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第11章 Duke University: Knowledge and religion

杜克大学:追求知识,信仰宗教

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Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. It was founded in 1838 by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity and moved to Durham in 1892.In 1924, tobacco industrialist James Buchanan Duke established The Duke Endowment, at which time the institution changed its name to honor his deceased father, Washington Duke ( The Dukes, a Durham family who built a worldwide financial empire in the manufacture of tobacco products and developed electricity production in the Carolinas, had long been interested in Trinity College). The university is well known for its sizable campus (nearly 9,000 acre), research, athletics and Gothic architecture.Duke university boasts world-class business, engineering and medical schools, as well as a prominent athletic department known as the Blue Devils. It also is considered by many to be academically the leading private university in the South of United States. The University"s sports teams are called the "Blue Devils," who are usually clad in the school"s colors of blue and white. Aside from basketball, it features teams in several other sports, including football, baseball, volleyball, tennis, swimming, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, rowing, wrestling and track and field.

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System: The university contains ten academic colleges and schools, including the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, the Fuqua School of Business, the Nicholas School of the Environment as well as schools of medicine, law and engineering. The university also contains eight academic and research institutes, including the Duke Global Health Institute, the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. Duke University has two campuses, known as East Campus and West Campus. Undergraduates at Duke spend their first two semesters on East Campus, a separate campus for first-years only. The intimacy of East Campus allows first-years to bond as a class as they begin their Duke education.The undergraduate degrees take four years to complete, and the Masters degree takes an additional two years.

Financial aid: Duke University guarantees that it will provide full financial aid for any portion of the cost of tuition beyond students" ability to pay. When students apply for financial aid, the university uses an equation that takes into account their families" assets and income, determining how much students" should be expected to contribute to the cost of tuition each year.

生词助读

trinity [triniti] n. 三位一体

industrialist [indstrilist] n. 实业家;工业家

deceased [disi:st] adj. 已故的

empire [empai] n. 帝国;君权;帝王统治

sizable [saizbl] adj. 相当大的;大小相当的

prominent [prminnt] adj. 突出的,显著的;杰出的;卓越的

hockey [hki] n. 曲棍球

lacrosse [lkrs] n. 长曲棍球

intimacy [intimsi] n. 亲密;亲昵行为;隐私

中文概述

杜克大学创建于1838年,是一所私立的研究型大学,位于美国东南部的北卡罗来纳州的达勒姆市。杜克大学前身为三一学院(Trinity College),在1924年为纪念北卡州的烟草大亨詹姆斯·布加南·杜克和他的父亲华盛顿·杜克对学校的无私捐助而改名为今天的杜克大学。

杜克大学的本科排名在美国名列前茅,且商学院、神学院、工程学院、环境学院、法学院、医学院、护理学院和公共政策学院等都是各自领域内的佼佼者。

不同于其他顶尖的学术大学,杜克大学的体育,尤其是篮球十分有名并且是美国最佳的篮球名校。其男篮主教迈克·沙舍夫斯基,外号老K教练因在美国大学体育总会(NCAA)出色的战绩,也同时被聘为美国男篮主教练,并曾带队参加北京奥运会。

在杜克大学毕业的校友中,有美国第37任总统理查德·尼克松,苹果公司现任首席执行官蒂姆·库克以及比尔·盖茨的夫人美琳达·盖茨等。该校有名的大学篮球队也培养出了许多优秀的NBA篮球选手和教练,包括肖恩·巴蒂尔、卡罗斯·布泽尔、艾尔顿·布兰德、小迈克·邓利维、丹尼·费里、格兰特·希尔、科里·马盖蒂、谢尔顿·威廉姆斯等。

梦想成功录

Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.

智者嘴在心里,愚者心在嘴里。

You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.

强扭的瓜不甜。

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