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第27章 University of Bath

巴斯大学:

根据学习的种类学习一个领域

英文导读

The University of Bath (infor-mally known as Bath University, or simply Bath) is a campus university located in Bath, United Kingdom. It received its Royal Charter in 1966.The University of Bath can trace its roots to a technical school established in Bristol 100 years earlier, the Bristol Trade School of 1856. In 1885 the school became part of the Society of Merchant Venturers and was renamed the Mer-chant Venturers’ Technical College (whose alumni include the physicists Paul Dirac and Peter Higgs), an institution founded as a school in 1595. Meanwhile, in the neighbouring city of Bath, a pharmaceutical school, the Bath School of Pharmacy, was founded in 1907. This became part of the Technical College in 1929. The college came under the control of the Bristol Education Authority in 1949; it was renamed then the Bris-tol College of Technology, and in 1960 the Bristol College of Science and Technology, when it became one of ten technical colleges under the umbrella of the Ministry of Education. Construction of the purpose-built campus began in 1964, with the first building, now known as 4 South, completed in 1965, and the Royal Charter was granted in 1966.

System: The university"s major academic strengths have been engineering (particularly electronic and electrical and mechanical), the physical sciences, mathematics and technology. Today, the university is also strong in management, humanities, architecture and the social sciences. Courses place a strong emphasis on vocational education; the university recommends students to take a one-year industry placement in the penultimate year of the course, although there is no formal recognition of these placements on students" final degree certificates.

City show: Bath is a city in the ceremonial county of Somerset in South West England. The city was first established as a spa with the Latin name, Aquae Sulis (“the waters of Sulis”) by the Romans sometime in the AD 60s about 20 years after they had arrived in Britain (AD 43), although oral tradition suggests that Bath was known before then. The City of Bath was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1987. The city has a variety of theatres, museums, and other cultural and sporting venues, which have helped to make it a major centre for tourism.

生词助读

purpose-built a. 为特定目的建造的

inscribe [.n.skra.b] vt. 题写;题献;铭记

中文概述

巴斯大学成立于1966年,坐落在离市中心两公里远的现代化绿野校园之上。巴斯大学诞生于科技飞速发展的年代,它是著名的工程学、人文学科与社会科学、管理学和理学的优秀中心。

巴斯大学共有四个学院:工程和设计学院、人文和社会科学学院、理学院和管理学院。巴斯大学把重点放在为学生未来的事业成功而进行的教育上。很多学位课程非常重视职业性能。

巴斯大学的口译笔译研究所是联合国最受推崇的三大同声翻译班之一,特别为原专业为英语专业或英语特别优秀的学生设计,课程期限仅为一年,该专业为欧洲议会特别拨款给巴斯大学所设立,志为联合国和欧洲议会输送优秀翻译人员。

巴斯是联合国教科文组织认可的“世界遗产城市”,世界各地的游客纷至沓来,欣赏辉煌的乔治王朝时期的皇家新月楼、罗马时期的澡堂和繁多的博物馆。

巴斯的繁荣多半归功于它拥有英国唯一的温泉, 事实上,古典的建筑以及古罗马帝国所遗留的温泉浴池早已使巴斯成为举世闻名的观光胜地,它不仅获联合国教科文组织评定为世界三大古迹之一,更是全英国唯一获此殊荣的城市。

梦想成功录

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

但凡人能想象到的事物,必定有人能将它实现。

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

妒忌者对别人是烦恼,对他们自己却是折磨。