校园英语情景对话：古老的建筑

国王学院’

’

，难道它真的和国王有关系

?

C: You

’

re right. King

’

s College was founded in 1441 by King Henry

VI. His first design was modest, but by 1445 it was intended to be a

magnificent display of royal patronage.

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C:

你说对了。国王学院是

1441

年由亨利六世主持建造的。刚开始的设计并

没有这

么华丽，但到了

144 5

年，就决定把它建造得更加宏伟壮丽，以展示皇

家杈威。

L: I heard that it has taken them 80 years to finish the building.

L:

我听说整个建筑花了

80

年才完成。

C: Really? It was a huge project. Let me show you another picture.

See,

this

is

the

bronze

statue

of

King

Henry

VI

in

the

middle

of

the

yard.

C:

真的吗

?

这真是个巨大的工程 。我给你看看另外一张照片。看，草坪中间

就是亨

利六世的纪念铜像。

L:

Having

the

king

’

s

support,

this

college

must

have

some

privileges

in the past. There is no wonder that buildings here are so splendid.

L

：有了国王的支持，这个学院过去 肯定享有不少特权吧。难怪这个学院的

建筑这么

宏伟。

C:

That

is

true.

The

college

was

used

to

be

granted

a

remarkable

series

of

feudal

privileges,

and

all

of

this

was

supported

by

a

substantial

series

of endowments from the King.

C:

对啊。

这个学院曾经拥有过不少封建

4

寺权呢，

而且这些都由国王连续不

断地捐赠来 支持。

L

：

I

heard

that

students

in

this

college

are

more

politically

active

than

other

colleges.

That

may

have

something

to

do

with

their

traditions.

听说，

这个学院的学生要比其他学院的学生都活跃。

< br>这肯定和他们的传统有

关系。

C

：

It has its own student unions both for undergraduates and for

graduates. The student union has a long record of activism.

它有自己的本科生学生会和研究生学生会，学生会一向很活跃。

L

：

Their

activities

must

have

exerted

great

influence

on

the

college

and the university.

他们的舌动肯定对学院，乃至整个剑桥大学都产生了重大影响。

C

：

That

’

s for sure. Time Magazine published in 2000 a list of the

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