University of Oxford 牛津大學
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John: Hello and welcome to On the Town from BBC Learning English. I'm John.
Feifei: 大家好，歡迎收聽今天的都市掠影節目，我是馮菲菲。
John: University of Oxford, or Oxford University, located in the city of Oxford, is one of the oldest universities in the English-speaking world. It is also regarded as one the world's leading academic institutions.
Feifei: 位于英國牛津市的牛津大學想必對于大家來說一點兒也不陌生，它不僅僅是世界最古老的高等院校之一，它也被視為全世界學術的領頭羊。
Oxford students have to sit exams in formal clothes
John: We spoke to Heather Bell, the Director of International Strategy at the University of Oxford. She told us when the university was created.
Feifei: 我們采訪了牛津大學國際戰略辦公室主任 Heather Bell, 她首先告訴了我們大學學院成立的時間。
The university was created in the 13th century, so the first colleges were created around 1260. Groups of scholars started gathering in Oxford to study and coalescing into colleges which remain a hallmark of Oxford's distinctiveness globally. We have had scholars here for many many hundreds of years.
Heather Bell, University of Oxford
John: The university was created in the 13th century. Oxford University has 39 independent and self-governing colleges and seven Permanent Private Halls; the first colleges were created around 1260.
Feifei: 牛津大學成立于13世紀，大學有39個學院以及7個永久私人公寓 Permanent Private Halls. 這些學院并不只是宿舍，而是實質上負責本科生和研究生的教學。
John: Groups of scholars started gathering in Oxford to study and eventually the colleges were formed.
Feifei: 1167年，當時英國國王亨利二世下令禁止英國的神學學生到巴黎大學研究神學或宗教，因而一幫宗教學者及學生慢慢聚集于牛津，逐漸演變成最初學院的雛形。
John: Let's listen to Heather again.
We have, all-told, 20,000 students in the university, 18,000 of those are full-time students. We have 6,800 international students, so that's around 34% of the student body. On latest numbers, 640 of our students are Chinese – that number has grown enormously over the past 10 years – it's huge. China is now the third largest source of students for Oxford, after Britain obviously and the United States.
Heather Bell, University of Oxford
Feifei: 640 Chinese students. That's a lot, isn't it?
John: It is. Like Heather said, the number of Chinese students has grown enormously over the past 10 years. She used the word huge.
Feifei: Huge 巨大的，極大的。 Heather 說中國學生的數量在過去的十年里有很大的增長，中國已經是繼英國和美國之后第三大國際學生來源地。 Source 來源地，發源地。But I thought it's almost impossible to study at Oxford, so I asked Heather.
Clearly there are 640 Chinese students who would say it's enormously possible to study here. The standards are very high, we take the very best students who are getting the best exam results and show the best academic potential.
Heather Bell, University of Oxford
John: So Heather thinks it's enormously possible to study at Oxford.
Feifei: Enormously 巨大的。 Enormously possible 極有可能的。
John: The standards are very high.
Feifei: 牛津大學的要求標準非常高。
John: They take the best students who get the best exam results and show the best academic potential.
Feifei: 能得到最好的成績并能顯示出最具有學術潛力的學生才會被牛津接收。 Academic potential 學術潛力。
John: And you also need to think about the cost of studying at Oxford.
And the cost of an education here is not cheap. We have a number of scholarships for international students in particular and we're looking to increase the amount of funding that we can provide to the best students from around the world.
Heather Bell, University of Oxford
John: Well Heather says the cost of an education is not cheap, but they have a number of scholarships for international students in particular.
Feifei: Scholarships 獎學金； in particular 尤其，特別。牛津大學設有專門給國際學生的獎學金已幫助莘莘學子們能來到這個世界頂尖的學府深造。
John: Heather says the university is looking to increase the amount of funding they can provide to the best students from around the world.
Feifei: Funding 資金，專款。 Let's say you are one of the best students and you can afford the cost of studying and living. What else do you have to think through before applying?
John: Heather has the answer to that question. But first, let's look at some of the words she uses. Appropriate.
Feifei: 適合的 appropriate.
John: Rigorous.
Feifei: 嚴格的，嚴厲的。
John: Demanding.
Feifei: 要求高的。
John: Proficiency.
Feifei: 水平，水準 proficiency.
John: Social environment.
Feifei: 社交環境 social environment. Let's listen.
Chinese students, like students anywhere, should be thinking about whether or not that is the appropriate experience for them. We think it's a fantastic one, very rigorous but it's also very demanding. It's important to reach the appropriate level of English language proficiency. We have certain standards that you need to meet before getting in and you will have a better time if you have the ability to take in all of your coursework as well as enjoy the social environment.
Heather bell, University of Oxford
John: Studying at Oxford is very rigorous, and it is also very demanding.
Feifei: Heather 說對于中國和國際學生來說，非常重要的一點就是英語水平，在來學習之前大家一定要達到學校對語言的要求，以確保能順利完成學業并且能更好的享受課余社交生活。 Well John, we've missed our chances to study there.
John: I know, never mind. But if you are thinking about studying abroad, Oxford might be the one for you. Join us again for another On the Town soon on BBC Learning English. In the meantime, don't forget to visit our website.
Feifei: It's www.bbcukchina.com 我們的網站每天都會更新。感謝收聽，我們下次節目再見。
John: Bye bye!
