Most people do not go to university. 大多数人没有上大学。
Some say it is only the lucky ones who go there. 有人说只有幸运者才能上大学。
Probably we all will agree that to go to university is special. 也许,我们都认为能上大学是特殊的。
Have you heard of Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard, Stanford? 你听说过剑桥、牛津、哈佛、斯坦福吗?
Some universities become world famous. 有些大学是举世闻名的。
Universities often produce famous men and women. 大学常会涌现出有名望的男男女女。
They become leaders in politics, business, science and art. 他们成为政治、商业、科学和艺术界的领导。
But university is not just about learning. 但是大学不仅仅是学习。
It is here where people make life long friends. 人们在这里结识了终生的朋友。
Whilst university, people make decisions that affect their whole lives. 大学时代,人们作出的决定将影响他的一生。
Universities produce medicines and science, technology and research that can benefit human kind. 大学产生了对人类有益的医药、科学和技术等各项科研活动。
Some universities are so big that they are like a whole town. 有些大学大得象一座城。
We call this a campus. 我们称之为“大学城”,
But not all universities are campus universities. 但不是所有的大学都能形成大学城的规模。
Some are spread around a city or a tow有些大学的校园并没有把每个人都集中在同一地点,而是分布在城镇的各个不同的地点。 n and do not group everyone together in the same place.