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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.2021/5/933ChristChurchCollege2MagdalenCollege1AllSoulsCollegeColleges22021/5/94AllSoulsCollege(万灵学院）

AllSoulsCollegewasfoundedin1438,

namedforthe

AllSouls’Day.

It

isoneof

themostaffluent

Collegein

UniversityofOxford.

Itistheonly

collegewhich

onlyhasgraduatestudents.Soit

isregardedasoneofthemostauthoritativeacademic

collegesintheworld.2021/5/95MagdalenCollege(莫德林学院)

MagdalenCollegeisconsideredtobeoneof

themostbeautiful

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

peoplewhogototheUniversityarecertaintoenjoythesightofMagdalenCollege.2021/5/96ChristChurchCollege(基督教会学院)

thelargestcollege

theonlychurchschoolintheworld.Ittakes800yearstobuiltup.

13primeministers

in200years.LewisCarroll,amathsprofessor,wrotethebookAlice’sadventuresinwonderland

It‘ssaidtheRabbitHoleisonthelawn2021/5/97

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.

2021/5/98Buildings3UniversityofOxfordisdifferentfrom

other

universities.Thecityandtheuniversityseemtomeltintoone.Streetsacross

fromthe

schoolyard.

Theuniversityhasnogatesorwalls,

anditevenhasnoofficalsigns.2021/5/993Library2Museum1RadicliffeSquareBuildings32021/5/910RadicliffeSquare

RadicliffeSquare(雷德克里夫广场)Radicliffe

Squareisthecenteroftheancientcastleandoftentobeusedtoheldfestivals

and

culturalactivities.2021/5/911Museum

Therearefourmuseumsintheuniversity.TheAshmoleanMuseumisthemostfamous.AshmoleanMuseum(阿什莫尔博物馆)AsthefirstMuseuminBritain,AshmoleMuseum

wasfoundedin1683,

70yearsearlierthanBritishMuseum

.Andnowitisthesecondlargest

museuminBritain.2021/5/912Library

UniversityofOxfordisaworldof

academic.

Ithas104librariesintotal.

The

BodleianLibrary(博德利图书馆)

isthelargest

libraryintheuniversityandthesecondlargestlibraryinBritain(smallerthan

theBritishLibrary).Itis

foundedin1602,

namedafterBodleian,themanwhoisthecontributor.Thereare6millionbooks.TherewasarulethatLibrariansmustbe

a

graduateandlinguists,landcan’tgetmarried.Becausemarriagehas

somany

choresthatthelibrarianshavenot

enoughtimeto

performtheirduties.2021/5/913Well-knownFigures4UniversityofOxfordhasnurtured11kingsfrom7countries,47Nobe