剑桥大学英文介绍概要课件

1、Welcome To University of Cambridge516宿舍全体成员OutlineHistory and locationSchool badge and school mottoSchools,faculties and departmentsNotable alumni and academicsView spot-bridgeLibraryLocationHistory CambridgelocationCambridge cityThe east of England50 miles north of LondonConvenient trafficRiver Cam

2、University of Cambridge One of the worlds oldest universities in the English worldone of the largest universities in the United Kingdom outstandingA Brief HistoryEarly recordsThe medieval universitySixteenth centuryNineteen and twentieth centuryThe university after 1945800th anniversaryEarly records

3、In 1209, scholars taking refuge from hostile townsmen in Oxford migrated to Cambridge and settled there.By 1226 the scholars seemed to have arranged regular courses of study, taught by their own members. King Henry III took the scholars under his protection as early as 1231 and arranged for them to

4、be sheltered from exploitation by their landlords.The medieval university1284:Peterhouse, the first college at Cambridge, is founded by the Bishop of Ely.1347:Mary, Countess of Pembroke, founds Pembroke College.1446:Henry VI, founder of Eton and of Kings College, Cambridge, lays the first stone of K

5、ings College Chapel.Sixteenth century1511:Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, founds St Johns College.1546:Henry VIII founds Trinity College, Cambridge.1584:The Cambridge University Press, the worlds oldest-established pressNineteen and twentieth century1847:Prince Albert, Consort of Queen

6、Victoria, is elected Chancellor and becomes an influential voice for reform.1869:Emily Davies and others found Girton College1907:Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India 1947-1964, enters Trinity.The university after 19451953:Francis Crick and James Watson discover the structure of DNA1989:The Cam

7、bridge Foundation is formed2003:Work starts on a 42 million state-of-the-art cancer research facility校徽（school badge ）The logo meaningBadge constitute :a cross Four parts a graphics in the middle like a platform evergreen tree and people the eyesThe logo meaningThe color: Sapphire blue(宝石蓝) Loyalty,

8、 firmness, mercy and truthThe shape:Shield(盾牌)Glory, grave, noble and elegant ConclusionThese educational background with Cambridge university want to match, at the same time with the UK university inertia is corresponds to form the education ideal of a gentleman.牛剑之争“牛剑之争”在近几年英国综合性大学的排行榜上，牛津的位置一直排在

9、剑桥之后，这多少让牛津人有些愤愤不平，于是就拿两校校徽上的区别做起文章来。剑桥大学和牛津大学的校徽上都有一本书，只是剑桥的那本书是合上的，而牛津的那本是打开的。牛津人嘲笑剑桥人不用功读书，只拿书本装点门面，没想到剑桥人毫不犹豫地回击：“哪能啊，是你们读书太慢，我们都学完了，你们还在学。” 校训剑桥大学的拉丁文校训是：“Hinc lucem et pocula sacra.”英译为“Here light and sacred draughts.”或“ From here we receive light and sacred draughts.”）。汉译为：“求知学习的理想之地。”或“此地乃启蒙

10、之所，智慧之源。”Schools, faculties and departments31 collegesOnly three colleges admit women .New Hall,为了纪念学院首任院长德穆默里，决定改名为默里爱德华兹学院(Murray Edwards College )；新名字从2009年5月1日起正式生效。, Newnham亨利西奇威克建于1871年 , Lucy Cavendish露西卡文迪许(1841-1925)命名，她是女性教育改革的先驱纽纳姆Peter house 彼得学院In 1284 Cambridges first college. Fourteen

11、th and fifteenth centuries.Homerton College哈默顿学院31 colleges150 departments, faculties, schools, syndicates and other institutions. more than 1000 teachers1000 visiting scholars.18071full-timestudents,including 5969graduate students,70%graduate students from otheruniversityGraduate38%studentsfrom out

12、side the European Union,girls accounted for 46.7%;Americanstudents up toabout 680,about620 people comefromChinasix major schools:学会 Arts and Humanities Biological Sciences Clinical Medicine Humanities and Social Sciences Physical Sciences Technology Major DepartmentsFaculty of Architecture and Histo

13、ry of ArtFaculty of Modern and Medieval LanguagesFaculty of MusicHuman, Social, and Political Science - HSPS Faculty of BiologyFaculty of Economics。Notable alumni and academics著名校友 Sir Isaac Newton（牛顿）Sir Francis Bacon（培根）Charles Darwin（达尔文）William Wordsworth（华兹华斯） Lord Byron（拜伦）徐志摩（旁听生、国王学院） Newton

14、(1643-1727)physicistmathematicianastronomerthe law of gravityclassical mechanicscalculusopticsFrancis Bacon(1561-1626)Trinity College,Cambridge(剑桥大学，三一学院）studied law in 1582great philosopher(哲人）Charles Darwin(1809-1882)naturalist studied to become a priest(牧师，神职人员） in Cambridge University at firstvo

15、yageThe Origin of SpeciesThe Descent of ManWilliam Wordsworth(1770-1850)a leader of the Romantic movementLyrical Ballads(抒情歌谣）1843,Englands poet laureate(桂冠诗人）Daffodils(水仙花）George Gordon Byron(1788-1824).Trinity College,Cambridge.on 20 Feb 1812,became famous overnight by the first 2 cantos of Childe Harold(恰尔德哈罗德第一二章）.Don Juan徐志摩(1897-1931)Chinese modern poetadvocating the new poetry of China1912,in Cambridge UniversitySaying Good-bye to Cambridge AgainView spot BridgeBridge of SignsClare college Mathemat