牛津大学英语介绍.pptxVIP

1.history2.Buildings3.FamousfiguresCONTENTS

AstheoldestuniversityintheEnglish-speakingworld,Oxfordisrespectedinternationallyasateachingandresearchcentre.AlthoughtheOxfordUniversitydoesnothaveanexactdateoffoundation,itshistorycanbetracedbacktotheendofthe11thcentury.history

ThereisevidenceshowingthatteachingexistedinOxfordasearlyas1096.Attheendofthe12thcentury,theOxfordhadgrownrapidlyintoaveryimportantteachingcentre.Duringover8centuries,Oxfordhasalwaysbeentheworld’sleadingacademicinstitution.

TheLordismylight

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2.buildingslibrariesOxfordUniversityhasmorethan100libraries,whicharedividedintocollegelibraries,subject-basedlibrariesandresearchlibraries.OxfordUniversityalsohasthesecondlargestlibraryintheUK,BodleianLibrary,whichhasmorethan8,000,000volumes.

There?are?also?many?famous?museums?in?the?University.Ashmolean?Museum（阿什莫林博物馆）is?the?worlds?oldest?public?museum?and?one?of?the?most?importantmuseums?of?art?and?archaeology（考古学）?in?Britain.Museum

3.FamousfiguresAccordingtostatistics,theOxfordUniversityproducedatotalnumberoftwoKingsofEngland,forty-eightNobelPrizewinners,twenty-sixBritishPrimeMinisters，twelvesaintsandtwentyArchbishopsofCanterbury.据统计，牛津大学总共产生了2位英国国士，48位诺贝尔奖得主，26位英国首相，12位圣徒和20位大主教。

TherearealsomanyotherfamousseniorandjuniormembersoftheUniversityinvariousareas,suchaswriters,economists,scientists,composers,andactors.此外还有其他很多牛津著名校友遍布于众多领域，其中包括作家、经济学家、科学家、作曲家和演员。

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