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1、Unit1StartingoutOutsideviewJulieMyname'sJulieDearden,andI'mtheDirectorofInternationalProgrammeshereatHertfordCollege.EugeneMyname'sEugeneBerger,IstudiedhereinOxfordforfouryearser,studyingmodernlanguagesatSomervilleCollege.JulieOh,therearemanyOxfordtra
2、ditions.Oxfordisaveryolduniversity,theoldestEnglish-speakinguniversityinthe,intheworld.Andsotherearemanytraditionswhichareassociatedwiththecolleges,withthetimesoftheyear,andwithsport,andwitheating,forexample.EugeneEachcollegeisverydifferentum,fromum,t
3、heothers,andithasitsowncharacter.Somecollegesareveryconservative,andsomearemuchmoreliberalandhaveatraditionofum,kindofliberalpolitics.Buttherearealsosomespecifictraditions.JulieFormalHalliswhenwealleattogetherhereincollege,theprofessorsandthestudents.
4、Usuallyittakesplacesatseveno'clockintheevening,andtheprofessorssitonhightablewhichisthetableoverhere,andthestudentssitoncommontable,whicharethetableshere.Buteverybodyeatstogether.It'saverybeautifuleveningbecausethereare,there'saspecialmealandweeatbyca
5、ndlelight.EugeneIthinker,thetraditionsthatmakeOxfordsouniquearefirstlytheOxfordUnionander,secondly,MayDay.TheOxfordUnionbeingadebatingsocietywherespeakerscomefromallaroundtheworldtoaddressthestudentsandevenallowthemselvestobequestionedbythestudents,ma
6、kingitaveryinterestingforum.JulieMyfavouriteiser,MayDay.AndMayDayisthefirstdayofMay,andwehaveatraditioncalledMayMorning,andonMayMorningeverybodygetsupveryearlyandthestudentshaveacelebration.ThereisachoirwhichsingsontopofthetoweratMagdalenCollegeandall
7、thepeopleofthetownandallthestudentsgotolistentothesinging.Soit'sverynice.EugeneThetraditionthater,wasmostimportanttomewasprobablySummerEights.Iwasarower.AndSummerEightsisarowingcompetition,heldinMayinthesummerterm.Andinthiscompetition,eachcollegeistry
8、ingtoimproveitsplacewhichitwonthepreviousyearandgraduallyworkitswayuptheriver.JulieWhenthestudentstakeexams,theymustgotoaspecialbuildingandit'scalledExaminationSchools.Andalsotheymustwearaspecialuniform,sotheyweare.gownlikemine,ablackgown,andt
