英国人眼中的最美大学
中英网 www.uker.net 2012-11-15 来源: The Telegraph 编辑: joe
现代主义设计可能并不适合每个人,但华威大学校园的最新建筑如图所示的塞曼大楼——命名是为了纪念一位日籍数学家开创了“结理论”——在广阔的绿色校园茁壮成长。
原文:Again the modernist design may not suit everyone, but Warwick University campus`s newest constructions such as the Zeeman Building here – named in honour of a Japanese-born mathematician who helped to pioneer "knot theory" – thrive in their expansive green campus setting.
圣安德鲁斯大学(University of St Andrews)
拥有惊人的古老建筑和戏剧性般朦胧的海岸线,圣安德鲁斯大学拥有所有人都向往的皇家浪漫。
原文:With its stunning ancient buildings and dramatic mist-shrouded coastline, St Andrews University was a perhaps unsurprising setting for everyone`s favourite Royal romance.
皇家霍洛威学院(Royal Holloway, U.of London)
皇家霍洛威学院作为伦敦大学的一个独立学院,是伦敦大学唯一一所在英国最美大学名单上榜上有名的学院。其位于萨里的校区被一座以法国香波尔城堡为模型精心建造的红砖建筑所统治。该建筑起初是一所女子学院,位于136英亩的森林之中。
原文:Part of the University of London – indeed, probably the only capital-based university that can merit a spot on this list – Royal Holloway in Surrey is dominated by an elaborate red-brick building modelled on the Chateau de Chambord in France. The building was originally home to a women-only college, and sits within 136 acres of woodland.
杜伦大学的学院建筑不同于中世纪的超现代风格,譬如如图所示的杜伦城堡。
原文:Durham University`s colleges vary from the ultra-modern to the medieval, such as University College`s Durham Castle location shown here.
诺丁汉特伦特大学(Nottingham Trent University)
诺丁汉市最近几年都在试图摆其讨厌的“枪案之都”的绰号,但人们对这座城市的大学建筑的美丽从未有任何怀疑,包括诺丁汉特伦特大学的建筑。
原文:Nottingham city may have spent recent years attempting to shake off its unwanted "Gun Capital" moniker, but there`s never been any doubting the beauty of its university buildings, including the Trent Building – a grade II-listed limestone structure opened by King George V in 1928.
牛津大学著名的“梦想之颠”和和金色石头世代激励着这里的学生。建筑的亮点包括:18世纪的拉德克里夫图书馆(图左), 博德利图书馆和莫德林学院。
原文:Oxford`s dreaming spires and golden stone have inspired students for generations. Architectural highlights include the 18th-century Radcliffe Camera (pictured left), the Bodleian library and Magdalen College.
谈了牛津大学后不得不提剑桥大学。游客们特别欣赏国王学院礼拜堂和大学风景如画被称“backs”的河流。
原文:You couldn`t include Oxford without mentioning Cambridge. Visitors often particularly admire King`s College Chapel and the picturesque river area known as the "backs", pictured (its name comes from the fact many colleges back onto the river).