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【求一篇介绍任何一所大学的英文作文】
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求一篇介绍任何一所大学的英文作文
高剑宇回答:
哈佛大学
以下为标准英语版本
HarvardUniversity(incorporatedasThePresidentandFellowsofHarvardCollege)isaprivateuniversityinCambridge,Massachusetts.Foundedin1636,HarvardistheoldestinstitutionofhigherlearningintheUnitedStates.Harvardconsistentlyranksamongthebestuniversitiesintheworld.
TheinstitutionwasnamedHarvardCollegeonMarch13,1639,afteritsfirstprincipaldonor,ayoungclergymannamedJohnHarvard.AgraduateofEmmanuelCollege,Cambridge,JohnHarvardbequeathedaboutfourhundredbooksinhiswilltoformthebasisofthecollegelibrarycollection,alongwithhalfhispersonalwealthworthseveralhundredpounds.TheearliestknownofficialreferencetoHarvardasa"university"ratherthana"college"occurredinthenewMassachusettsConstitutionof1780.
Inhis1869-1909tenureasHarvardpresident,CharlesWilliamEliotradicallytransformedHarvardintothepatternofthemodernresearchuniversity.Eliot'sreformsincludedelectivecourses,smallclasses,andentranceexaminations.TheHarvardmodelinfluencedAmericaneducationnationally,atbothcollegeandsecondarylevels.
In1999,RadcliffeCollege,initiallyfoundedasthe"HarvardAnnex"forwomen,mergedformallywithHarvardUniversity,becomingtheRadcliffeInstituteforAdvancedStudy.
Harvardhastheworld'sfourthlargestlibrarycollection(aftertheBritishLibrary,theLibraryofCongress,andtheFrenchBibliothèqueNationale),andthelargestfinancialendowmentofanyacademicinstitution,standingat$29.2billionasof2006(whichisalsothesecondlargestendowmentforanon-profitorganization,behindonlytheBill&MelindaGatesFoundation).
以下为简单英语版本
HarvardUniversityisaprivateuniversityinCambridge,Massachusetts,USAandamemberoftheIvyLeague.HarvardwasfoundedonSeptember8,1636.
SevenPresidentsoftheUnitedStateshavegraduatedfromHarvardschoolsandcolleges.
HarvardislocatedontheCharlesRiver.SomestudentsgototheCharlesRiverforrowing.OnetheothersideoftheCharlesRiveristhecityofBoston.Boston'ssubwaysystem,calledthe"T"hasastopinHarvardSquare.TheHarvardBusinessSchoolandtheHarvardMedicalSchoolarebothlocatedontheothersideoftheCharlesRiverinBoston.TheyarenotinCambridge.HarvardCollege,SchoolofPublicHealth,HarvardGraduateSchoolofEducation,HarvardExtensionSchool,HarvardLawSchoolandsomeoftheotherschoolsareallinCambridge.Together,theseschoolsareHarvardUniversity.
Theschoolcoloriscrimsonwhichisadarkredcolor.
HarvardhasmanylibrarieslikeWidenerLibrary.ThereareotherfacilitieslikeskatingrinksandtheMalkinAthleticCenterwherestudentscanswimandexercise.
AnotherfamousschoolclosetoHarvardinCambridge,MassachusettsisMIT,ortheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology.
Harvard'spresidentisLawrenceSummers.Mr.Summershasbeenacontroversialpresidentbecauseofhisopinionsandstyleofleadershipandmanagement.In2006,Mr.SummerstoldHarvard'sstudentsandprofessorsthathewillresigninthesummerandnolongerserveHarvardaspresident.Mr.SummersisaneconomistandusedtobetheUSSecretaryoftheTreasury.NowHarvardhastofindanewpresident.