新编大学实用英语教程 NEW PRACTICAL COLLEGE ENGLISH Background knowledge University of Oxford The University of Oxford is one of the oldest English-speaking universities. It can lay claim to nine centuries of documented existence. According to the university's website,there is no clear date of foundation,but teaching existed at Oxford in some form in 1096 and developed rapidly from 1167,when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris. Except for St.Hildas-which continues to remain an all- women college-all of Oxford's 39 colleges now admit both men and women
Background knowledge University of Oxford The University of Oxford is one of the oldest English-speaking universities. It can lay claim to nine centuries of documented existence. According to the university’s website, there is no clear date of foundation, but teaching existed at Oxford in some form in 1096 and developed rapidly from 1167, when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris. Except for St. Hildas—which continues to remain an allwomen college—all of Oxford’s 39 colleges now admit both men and women
新编大学实用英语教程 NEW PRACTICAL COLLEGE ENGLISH Background knowledge Harvard University Harvard University is ranked NO.3 among the top ten universities in the world. Harvard College was established in 1636 and was named for its first benefactor John Harvard of Charlestown. Harvard was a young minister who,on his death in 1638,left his library and halfhis estate to the newly established institution. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Seven presidents of the United States(John Adams,John Quincy Adams,Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt,Rutherford B Hayes,John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George W Bush)were graduates of Harvard.Its faculty has produced 40 Nobel laureates
Background knowledge Harvard University Harvard University is ranked NO. 3 among the top ten universities in the world. Harvard College was established in 1636 and was named for its first benefactorJohn Harvard of Charlestown. Harvard was a young minister who, on his death in 1638, left his library and half his estate to the newly established institution. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Seven presidents of the United States (John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Rutherford B Hayes, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George W Bush)were graduates of Harvard. Its faculty has produced 40 Nobel laureates
新编大学实用英语教程 NEW PRACTICAL COLLEGE ENGLISH Background knowledge University of California,Berkeley The roots of the University of California go back to the gold rush days of 1849,when the drafters of the states constitution required the legislature to encourage by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual,scientifi c,moral and agricultural improvement of the people of California. The university that was born nearly 20 years later-on March 23. 1868-was the product of a merger. between the College of California(a private institution)and the Agricultural,Mining,and Mechanical Arts College. Among other things,the university is credited with the isolation of the human polio virus and the discovery of all artifi cial elements heavier than uranium. Eighteen members of the Berkeley faculty have been awarded Nobel Prizes for these and subsequent discoveries,as well as in literature and economics
Background knowledge University of California,Berkeley The roots of the University of California go back to the gold rush days of 1849, when the drafters of the states constitution required the legislature to encourage by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual, scientifi c, moral and agricultural improvement of the people of California. The university that was born nearly 20 years later—on March 23, 1868—was the product of a merger. between the College of California(a private institution)and the Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College. Among other things, the university is credited with the isolation of the human polio virus and the discovery of all artifi cial elements heavier than uranium. Eighteen members of the Berkeley faculty have been awarded Nobel Prizes for these and subsequent discoveries, as well as in literature and economics
新编大学实用英语教程 NEW PRACTICAL COLLEGE ENGLISH Background knowledge Massachusetts Institute of Technology It's probably one of the most famous universities in the world But did you know its founder,William Barton Rogers,apparently never received a degree? In 1853,he moved to Boston,where he enlisted the support of the scientific community to create an institution for technical and scientific education.It was largely through his efforts that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was born in 1861. Today,the Institute has more than 900 faculty and 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students. It is organized into fi ve Schools-Architecture and Planning.Engineering,Humanities,Arts and Social Sciences,Management and Science-and the Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology. Fifty-nine current or former members of the MIT community have won the Nobel Prize The U.S.News World Report ranks MIT-along with Stanford University and Duke University-at NO.5 in its rating for America's best universities for the vear 2005
Background knowledge Massachusetts Institute of Technology It’s probably one of the most famous universities in the world. But did you know its founder, William Barton Rogers, apparently never received a degree? In 1853, he moved to Boston, where he enlisted the support of the scientific community to create an institution for technical and scientific education. It was largely through his efforts that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was born in 1861. Today, the Institute has more than 900 faculty and 10，000 undergraduate and graduate students. It is organized into fi ve Schools—Architecture and Planning, Engineering, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Management and Science—and the Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology. Fifty-nine current or former members of the MIT community have won the Nobel Prize. The U.S. News & World Report ranks MIT—along with Stanford University and Duke University—at NO. 5 in its rating for America’s best universities for the year 2005
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