剑桥大学英文简介cambridge

Cambridge

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The origin of Cambridge

There is a river called Cam River, which flows a great arc to the northeast of the city. Many bridges were built on the river, so the name of the city came—Cambridge. It was a combination of transliteration and free translation. It means bridges of Cam River. By the way, the bridge of Cambridge, is one of the world's oldest bridges.

The location

The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. It lies in East Anglia about 50 miles (80 km) north-by-east of London. Cambridge is also at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen –a play on Silicon Valley(硅谷) and the fens surrounding the city. This is a map of Cambridge and some other cities near it. The left one is the relationship between Cambridge and London(north east).

History

there are six historical periods in Cambridge.

Prehistory(Began with the Roman invasion of Britain in about AD 40)

Roman times

Saxon and Viking age

Norman times

Beginnings of the university(1209)

Twentieth century

Population

In 2001, there are 108,863 people in Cambridge.

Local government

Cambridge is a non-metropolitan district served by a city council. The City of Cambridge is one of five districts within the county of Cambridgeshire.

The Liberal Democrats have controlled the city council since 2000.

Sports

Cambridge played a unique role in the invention of modern football: the game's first set of rules were drawn up by members of the University in 1848. The Cambridge Rules were first played on Parker's Piece and had a "defining influence on the 1863 Football Association rules. As for water sports, the most famous was punting, and we will talk about it later.

The University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge was founded in 1209. Today, it has 800’s history. So it is one of the world’s oldest universities and leading academic centers, and it is a self-governed community of scholars.

Mission

The mission of the University of Cambridge is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence.

Core values

The University's core values are as follows: freedom of thought and expression; freedom from discrimination Affiliates of University of Cambridge have won more Nobel Prizes than those of any other institution.

88 affiliates of the University of Cambridge have won the Nobel Prize since 1904;

Affiliates have won in every category, with 29 Nobel prizes in Physics, 25 in Medicine, 21 in Chemistry, nine in Economics, two in Literature and two in Peace.

The most famous college------king’s college

King‘s College was founded in 1441 by Henry VI (1421-71) and it is the most famous one among the 31 colleges in the