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1、视听说2听写材料Unit1ListeninginPassage2OxfordandCambridge–twouniversitiessosimilarthattheyareoftenspokenoftogetheras“Oxbridge”.They’rebothintheUK,fairlynearLondon,andbothregularlycometopinanyrankingoftheworld’sbestuniversities.Thetwouniversitiesbeganwithinacenturyofeachother.OxfordUniversity,now900yearso
2、ld,wasfoundedtowardstheendofthe11thcentury.In1209therewasadisputebetweentheuniversityandthetownspeopleofOxford.Asaresult,someoftheOxfordteachersleftandfoundedauniversityinthetownofCambridge,some84milesaway.Eversincethen,thetwoinstitutionshavebeenverycompetitive.Unlikemostmodernuniversities,bothOxf
3、ordandCambridgeconsistofalargenumberofcolleges.Oxfordhas39andCambridge31.Manyofthesecollegeshaveoldandverybeautifularchitecture,andlargenumbersoftouristsvisitthem.InallUKuniversities,youneedgoodgradesinthenationalexamstakenat18.ButtogetintoOxfordandCambridge,it’snotenoughtogetAgradesinyourexams.Yo
4、ualsohavetogoforalonginterview.Intheseinterviews,studentsneedtoshowthattheyarecreativeandcapableof38originalthinking.Throughthecenturies,bothuniversitieshavemadehugecontributionstoBritishculturallife.Theyhaveproducedgreatwriters,worldleadersandpoliticians.Cambridge,inparticular,hasproducedscientis
5、tswhosediscoveriesandinventionshavechangedourlives.Amongthegreatuniversityinstitutionsistheworld’smostfamousdebatingsociety,theOxfordUnion,whereundergraduatesgetachancetopractisespeakinginpublic.Cambridge’scomedyclubFootlightshasproducedmanyfirst-classcomedians,whilesomeoftheUK’smostfamousactorsan
6、dactressesbegantheircareersatTheOxfordUniversityDramaticSociety,knownasOUDS.Thenthere’stheOxfordandCambridgeBoatRace,whichtakesplaceeveryyearinMarchorApril,andiswatchedontelevisionallovertheUK.Sowithallthisexcellenceinsomanyfields,it’snotsurprisingthattheambitionofcleverstudentsallovertheworldisto
7、attendeitheroneofthesegreatuniversities.Unit2MixedfeelingsListeninginPassage1Presenter:We’refortunatetohaveasourguesttodayDrJennaHudson,whohasjustwrittenabookabouthowcoloursaffectusinoursurroundings,especiallyint
