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accommodate – предоставлять жилье
according to – согласно, по, в соответствии
attend – посещать
chapel – часовня
conduct – проводить
degree – степень
govern – управлять
lodging – сдаваемая комната
residential – жилой
scatter – раскидываться
scientific – научный
syllabus – программа курса
tutor – преподаватель-наставник
Check your comprehension.
1. Where is Oxford situated? 2. What does the Sheldonian Theatre serve for and who built it? 3. Where do students of the university live?
TEXT 20
Read the following proper nouns correctly.
Erasmus of Rotterdam [I'rxzmqs qv 'rOtqdxm] – Эразм Роттердамский
Ernest Rutherford ['Wnest'rADqfqd] – Эрнст Резерфорд
Read and translate the text.
CAMBRIDGE (1, 200)
Cambridge is the second university town in Britain. The river Cam flows slowly and calmly behind the college buildings and curls about the town in the shape of horseshoe. To the left, across the stream, there are no buildings, merely meadows and gardens.
Cambridge University was founded in 1284, when the first college Peterhouse was built. Now Cambridge comprises 19 colleges for men and three for women. Peterhouse is the oldest college, Trinity, founded in 1546 is the largest, and Churchill College (1959) is the most recent one.
The founder of the most famous college of Cambridge - King’s College - was the unfortunate king Henry VI. He founded Eton, the famous public school as well. The King was most unlucky in warfare – he was captured by his enemies, put in the Tower of London, and there put to death by strangling.
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Under King Henry VIII, in the 16th century, Cambridge became a bastion of Protestantism. The king’s favourable attitude caused new Professorships to be created: of Divinity, Civil Law, Physics, and Greek. Erasmus of Rotterdam was the first to teach Greek in the University.
Cambridge colleges have the same pattern as Oxford: quadrangles, walls, gates, common rooms, dining-rooms, gardens.
Cambridge is a great centre of research. Here the Cavendish, the most famous of Britain’s scientific laboratories was built in 1874. It is known all over the world as a great centre of research where a number of Nobel Prize physicists and nuclear scientists have worked, Thomson and E. Rutherford were among them.
Notes
1) put to death by strangling – задушить.
