比萨大学：至高无上的尊严
英文导读
The University of Pisa (Italian： Università di Pisa)， is an Italian public research university located in Pisa， Italy. It was founded in 1343 by an edict of Pope Clement VI ， although a number of scholars claim its origin dates back to the 11th century. It is the 19th oldest extant university in the world and the 10th oldest in the country. It is also considered to be one of the most prestigious universities in Italy. The University has Europe"s oldest academic botanical garden (Orto botanico di Pisa)， founded in 1544. Today the University of Pisa boasts twenty departments， with high -level research centres in the sectors of agriculture， astrophysics， computer science， engineering， medicine and veterinary medicine. Furthermore the University has close relations with the Pisan Institutes of the National Board of Research， with many cultural institutions of national and international importance， and with industry， especially that of information technology， which went through a phase of rapid expansion in Pisa during the nineteen sixties and seventies.
System： It offers a wide range of courses. The Computer Science course at University of Pisa is the first in the area to be activated in Italy. The aerospace Master of Science (MSc) courses are the first in Italy to be offered entirely in the English language. The faculties are： Faculty of Law， Faculty of Agriculture， Faculty of Economics ， Faculty of Pharmacy， Faculty Of Foreign Languages and Literature， Faculty of Humanities， Faculty of Medicine and Surgery， Faculty of Veterinary Medicine， Faculty of Engineering， Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science， Faculty of Political Science. Its departments include： Biology； Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry； Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge； Economics and Management； Pharmacy； Philology， Literature and Linguistics； Physics； Computer Science； Civil and Industrial Engineering； Energy， Systems， Territory， and Construction Engineering； Information Engineering； Mathematics； Clinical and Experimental Medicine； Surgical， Medical， Molecular and Critical Area Pathology； etc.
City show： Pisa is a city in Tuscany， Central Italy， on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower (the bell tower of the city"s cathedral)， the city contains more than 20 other historic churches， several palaces and various bridges across the River Arno. Pisa can be considered also an international city， due to the intercontinental Galileo Galilei Airport that joints it to anywhere in the world.
生词助读
edict [.i：d.kt] n. 法令；布告
extant [ek.st.nt] a. 现存的；显著的；仍然存在的
veterinary medicine 兽医
phase [fe.z] n. 阶段
intercontinental [..nt..k.nt..nentl] a. 洲际的；大陆间的
中文概述
比萨大学创立于1343年，当时是作为培训大学教师的综合性基地而创立的，具有悠久的历史。比萨大学一直以拥有伽利略这样的科学巨匠而骄傲，伽利略出生和求学阶段一直在比萨，在1589年成为了比萨大学的数学系教授。
比萨大学下设包括农学院，经济学院，药学院，法学院，文学和哲学院，外国语和外国文学院，医学院，兽医学院，工程学院，数学、物理、自然科学学院和政治科学院。
比萨以斜塔著称，在罗马时代作为著名的海港曾繁盛一时。进入中世纪之后追随北方威尼斯、热那亚的脚步，将势力范围扩大至地中海。比萨伽利略机场是意大利的主要国际机场之一，许多欧洲航班和国内航班都在此进出。
梦想成功录
A house without books is like a room without windows.
一个没有书的房子，犹如一个没有窗户的房间。
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
到任何值得去的地方都没有捷径。