牛津產(chǎn)生了多少國家領(lǐng)袖？劍橋培養(yǎng)了多少科學家
今天的這段對話，在討論約翰彌爾頓，
牛津產(chǎn)生了多少國家領(lǐng)袖？劍橋培養(yǎng)了多少科學家
來聽今天的講解:
A: If you are going to apply for University, which one will you choose, Cambridge or Oxford?
如果你要申請大學的話，劍橋大學和牛津大學你會選哪一個？
B:I think I will choose Oxford.
我想我會選擇牛津大學。
A: Why?
為什么呢？
B: Because I heard that the two have their own strengths. Cambridge is good at science and has produced more scientists while Oxford is good at art and almost all the British Prime Ministers come from it.
因為我聽說，這兩所大學各有所長。劍橋的優(yōu)勢在理科，那里出了很多著名的科學家，而牛津的優(yōu)勢在文科，大多數(shù)的英國首相都來自牛津。
A: Is that true? I remember that Prime Minister Walpole graduated from Cambridge.
真的嗎？我記得沃波爾首相就畢業(yè)于劍橋啊。
B: Yes, he is one of the three ministers graduated from Cambridge. The other two are Prime Ministers Baldwin and William Pitt.
對。他是出自劍橋的三位首相之一，其他兩位是首相鮑爾溫和威廉皮特。
A: How about Oxford? Has Oxford produced any country leaders?
那牛津呢？牛津是不是產(chǎn)生了很多的國家領(lǐng)袖？
B: Definitely. Twenty-five British prime ministers have attended Oxford and At least thirty other international leaders have been educated at Oxford.
絕對的。有25位英國首相都上過牛津，至少還有30余位世界其他國家的領(lǐng)導人在牛津念過書。
A: So do you want to be another prime minister in the future since you are so fond of Oxford?
你對牛津這么感興趣，是不是也想將來成為一位首相呢？
B: Maybe. I’m really interested in politics.
也許吧。我真的對政治很感興趣。
A:That's great! I never knew that you are an ambitious boy, Tom! Now I understand that why it was said that you can never judge a person by his or her looks0!
太棒了！湯姆，我從來不知道你這么有抱負呢！現(xiàn)在我知道，人們?yōu)槭裁凑f“人不可貌相” 了。
B: That's for sure.
那是當然。
A:You've mentioned just now that Cambridge produced more scientists? Can you give me some examples?
你剛才說劍橋培養(yǎng)了很多的科學家？能舉幾個例子嗎？
B: That's easy. Many world-famous scientists have spent part of their life in Cambridge， such as Newton, Darwin and so on.
這太容易了。許多世界著名的科學家都在劍橋待過，比如牛頓、達爾文等等。
A: I think Oxford produced some important scientists, too, for example, the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Bemers-Lee.
牛津也培養(yǎng)了很多重要的科學家，比如萬維網(wǎng)的發(fā)明者——蒂姆伯納斯李。
B: Yes, besides, there are Edmond Hailey, Robert Hooke and Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin. But generally speaking, Cambridge produced more Nobel winners.
對。此外，還有埃德蒙哈雷、羅伯特胡克和多蘿西霍奮金。不過總的來說，劍橋出了更多的諾貝爾獎獲得者。
A: The University of Cambridge has won 87 Nobel prizes as of 2010, more than any other institution according to some counts.
截止到2010年初，劍橋大學嬴得了 87個諾貝爾獎項，這比其他任何一個機構(gòu)都要多。
B: Yes. Former undergraduates of the university have won a grand total of 61 Nobel prizes, more diaa the undergraduates of any other university.
對啊。之前劍橋的本科生贏得了 61個諾貝爾獎項，比任何大學的本科生獲得的都要多。
A:They are really great.
他們真是太棒了。
B: In addition, designer of the world's first computing system, discoverer of Hydrogen， discoverer of the neutron, inventor of the atomic bomb, inventor of the jet engine, inventor of the camera and so on all come from Cambridge.
此外，世界上第一個計算機系統(tǒng)的設(shè)計者，氫氣的發(fā)現(xiàn)者，中子的發(fā)現(xiàn)者，原子彈的發(fā)明者，噴射發(fā)動機的發(fā)明者，照相機的發(fā)明者也都出自劍橋。
A:It seems what you said just now is true. However, I do know some acclaimed writers who have spent some time in Cambridge, for example, E. M. Forster, Virginia Woolf.
看來你剛才說的很有道理。不過，我還知道一些著名的作家也在劍橋待過。比如福斯特、伍爾夫。
B: And Christopher Marlowe, W. M. Thackeray.
還有克里斯托弗馬洛、薩克雷等等。
A:Furthermore, at least nine of the Poet Laureates graduated from Cambridge, and it keeps producing excellent writers now.
至少有9位桂冠詩人都畢業(yè)于劍橋，現(xiàn)在仍有很多優(yōu)秀作家都出身劍橋。
B: Yes. There are many actors and directors such as James Mason, Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry who have studied at Cambridge,
是。許多著名的演員和導演也曾經(jīng)在劍橋就讀，比如，詹姆士梅森、艾瑪湯普森還有史蒂芬弗萊。
A: The University is also known for its prodigious sporting reputation and has produced many fine athletes, including more than 50 Olympic medalists.
劍橋在體育方面也很有名氣，產(chǎn)生過很多優(yōu)秀的運動員，其中包括50多位奧運會的獎牌獲得者。
B: Yes, 6 in 2008 alone. I can name some of those athletes, for example the legendary Chinese six-time world table tennis champion Deng Yaping, the sprinter and athletics hero Harold Abrahams.
對啊，僅僅在2008年就有6位獲獎。我都能說出幾位運動員的名字，比如蟬聯(lián)世界乒乓球賽冠軍6次的傳奮中國人物鄧亞萍，短跑和田徑運動員哈羅德亞伯拉罕斯等等。
A: And the inventors of the modern game of Football, Winton and Thring; and also George Mallory, the famed mountaineer and the first man ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
發(fā)明現(xiàn)代足球運動的溫頓和斯林，還有第一個登上殊峰山頂?shù)闹牡巧郊覇讨务R洛里。
B: Well, you haven't told me, which university do you prefer?
對了，你還沒告訴我如果是你的話，你會選哪所大學？
A: Since we have talked about so many advantages of Cambridge, of course Iwould choose Cambridge.
你看我們剛才談了好多劍橋的優(yōu)勢，我當然會選劍橋啰。
牛津產(chǎn)生了多少國家領(lǐng)袖？劍橋培養(yǎng)了多少科學家
來聽今天的講解:
A: If you are going to apply for University, which one will you choose, Cambridge or Oxford?
如果你要申請大學的話，劍橋大學和牛津大學你會選哪一個？
B:I think I will choose Oxford.
我想我會選擇牛津大學。
A: Why?
為什么呢？
B: Because I heard that the two have their own strengths. Cambridge is good at science and has produced more scientists while Oxford is good at art and almost all the British Prime Ministers come from it.
因為我聽說，這兩所大學各有所長。劍橋的優(yōu)勢在理科，那里出了很多著名的科學家，而牛津的優(yōu)勢在文科，大多數(shù)的英國首相都來自牛津。
A: Is that true? I remember that Prime Minister Walpole graduated from Cambridge.
真的嗎？我記得沃波爾首相就畢業(yè)于劍橋啊。
B: Yes, he is one of the three ministers graduated from Cambridge. The other two are Prime Ministers Baldwin and William Pitt.
對。他是出自劍橋的三位首相之一，其他兩位是首相鮑爾溫和威廉皮特。
A: How about Oxford? Has Oxford produced any country leaders?
那牛津呢？牛津是不是產(chǎn)生了很多的國家領(lǐng)袖？
B: Definitely. Twenty-five British prime ministers have attended Oxford and At least thirty other international leaders have been educated at Oxford.
絕對的。有25位英國首相都上過牛津，至少還有30余位世界其他國家的領(lǐng)導人在牛津念過書。
A: So do you want to be another prime minister in the future since you are so fond of Oxford?
你對牛津這么感興趣，是不是也想將來成為一位首相呢？
B: Maybe. I’m really interested in politics.
也許吧。我真的對政治很感興趣。
A:That's great! I never knew that you are an ambitious boy, Tom! Now I understand that why it was said that you can never judge a person by his or her looks0!
太棒了！湯姆，我從來不知道你這么有抱負呢！現(xiàn)在我知道，人們?yōu)槭裁凑f“人不可貌相” 了。
B: That's for sure.
那是當然。
A:You've mentioned just now that Cambridge produced more scientists? Can you give me some examples?
你剛才說劍橋培養(yǎng)了很多的科學家？能舉幾個例子嗎？
B: That's easy. Many world-famous scientists have spent part of their life in Cambridge， such as Newton, Darwin and so on.
這太容易了。許多世界著名的科學家都在劍橋待過，比如牛頓、達爾文等等。
A: I think Oxford produced some important scientists, too, for example, the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Bemers-Lee.
牛津也培養(yǎng)了很多重要的科學家，比如萬維網(wǎng)的發(fā)明者——蒂姆伯納斯李。
B: Yes, besides, there are Edmond Hailey, Robert Hooke and Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin. But generally speaking, Cambridge produced more Nobel winners.
對。此外，還有埃德蒙哈雷、羅伯特胡克和多蘿西霍奮金。不過總的來說，劍橋出了更多的諾貝爾獎獲得者。
A: The University of Cambridge has won 87 Nobel prizes as of 2010, more than any other institution according to some counts.
截止到2010年初，劍橋大學嬴得了 87個諾貝爾獎項，這比其他任何一個機構(gòu)都要多。
B: Yes. Former undergraduates of the university have won a grand total of 61 Nobel prizes, more diaa the undergraduates of any other university.
對啊。之前劍橋的本科生贏得了 61個諾貝爾獎項，比任何大學的本科生獲得的都要多。
A:They are really great.
他們真是太棒了。
B: In addition, designer of the world's first computing system, discoverer of Hydrogen， discoverer of the neutron, inventor of the atomic bomb, inventor of the jet engine, inventor of the camera and so on all come from Cambridge.
此外，世界上第一個計算機系統(tǒng)的設(shè)計者，氫氣的發(fā)現(xiàn)者，中子的發(fā)現(xiàn)者，原子彈的發(fā)明者，噴射發(fā)動機的發(fā)明者，照相機的發(fā)明者也都出自劍橋。
A:It seems what you said just now is true. However, I do know some acclaimed writers who have spent some time in Cambridge, for example, E. M. Forster, Virginia Woolf.
看來你剛才說的很有道理。不過，我還知道一些著名的作家也在劍橋待過。比如福斯特、伍爾夫。
B: And Christopher Marlowe, W. M. Thackeray.
還有克里斯托弗馬洛、薩克雷等等。
A:Furthermore, at least nine of the Poet Laureates graduated from Cambridge, and it keeps producing excellent writers now.
至少有9位桂冠詩人都畢業(yè)于劍橋，現(xiàn)在仍有很多優(yōu)秀作家都出身劍橋。
B: Yes. There are many actors and directors such as James Mason, Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry who have studied at Cambridge,
是。許多著名的演員和導演也曾經(jīng)在劍橋就讀，比如，詹姆士梅森、艾瑪湯普森還有史蒂芬弗萊。
A: The University is also known for its prodigious sporting reputation and has produced many fine athletes, including more than 50 Olympic medalists.
劍橋在體育方面也很有名氣，產(chǎn)生過很多優(yōu)秀的運動員，其中包括50多位奧運會的獎牌獲得者。
B: Yes, 6 in 2008 alone. I can name some of those athletes, for example the legendary Chinese six-time world table tennis champion Deng Yaping, the sprinter and athletics hero Harold Abrahams.
對啊，僅僅在2008年就有6位獲獎。我都能說出幾位運動員的名字，比如蟬聯(lián)世界乒乓球賽冠軍6次的傳奮中國人物鄧亞萍，短跑和田徑運動員哈羅德亞伯拉罕斯等等。
A: And the inventors of the modern game of Football, Winton and Thring; and also George Mallory, the famed mountaineer and the first man ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
發(fā)明現(xiàn)代足球運動的溫頓和斯林，還有第一個登上殊峰山頂?shù)闹牡巧郊覇讨务R洛里。
B: Well, you haven't told me, which university do you prefer?
對了，你還沒告訴我如果是你的話，你會選哪所大學？
A: Since we have talked about so many advantages of Cambridge, of course Iwould choose Cambridge.
你看我們剛才談了好多劍橋的優(yōu)勢，我當然會選劍橋啰。
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