The Ivy League 常春藤联盟英文ppt

Harvard University memorial church
(哈佛大学纪念教堂)
Harvard dining room
The Statue of the Three Lies 三谎雕像
• In front of University Hall is the famous Statue of John Harvard, also known as the Statue of the Three Lies: • This is not John Harvard! • John Harvard was not the founder of Harvard University. • Harvard was not founded in 1638.
The Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference(体育赛事联 盟)comprising eight private institutions（私立学校） of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group.
The origin of the name
Some people say the term is linked to the ivy plant. And ivy does cover some of the grounds and buildings at the schools.
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Other people say the term dates back to when only four of the schools were part of the sports group. The number four was written in roman numerals, the letters "I" and "V."
The Ivy League
• All eight universities place in the top sixteen of the U.S. News & World Report 2015 university rankings, including the top four schools and six of the top eleven. • U.S. News has named a member of the Ivy League as the best national university in each of the past fifteen years ending with the 2015 rankings: Princeton eight times, Harvard twice and the two schools tied for first five times.
The Ivy League
Ivy League schools are generally viewed as some of the most prestigious schools, and are ranked among the best universities worldwide. The term Ivy League also has connotations（隐含意义） of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism（精英主义）.
Please enjoy the pain which is unable to avoid.
• 一天过完，不会再来。 One day, has not been able again to come.
• 时间在流逝。
The time is passing.
• 现在淌的哈喇子，将成为明天的眼泪。 • Now drips the saliva, will become tomorrow the tear. • 狗一样地学，绅士一样地玩。 • The dog equally study, the gentleman equally plays. • 今天不走，明天要跑。 • Today does not walk, will have to run tomorrow. • 投资未来的人是，忠于现实的人。 • The investment future person will be, will be loyal to the realityperson. • 教育程度代表收入。 • The education level represents the income. • 谁也不能随随便便成功，它来自彻底的自我 管理和毅力。 • Nobody can casually succeed, it comes from the thoroughself-control and the will. • 即使现在，对手也不停地翻动书页。 • Even if the present, the match does not stop changes the page.
• 学习时的苦痛是暂时的，未学到的痛苦是终 生的。 Time the study pain is temporary，has not learned the pain islife-long. • 学习这件事，不是缺乏时间，而是缺乏努力。 Studies this matter, lacks the time，but is lacks diligently. • 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到 成功的滋味。 Only has compared to the others early，diligently diligently，canfeel the successful taste • 没有艰辛，便无所获。 Has not been difficult, then does not have attains
succeeds mustarrange the position.
• 学习并不是人生的全部。但，既然连人生的一 部分——学习也无法征服，还能做什么呢？ The study certainly is not the life complete. But, sincecontinually life part of - studies also is unable to conquer, what butalso can make? • 请享受无法回避的痛苦。
The origin of the name
• Many language experts believe that the term Ivy League first appeared in the media. In the nineteenthirties, a sports reporter called the schools in the grouping, the "Ivy League." The group also had an unofficial name -- "The Ancientwk.baidu.comEight." Now both names are used. However, the NCAA(National Collegiate Athletic Association 全国大学体育协会) officially uses the term Ivy League.
Notable people
Columbia University
• • • • Type: private Location: NY Established ：1754 Motto （in English） ： In Thy light shall we see the light （借着你的光,我们得见光明。）
Alexander Hamilton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Princeton University
• • • • Type: private Location: New Jersey, USA Established ：1746 Academics: From 2001 to 2010, Princeton University was ranked either first or second among national universities by U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) • Motto （in English） ：Under God's power she flourishes (“因为上帝的力量，学校欣欣向荣”)
Members of Ivy League
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Harvard University Type: private
Established ：1636 Motto （in English） ：Truth(真理) Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S Academics: The university comprises eleven separate academic units — ten faculties(Harvard Law School (1817)Harvard Business School (1908) The Harvard Medical School (1782)) and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
• 我荒废的今日，正是昨日殒身之人祈求的明日。 I leave uncultivated today, was precisely yesterday perishestomorrow which person of the body implored. • 幸福或许不排名次，但成功必排名次。 Perhaps happiness does not arrange the position, but
The Ivy League
布朗大学
哥伦比亚大学
康奈尔大学
达特茅斯学院
哈佛大学
宾夕法尼亚大学
普林斯顿大学
耶鲁大学
The Ivy League
The Ivies are all in the northeast geographic region of the U.S. All eight schools receive millions of dollars in research grants（补助金） and other subsidies（津贴） from federal and state government.
Harvard Library
• 此刻打盹，你将做梦；此刻学习，你将圆梦。 This moment will nap，you will have a dream； But this moment study，you will interpret a dream • 觉得为时已晚的时候，恰恰是最早的时候。 Thought is already is late，exactly is the earliest time • 勿将今日之事拖到明日。 Not matter of the today will drag tomorrow
• Columbia University‘s acceptance for the class of 2015 is 6.90%,making
rate
Columbia the second most selective college in the United States by admission rate behind Harvard.