牛津大学英语介绍.ppt

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1、1.history2.Buildings3.FamousfiguresCONTENTSAstheoldestuniversityintheEnglish-speakingworld,Oxfordisrespectedinternationallyasateachingandresearchcentre.AlthoughtheOxfordUniversitydoesnothaveanexactdateoffoundation,itshistorycanbetracedbacktotheendofthe11thcentur

2、y.1.historyThereisevidenceshowingthatteachingexistedinOxfordasearlyas1096.Attheendofthe12thcentury,theOxfordhadgrownrapidlyintoaveryimportantteachingcentre.Duringover8centuries,Oxfordhasalwaysbeentheworld’sleadingacademicinstitution.TheLordismylight2.buildings2.

3、buildingslibrariesOxfordUniversityhasmorethan100libraries,whicharedividedintocollegelibraries,subject-basedlibrariesandresearchlibraries.OxfordUniversityalsohasthesecondlargestlibraryintheUK,BodleianLibrary,whichhasmorethan8,000,000volumes.Thereare also many fam

4、ous museums in theUniversity.Ashmolean Museum（阿什莫林博物馆）is the worlds oldest public museum and one of the most importantmuseums of art andarchaeology（考古学）in Britain.Museum3.FamousfiguresAccordingtostatistics,theOxfordUniversityproducedatotalnumberoftwoKingsofEngla

5、nd,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,economist

6、s,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。J·R·R·托尔金《魔戒》《霍比特人》撒切尔夫人钱钟书