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UniversityofOxford1234HistoryCollegesBuildingsWell-knownfiguresUniversityofOxford1History2Colleges3Buildings4Well-knownfigures.UniversityofOxfordistheoldestuniversityofBritainandthemostfamousinstitutionofhigherlearingintheworld.Theexactdateofitsfoundationisstillnotclear,butitshistorycanbetracedbacktoabout12thcentury.Sofarithasahistoryof9centuries.TherewerenouniversitiesinBritainbefore12thcentury.PeoplehavetogotoFranceorotherEuropeancountriestostudy.In1167,thekingofEnglandhadquarrelwiththekingofFrance.ThekingofEnglandwassoangrythatherecalledthescholarsstudiedinParisUniversity(ItwasalsosaidthatthescholarsweredroveawaybythekingofFrance.)AnyhowthesescholarsreturnedhomefromParis,gatheredinOxford,engagedinteachingandresearch.SopeoplebegintoregardOxfordasa“base”,whichinfactisthepredecessorofUniversityofOxford.3ChristChurchCollege2MagdalenCollege1AllSoulsCollegeColleges2AllSoulsCollege(万灵学院）•AllSoulsCollegewasfoundedin1438,namedfortheAllSouls’Day.ItisoneofthemostaffluentCollegeinUniversityofOxford.•Itistheonlycollegewhichonlyhasgraduatestudents.Soitisregardedasoneofthemostauthoritativeacademiccollegesintheworld.MagdalenCollege(莫德林学院)MagdalenCollegeisconsideredtobeoneofthemostbeautifulcollegesinUniversityofOxford.Ithasawonderfulname-thesolidrhyme.(凝固了的音乐)So,peoplewhogototheUniversityarecertaintoenjoythesightofMagdalenCollege.ChristChurchCollege(基督教会学院)thelargestcollegetheonlychurchschoolintheworld.Ittakes800yearstobuiltup.13primeministersin200years.LewisCarroll,amathsprofessor,wrotethebookAlice’sadventuresinwonderlandIt‘ssaidtheRabbitHoleisonthelawnCanteensuppliesfourmealsaday,thatisbreakfast,lunch,andtwodinners.Thefirstdinnerin6:00isinformal,sostudentsandteacherscandresscasualclothes.Whileat8:00,studentsandteachersmustwearfomallytoattendtheformaldinner.Dinersdon’tneedtoorder,becauserecipesarepre-booked.Thetypicaldinneristhefollowing:BorschSoup,lambchopswithpotatos,carrot,andApplePieasthedessert.Theseatsaredividedintoclassification.Forexample,theseatshavehightableandthecommontable.Professors,seniorresearchersorvisitingfellowcanboardthehightable”,studentscanonlytaketheordinaryseat.Buildings3•UniversityofOxfordisdifferentfromotheruniversities.Thecityandtheuniversityseemtomeltintoone.Streetsacrossfromtheschoolyard.Theuniversityhasnogatesorwalls,anditevenhasnoofficalsigns.3Library2Museum1RadicliffeSquareBuildings3RadicliffeSquareRadicliffeSquare(雷德克里夫广场)RadicliffeSquareisthecenteroftheancientcastleandoftentobeusedtoheldfestivalsandculturalactivities.MuseumTherearefourmuseumsintheuniversity.TheAshmoleanMuseumisthemostfamous.AshmoleanMuseum(阿什莫尔博物馆)AsthefirstMuseuminBritain,AshmoleMuseumwasfoundedin1683,70yearsearlierthanBritishMuseum.AndnowitisthesecondlargestmuseuminBritain.LibraryUniversityofOxfordisaworldofacademic.Ithas104librariesintotal.TheBodleianLibrary(博德利图书馆)isthelargestlibraryintheuniversityandthesecondlargestlibraryinBritain(smallerthantheBritishLibrary).Itisfoundedin1602,namedafterBodleian,themanwhoisthecontributor.Thereare6millionbooks.TherewasarulethatLibrariansmustbeagraduateandlinguists,landcan’tgetmarried.Becausemarriagehassomanychoresthatthelibrarianshavenotenoughtimetoperformtheirduties.Well-knownFigures4UniversityofOxfordhasnurtured11kingsfrom7countries,47NobelPrizewinners,53presidentsandprimeministersfrom19countries.•EdwardVIIIBaronessThatcherFamouspeople•Mr.Bean•EmmaCharlotteDuerreWatsonFamouspeople•钱钟书•薄瓜瓜Thankyou