The University of Oxford is about a thousand years old. It is famous all over the world, but why is it so well known?
Yes. There are over 22,000 students at Oxford: about 12,000 of these are undergraduates (本科生) and 10,000 are postgraduate students (研究生). Around 25% of the people of the city of Oxford are students.
In lots of ways. Firstly, the university has more than 30 different colleges (学院). Secondly, students wear special clothes for exams and other important university events. Finally, the degree ceremony is in Latin, the language of the ancient Romans.
Yes, it does. Two of the most famous buildings are the Bodleian and the Sheldonian. The Bodleian is the university library and has over eleven million books. At the Sheldonian, concerts, lectures, degree ceremonies and other university events take place.
Yes! These include David Cameron and 25 other UK prime ministers (首相), 27 Nobel prize winners, famous scientists such as Stephen Hawking and 120 Olympic gold medalists.
This is the publishing department of the university. It sells over 110 million books each year and is famous for the Oxford English Dictionary. There are about 300,000 words in this dictionary and it is more than 60 kilos!
A. Are there many famous students?
B. Does the university have different colleges?
C. How is Oxford different from other universities?
D. Does the university have many famous buildings?
E. What is Oxford University Press (出版社)?
F. Are there lots of students at the university?
