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University Town
大學城
When we say that Cambridge is a university town
當我們談到劍橋是座大學城時，
we do not mean that it is a town with university in it.
這并不是說劍橋是座擁有大學的城市。
A university town is one where there is no clear separation
大學城是指沒有一個明顯的隔離帶
between the university buildings and the rest of the city.
在大學的建筑物與其他城市部分之間。
The university is not just one part of the town;it is all over the town.
大學不只是城市的一個組成部分，而是遍及城市的各個角落。
The heart of Cambridge has its shops, restaurants, marketplace and so on,
劍橋市中心有商店，飯店，超市等，
but most of it is university—college,libraries,
但是大學占據了城市的大部分地區——學院，圖書館，
clubs and other places for university staff and students.
俱樂部,以及供大學師生生活學習的地方。
The town was there first.
劍橋起初是座城市。
Cambridge became a center of learning in the thirteenth century.
后來在13世紀成為學習中心。
Many students were too poor to afford lodging.
當時學生都很貧窮，付不起住宿費。
Colleges were opened so that students could live cheaply.
于是便創辦了學院，這樣可為學生提供便宜的住宿。
This was the beginning of the present-day college system.
這就是如今學院體制的開始。
Today there are nearly thirty colleges.
現在,劍橋大學內大約有30個學院。
Very few students can now live in college
只有少數學生能住在學院內
for the whole of their four years; the numbers are too great.
在完成整個學業的過程中。
Many of them live in lodgings at first
許多學生最初住在校外
and move into college for their final year.
直到學業的最后一年才會搬到學院內。
But every student is a member of his college from the beginning.
每個學生從一開始就是這個學院的一個成員，
He must eat a number of meals in the college hall each week.
每周都必須在學生食堂內吃上好幾頓餐飯。
Students are not allowed to keep cars in Cambridge,
在劍橋學生不允許有汽車，
so nearly all ride bicycles.
因此幾乎所有的學生都使用自行車。
Don't try to drive through Cambridge during the five minutes between lectures,
千萬不要駕車駛過劍橋這座城市在課間五分鐘里。
as you will find crowds of people on bicycles hurrying in all directions.
因為你會看到去自行車的人流朝著不同的方向急速地穿行。
If you are in Cambridge at five minutes to the hour any morning of the term,
如果你每天早晨課前五分鐘在劍橋行使的話，
you'll know that you are in a university town.
你就會發現你是在一所大學城內穿行，
Stop in some safe place and wait.
等一會兒再走。
