牛津大学英语介绍.ppt

1、1.history2.Buildings3.FamousfiguresCONTENTSAstheoldestuniversityintheEnglish-speakingworld,Oxfordisrespectedinternationallyasateachingandresearchcentre.AlthoughtheOxfordUniversitydoesnothaveanexactdateoffoundation,itshistorycanbetracedbacktotheendofthe11thcentury.1.historyThereisevidenceshowingthatt

2、eachingexistedinOxfordasearlyas1096.At the end of the 12th century,the Oxford had grownrapidlyintoaveryimportantteachingcentre.During over 8 centuries,Oxford has always been theworldsleadingacademicinstitution.The Lord is my light2.buildings2.buildingslibrariesOxfordUniversityhasmorethan100libraries

3、whicharedividedintocollegelibraries,subject-basedlibrariesandresearchlibraries.OxfordUniversityalsohasthesecondlargestlibraryintheUK,Bodleian Library,whichhasmorethan8,000,000volumes.TherearealsomanyfamousmuseumsintheUniversity.AshmoleanMuseum（阿什莫林博物馆）istheworldsoldestpublicmuseumandoneofthemostimp

4、ortantmuseumsofartandarchaeology（考古学）inBritain.Museum3.Famous figuresAccording to statistics,the Oxford University produced a total number of two Kings of England,forty-eight Nobel Prize winners,twenty-six British Prime Ministers，twelve saints and twenty Archbishops of Canterbury.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。There are also many other famous senior and junior members of the University in various areas,such as writers,economists,scientists,composers,and actors.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。JRR托尔托尔金金魔戒霍比特人撒切尔夫人撒切尔夫人钱钟书钱钟书