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1、视听说2听写材料Unit1ListeninginPassage2OxfordandCambridge–twouniversitiessosimilarthattheyareoftenspokenoftogetheras“Oxbridge”.They’rebothintheUK,fairlynearLondon,andbothregularlycometopinanyrankingoftheworld’sbestuniversities.Thetwouniversitiesbeganwithinace
2、nturyofeachother.OxfordUniversity,now900yearsold,wasfoundedtowardstheendofthe11thcentury.In1209therewasadisputebetweentheuniversityandthetownspeopleofOxford.Asaresult,someoftheOxfordteachersleftandfoundedauniversityinthetownofCambridge,some84milesaway.
3、Eversincethen,thetwoinstitutionshavebeenverycompetitive.Unlikemostmodernuniversities,bothOxfordandCambridgeconsistofalargenumberofcolleges.Oxfordhas39andCambridge31.Manyofthesecollegeshaveoldandverybeautifularchitecture,andlargenumbersoftouristsvisitth
4、em.InallUKuniversities,youneedgoodgradesinthenationalexamstakenat18.ButtogetintoOxfordandCambridge,it’snotenoughtogetAgradesinyourexams.Youalsohavetogoforalonginterview.Intheseinterviews,studentsneedtoshowthattheyarecreativeandcapableof38originalthinki
5、ng.Throughthecenturies,bothuniversitieshavemadehugecontributionstoBritishculturallife.Theyhaveproducedgreatwriters,worldleadersandpoliticians.Cambridge,inparticular,hasproducedscientistswhosediscoveriesandinventionshavechangedourlives.Amongthegreatuniv
6、ersityinstitutionsistheworld’smostfamousdebatingsociety,theOxfordUnion,whereundergraduatesgetachancetopractisespeakinginpublic.Cambridge’scomedyclubFootlightshasproducedmanyfirst-classcomedians,whilesomeoftheUK’smostfamousactorsandactressesbegantheirca
7、reersatTheOxfordUniversityDramaticSociety,knownasOUDS.Thenthere’stheOxfordandCambridgeBoatRace,whichtakesplaceeveryyearinMarchorApril,andiswatchedontelevisionallovertheUK.Sowithallthisexcellenceinsomanyfields,it’snotsurprisingthattheambitionofcleverstu
8、dentsallovertheworldistoattendeitheroneofthesegreatuniversities.Unit2MixedfeelingsListeninginPassage1Presenter:We’refortunatetohaveasourguesttodayDrJennaHudson,whohasjustwrittenabookabouthowcoloursaffectusinoursurroundings,especiallyint
