书城英文图书不可不知的美国100所名校(英汉双语版)
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第79章 University of Alabama: Touching lives

阿拉巴马大学:感动生命

英文导读

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The University of Alabama (UA) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1831, it is the flagship university of the University of Alabama System, as well the senior and the largest in terms of enrollment among all of the universities in Alabama. As an academy-style

institution during the Antebellum period, the university emphasized the classics and the social and natural sciences.Numerous historical landmarks dot the campus, including the President"s Mansion, Denny Chimes, Foster Auditorium (a National Historical Landmark), and Maxwell Observatory.As one of the first public universities established in the early 19th century southwestern frontier of the United States, the University of Alabama has left a vast cultural imprint on the state, region and nation over the past two centuries.

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System: The university contains 13 colleges and schools, including the schools of arts and sciences, education, engineering, law, nursing and more. These colleges and schools offer a wide variety of bachelor"s, master"s, educational Specialist and doctoral degrees. College of Arts and Sciences, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, College of Communication and Information Sciences, College of Community Health Sciences, College of Continuing Studies, College of Education, College of Engineering, Graduate School, College of Human Environmental Sciences, School of Law, Capstone College of Nursing, School of Social Work. Eight of those divisions (A&S, C&BA, C&IS, Education, Engineering, HES, Nursing, and Social Work) grant undergraduate degrees. Degrees in those eight divisions at the master"s, specialist, and doctoral level are awarded through the Graduate School.

City Show: Tuscaloosa is the regional center of industry, commerce, healthcare, and education for the area of west-central Alabama known as West Alabama. Typical of the Deep South, Tuscaloosa experiences a humid subtropical climate with four distinct seasons. The Gulf of Mexico heavily influences the climate by supplying the region with warm, moist air. During the fall, winter, and spring seasons, the interaction of this warm, moist air with cooler, drier air from the North.

生词助读

imprint [imprint] n. 印记;痕迹;特征

commerce [km(:)s] n. 贸易;商业

humid [hju:mid] adj. 湿润的;潮湿的

subtropical [sbtrpikl] adj. 亚热带的

moist [mist] adj. 潮湿的;多雨的

中文概述

阿拉巴马大学,位于美国阿拉巴马州塔斯卡卢萨(通常称为"塔城"),是一所著名的公立大学,成立于1831年。

阿拉巴马大学下设13个学院,分别是:艺术科学院、商学院、传媒与信息科学院、社会保健科学院、继续教育学院、教育学院、工程学院、研究生院、人类环境学院、法学院、医学院、护理学院、社会学院。阿拉巴马大学商学院是美国第一所授胸章的商学院。

阿拉巴马大学校园里文艺复兴时期的建筑久负盛名。学校也一直以全美最美丽校园和先进齐全的教学设备而自豪。

梦想成功录

The way stretches endless ahead, I shall search through heaven and earth.

路漫漫其修远兮,吾将上下而求索。

Life is indeed valuable; even higher is the price of love; if for the sake of liberty, both can be sacrificed.

生命诚可贵,爱情价更高,若为自由故,两者皆可抛。