oxford,

目前，全世界有来自138个国家的学生在牛津大学学习。

What makes them choose to study in the University?

他们为什么选择来牛津大学学习呢？

There are academic and nonacademic reasons.

这有着学术和非学术两方面的原因。

The University has a world wide reputation for academic excellence².

牛津大学因杰出的学术水平而著称于世。

It is one of the few universities in the world that bases its teaching on the tutorial system,

它是世界上为数不多的几个将导师制作为教学策略的大学之一。

which provides students with highly personalised teaching and support.

导师制可以为学生提供极富个性化的教学和指导，

That is to say, students can receive more individual attention from their tutors.

也就是说，学生们可以从他们的导师那里得到更多的个别指导。

Moreover, many Oxford tutors are international experts in their research fields,

此外，牛津大学的很多导师都是他们所在领域的国际知名专家，

which gives students the chance to discuss their subject with a world leader in the field.

这就为学生创造了与其专业内的著名学者共同探讨课题的机会。

Nonacademic reasons include facilities and services, student funds, recreation, acommodation, and so on.

非学术原因包括设施和服务、学生基金、娱乐休闲及住宿等。

There are a wealth of facilities and services available to all students at Oxford, incuding unrivalled libraries, museums, language center and computing³ services.

牛津大学为所有的学生提供了很多设施和服务，包括无与伦比的图书馆、博物馆、语言中心和计算机服务等。

Some facilities are provided by its colleges, while others are provided by the University.

有些设施是由学院提供的，其余的则由牛津大学来提供。

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 excellence   

n.优秀，杰出，(pl.)优点，美德

参考例句：

• His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
• My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。

3 computing   

n.计算

参考例句：

• to work in computing 从事信息处理
• Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。