1、CambridgeMembers:陸波，倪佳麗，沈秀藍Class：英語0902?TheoriginofCambridgeThereisarivercalledCamRiver,whichflowsagreatarctothenortheastofthecity.Manybridgeswerebuiltontheriver,sothenameofthecitycameCambridge.Itwasacombinationoftransliterationandfreetranslation.ItmeansbridgesofCamRiver.Bytheway,thebridgeofCambridg

2、e,isoneoftheworld'soldestbridges.?ThelocationThecityofCambridgeisauniversitytownandtheadministrativecentreofthecountyofCambridgeshire.ItliesinEastAngliaabout50miles(80km)north-by-eastofLondon.Cambridgeisalsoattheheartofthehigh-technologycentreknownasSiliconFenaplayonSiliconValley(硅谷)andthefenssu

3、rroundingthecity.ThisisamapofCambridgeandsomeothercitiesnearit.TheleftoneistherelationshipbetweenCambridgeandLondon(northeast).?HistorytherearesixhistoricalperiodsinCambridge.Prehistory(BeganwiththeRomaninvasionofBritaininaboutAD40)RomantimesSaxonandVikingageNormantimesBeginningsoftheuniversity(1209

4、)Twentiethcentury?PopulationIn2001,thereare108,863peopleinCambridge.?LocalgovernmentCambridgeisanon-metropolitandistrictservedbyacitycouncil.TheCityofCambridgeisoneoffivedistrictswithinthecountyofCambridgeshire.TheLiberalDemocratshavecontrolledthecitycouncilsince2000.?SportsCambridgeplayedauniquerol

5、eintheinventionofmodernfootball:thegame'sfirstsetofrulesweredrawnupbymembersoftheUniversityin1848.TheCambridgeRuleswerefirstplayedonParker'sPieceandhada"defininginfluenceonthe1863FootballAssociationrules.Asforwatersports,themostfamouswaspunting,andwewilltalkaboutitlater.?TheUniversityof

6、CambridgeTheUniversityofCambridgewasfoundedin1209.Today,ithas800'shistory.Soitisoneoftheworld'soldestuniversitiesandleadingacademiccenters,anditisaself-governedcommunityofscholars.?MissionThemissionoftheUniversityofCambridgeistocontributetosocietythroughthepursuitofeducation,learning,andrese

7、archatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence.?CorevaluesTheUniversity'scorevaluesareasfollows:freedomofthoughtandexpression;freedomfromdiscrimination?AffiliatesofUniversityofCambridgehavewonmoreNobelPrizesthanthoseofanyotherinstitution.88affiliatesoftheUniversityofCambridgehavewontheNobelPriz

8、esince1904;Affiliateshavewonineverycategory,with29NobelprizesinPhysics,25inMedicine,21inChemistry,nineinEconomics,twoinLiteratureandtwoinPeace.?Themostfamouscollegeking'scollegeKingCosllegewasfoundedin1441byHenryVI(1421-71)anditisthemostfamousoneamongthe31collegesintheUniversityofCambridge.King&

9、#39;hasanoutstandingacademicrecordandisalsoworld-famousforitsChapelandchoir（唱詩班）.TheChristmasEveservicefromKing's（AFestivalofNineLessonsandCarols）isbroadcasttomillionsaroundtheworld.?MathematicbridgeItissaidthatthebridgewasbuiltbyNewtonwithoutascrew,butthenacuriousstudenttookthebridgeapart.Asare

10、sult,hecouldn'trestoreit.Sotheonlythinghecoulddowastocreateascrewbridge.?punting?Apuntisanarrowflat-bottomedboatthatsomewhatresemblesaVenetiangondola（威尼斯小艇）withthecurveremoved.Puntsgenerallyseatuptofouradultswhileafifthpersonstandsattherearandpropelstheboatwithalongpole.PuntingalongtheRiverCamis

11、oneofthetraditionaldelightsofvisitingCambridge,andsomethingthatshouldbetried-atleastonce-byeveryone!Polingalongtheriverlookseffortlessandeasy;arelaxingwaytoenjoyaquietsummerafternoon.However,steering（駕駛）apuntisnotaseasyasitlooks.Foronething,thepolecangetstuckinthemudoftheriverbottom,andsteeringfromt

12、herearofapunttakesskillanddexterity（熟練）.Butdon'tworry,itdoesn'ttakelongtogetthehangofthings,anditreallyisagreatdealoffun!?CambridgeArtsTheatreCambridgeArtsTheatreisa666-seattheatreincentralCambridge.Thetheatrepresentsavariedmixofdrama,dance,operaandpantomime（啞劇）.Itattractssomeofthehighest-qu

13、alitytouringproductionsinthecountry,aswellasmanyshowsdirectfrom,orpriorto,seasonsintheWestEnd（倫敦西區）_.ItsannualChristmaspantomimeisanestablishedtraditioninthecity.?AngliaRuskinUniversityAngliaRuskinUniversity_hasitsoriginsintheCambridgeSchoolofArtopenedin1858.Itbecamea（專業技術學校）in1991,usingthenameAngliaPolytechnic,andwasthenawardeduniversitystatusin1992.AngliaRuskin'sCambridgeCarhometooneofonly5（視力檢定，驗光法）schoolsinEngland（withtherebeingo