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1、UniversityofOxford牛津大学SchoolMotto！Dominusilluminatiomea！意思是“上主是我的亮光”（Thelordismylight.上帝乃知识之神）出自《圣经》中的诗篇地二十七篇ThehistoryofOxfordThesignOxfordistheoldestEnglish-speakinguniversityintheworld，itlaysclaimtoeightcenturiesOfcontinuousexistence.AndtheOxfordrelatetothecow.ThehistoryoftheschoolThe
2、reisnocleardateoffoundation,butteachingexistedatOxfordinsomeformin1096anddevelopedrapidlyfrom1167,whenHenryIIbannedEnglishstudentsfromattendingtheUniversityofParis.ThereturningscholarsflockedtothenascentinstitutionsinOxford,whichcametogethertoelecttheirfirstChancellorin1201.Afterdisputes
3、betweenstudentsandOxfordtownsfolkin1209,someacademicsflednorth-easttoCambridge,wheretheyestablishedwhatbecametheUniversityofCambridge,andtheriotinghastenedtheestablishmentofprimitivehallsofresidence.TheseweresucceededbythefirstofOxford'scolleges,whichbeganasmedieval'hallsofresidence'oren
4、dowedhousesunderthesupervisionofaMaster.University,BalliolandMertonColleges,whichwereestablishedbetween1249and1264,aretheoldest.Oxfordliesobout57milesnorth-werstofLondon.Amedium-sizedcitywithatotalpoulationofsome140000people,includingover30000students.Thereare104libraries.TheBodleianLibr
5、arythemainresearchlibraryoftheUniversityofOxford,isoneoftheoldestlibrariesinEurope.AndinBritainissecondinsideonlytotheBritishlibrary.TheBodleianLibrary---博德利图书馆LibraryLibraryLibraryLibraryTheDinnerHallBridgeofSighsTheBridgeofSighs,lookingtowardsCatteStreet,withtheSheldonianTheatreintheba
6、ckground.ChurchofgreatstMarys圣玛利教堂Theoldestpartofthebuildingisalsothemoststriking:thetower.Itstandsinanusualpositiononthesouthsideofthechurchbecausetherewasnoroomforitonthewestside.Originallybuiltin1280,thetowerwasdecoratedwithspiresandpinnaclesin1315-25andisconsideredthebestexampleofDec
7、oratedGothicarchitectureinOxford.TheCollegesandPermanentPrivateHallsThirty-eightColleges,thoughindependentandself-governing,formacoreelementoftheUniversity,towhichtheyarerelatedinafederalsystem,notunliketheUnitedStates.TherearealsosixPermanentPrivateHalls,whichwerefounded
