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Well-knownfigures.UniversityofOxfordistheoldestuniversityofBritainandthemostfamousinstitutionofhigherlearingintheworld.Theexactdateofitsfoundationisstillnotclear,butitshistorycanbetracedbacktoabout12thcentury.Sofarithasahistoryof9centuries.TherewerenouniversitiesinBritainbefore12thcentury.PeoplehavetogotoFranceorotherEuropeancountriestostudy.

In1167,

thekingofEnglandhadquarrelwiththekingofFrance.ThekingofEnglandwassoangrythatherecalled

the

scholarsstudiedinParisUniversity

(ItwasalsosaidthatthescholarsweredroveawaybythekingofFrance.)Anyhowthesescholars

returnedhomefromParis,

gatheredinOxford,engagedinteaching

andresearch

.

Sopeoplebeginto

regardOxford

asa“base”,

whichinfactis

thepredecessorofUniversityofOxford.3ChristChurchCollege2MagdalenCollege1AllSoulsCollegeColleges2AllSoulsCollege(萬靈學(xué)院）

AllSoulsCollegewasfoundedin1438,

namedforthe

AllSouls’Day.

It

isoneof

themostaffluent

Collegein

UniversityofOxford.

Itistheonly

collegewhich

onlyhasgraduatestudents.Soit

isregardedasoneofthemostauthoritativeacademic

collegesintheworld.MagdalenCollege(莫德林學(xué)院)

MagdalenCollegeisconsideredtobeoneof

themostbeautiful

collegesinUniversityofOxford.Ithasawonderfulname-thesolidrhyme.(凝固了的音樂)So,

peoplewhogototheUniversityarecertaintoenjoythesightofMagdalenCollege.ChristChurchCollege(基督教會學(xué)院)

thelargestcollege

theonlychurchschoolintheworld.Ittakes800yearstobuiltup.

13primeministers

in200years.LewisCarroll,amathsprofessor,wrotethebookAlice’sadventuresinwonderland

It‘ssaidtheRabbitHoleisonthelawn

Canteen

suppliesfourmealsaday,

thatisbreakfast,

lunch,

andtwodinners.Thefirstdinnerin6:00isinformal,

sostudentsandteacherscan

dresscasualclothes.

While

at8:00,studentsandteachersmustwearfomallytoattendthe

formaldinner.Dinersdon’tneedtoorder,becauserecipes

arepre-booked.

Thetypicaldinneristhefollowing:

BorschSoup,lambchopswithpotatos,carrot,

andApplePie

asthedessert.

Theseats

are

dividedintoclassification.

Forexample,

theseatshave

"hightable"

andthecommontable.Professors,seniorresearcher

sor

visitingfellow

can

boardthe"hightable”,studentscanonlytake

theordinaryseat.

Buildings3UniversityofOxfordisdifferentfrom

other

universities.Thecityandtheuniversityseemtomeltintoone.Streetsacross

fromthe

schoolyard.

Theuniversityhasnogatesorwalls,

anditevenhasnoofficalsigns.3Library2Museum1RadicliffeSquareBuildings3RadicliffeSquare

RadicliffeSquare(雷德克里夫廣場)Radicliffe

Squareisthecenteroftheancientcastleandoftentobeusedtoheldfestivals

and

culturalactivities.Museum

Therearefourmuseumsintheuniversity.TheAshmoleanMuseumisthemostfamous.AshmoleanMuseum(阿什莫爾博物館)AsthefirstMuseuminBritain,AshmoleMuseum

wasfoundedin1683,

70yearsearlierthanBritishMuseum

.Andnowitisthesecondlargest

museuminBritain.Library

UniversityofOxfordisaworldof

academic.

Ithas104librariesintotal.

The

BodleianLibrary(博德利圖書館)

isthelargest

libraryintheuniversityandthesecondlargestlibraryinBritain(smallerthan

theBritishLibrary).Itis

foundedin1602,

namedafterBodleian,themanwhoisthecontributor.Thereare6millionbooks.TherewasarulethatLibrariansmustbe

a

graduateandlinguists,landcan’tgetmarried.Becausemarriagehas

somany

choresthatthelibrarianshavenot

enoughtimeto

performtheirduties.Well-knownFigures4UniversityofOxfordhasnurtured11kingsfrom7