哈佛大学校园英语情景对话02：哈佛大学的由来

哈佛大学校园英语情景对话02：哈佛大学的由来

Han Meimei is still asking John questions about Harvard University.

H： John, I remember you said that initially? Harvard University was called “New College” or something??

H：约翰，我记得你说过哈佛大学最初是叫“新学院”还是什么来着？

J：Yes, it was first named “New College” or “the College at New Towne”.

J：是的，刚幵始叫“新学院”或"新市民学院”。

H：But I heard that its original name is “Cambridge College”.

H：但我以前听说它最初叫"剑桥学院”。

J： Oh, maybe it is because the town where the college located? was named Cambridge.

J：哦，可能因为学院所在的镇叫剑桥吧。

H：When did it get the name “Harvard University”？

H：什么时候得了“哈佛大学”这个名字？

J; There are two stages.First, the college was renamed “Harvard College”i n 1639. During the following nearly 140 years, it existed as a “college”. Then in 1780，in the new Massachusetts Constitution Harvard was first officially referred to as a “university”.

J：这经历了两个阶段。首先，学院在1639车改名为“哈佛学院”。在接下来的近 140年里，一直以“学院”存有着。然后1780年在马萨诸塞州新宪法中，哈佛第一次被正式称为“大学”。

H： I think I can guess why it was upgraded? from a college to a university. Its scale became larger and larger.

H：我想我能够猜到为什么它能够从一所学院升级为一所大学，它的规模越来越大了吧。

J： You bet?! Still, it did not reach the standard of being a university. We know that a

university usually has several or many colleges or schools. In 1780，however，Harvard ‘^University，’ had only one college，namely? Harvard College.

J：一点没错！但是，它仍然没有达到一个大学的标准。我们知道大学通常要有几个或很多学院，但1780年时哈佛‘‘大学”只有一个学院，那就是哈佛学院。

H： Then, why could it be upgraded to the university status?

H：那它为什么能够升格为大学？

J： Maybe Massachusetts legislature made such an exception with the hope to spur on Harvard. Can you guess why it was renamed “Harvard”？

J：也许马萨诸塞州议破此例是希望能鞭策哈佛。那能猜到为什么它改名叫‘‘哈佛” 吗？

H： Let me think. Is it because someone called Harvard made contributions to the college?

H：让我想想。是不是因为某个叫哈佛的人对学院做出了贡献？

J： Wow, you，re smart!

J：哇，你很聪明啊！

H： I know that many U.S. universities are private ones, and they are founded on the basis of donations by some successful people.

H：我知道很多美国的大学都是私立学校，且都是在某些成功人

士捐肋的基础上建立的。

J： And Harvard College was no exception.It was renamed

in honor of? John Harvard who was the first benefactor of Harvard College.

J：哈佛学院也不例外，它改名字正是为了纪念哈佛学院的第一

个捐助者约翰?哈佛。

H： Oh, John Harvard! He got the same first name as you.

H：喔，约翰?哈佛！和你的名字一样呀。

J：Well, it’s my honor. “John” is a very common name，but “Harvard” is a rare family name. Not only on the entire American continent but also in Britain, few people have the family name “Harvard”，

J：好吧，这是我的荣幸。"约翰“是个很普通的名字，但"哈佛”

是个很罕见的姓。不但在整个美洲大陆，就是在英国本土都很少有人

姓‘‘哈佛”。

H： That makes Harvard University more special.

H：这让哈佛大学显得更特殊了。