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第20章 Newcastle University: Triumphing by brave defence

纽卡斯尔大学:用勇敢的防守来赢得胜利

英文导读

The university can trace its origins to a School of Medicine and Surgery (later the College of Medicine), established in 1834, and to Armstrong College, founded in 1871 for the teaching of physical sciences. These two colleges formed one division of the federal University of Durham, the Durham Colleges forming the other division. The Newcastle Colleges merged to form King"s College in 1937. In 1963, when the federal university was dissolved, King"s College became the University of Newcastle upon Tyne by an Act of Parliament, and latterly, Newcastle University. Newcastle University is a member of the Russell Group, an association of research-intensive UK universities. The University has one of the best track records for graduate employment in the country, and the Careers Service has won seven prestigious national careers awards in recent years by the Institute of Career Guidance. The university"s main campus is located in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, the cosmopolitan capital of North East England which enjoys a worldwide reputation for the quality of its cultural and social life.

System: Teaching schools within the university are based within three faculties including: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences(School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, School of Arts and Cultures, Newcastle University Business School, Combined Honours Centre, School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics, School of Ge-ography, Politics and Sociology, School of History, Classics and Archae-ology, The Language Centre, Newcastle Law School, School of Modern Languages); Faculty of Medical Sciences(Newcastle Biomedicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Dental Sciences, School of Medical Sciences Education Development, Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Dentistry, School of Psychology); Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering (School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, School of Biology, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, School of Chem-istry, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, School of Com-puting Science, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Marine Science and Technology, School of Mathematics and Statistics, School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering).

City show: Newcastle upon Tyne(often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, North East England. The city grew as an important centre for the wool trade and it later became a major coal mining area. Newcastle was in the top ten of the country’s top night spots, and“The Rough Guide to Britain”placed Newcastle upon Tyne’s nightlife as Great Britain’s No. 1 tourist attraction. In January or February, Newcastle’s Chinatown is at the centre of a carnival of colour and noise as the city celebrates the Chinese New Year.

生词助读

dissolve [di.z.lv] vt. 使溶解;使分解

cosmopolitan [.k.zm..p.lit.n] a. 世界性的;世界主义的;四海为家的;全球的

carnival [.kɑ:n.v.l] n. 狂欢节;嘉年华

中文概述

纽卡斯尔大学,也译作新堡大学,建于1834年,其前身为纽卡斯尔医学与外科学校。

纽卡斯尔大学是一所位于英格兰泰恩河畔纽卡斯尔市的英国一流著名大学,也是英国最为古老的百年大学之一。作为英国红砖大学以及罗素大学盟校,纽卡斯尔大学以提供高质量的教学与研究课程而著称,具有极强的科研实力和卓越的国际声望。

大学下设有农业与生物科学学院、艺术学院、教育学院、工程学院、法学院、环境与社会学院、医学院和理学院等。大学的优势专业包括:医学、生命科学、国际经济与金融、国际财务分析、音乐、翻译学、口译、经济学、心理学、农业科学、环境科学、电子工程、机械工程、土木工程、系统工程、交通工程、景观设计、城市规划等。

纽卡斯尔大学商学院作为老牌商学院享誉全英,其医学院一直都是英国最好的医学院之一,并且是欧洲第一个、世界第二个被授予人类干细胞研究许可的医学机构。该校的罗宾逊图书馆被誉为英国最优秀的大学图书馆。值得一提的是,纽卡斯尔大学也是英国公主尤金妮最钟爱的大学。

纽卡斯尔是泰恩威尔郡的首府,该城建于罗马帝国时代。纽卡斯尔是“活力之城”,每逢周末,大量游客使得城市夜生活丰富多彩,纽卡斯尔也因此被评为“世界八大娱乐城市”之一。

梦想成功录

Every soil where he is well, is to a valiant man his natural country.

勇敢的人随遇而安,所到之处都是故乡。

Wherever true valor is found, true modesty will there abound.

真正的勇敢,都包含谦虚。