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第9章 California Institute of Technology: The truth shal

加州理工学院:真理使人自由

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The California Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Caltech, is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech was founded as a vocational school in Pasadena in 1891 by local businessman and politician Amos G. Throop. The school was known successively as Throop University, Throop Polytechnic Institute and Throop College of Technology, before acquiring its current name in 1920.California Institute of Technology is the home of NASA"s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This university is highly regarded as one of the top science schools in the world. Caltech"s mission is to "expand human knowledge and benef it society through research integrated with education."

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System: The university has six divisions in the physical sciences, including biology; chemistry and chemical engineering; engineering and applied science; geological and planetary sciences; physics; mathematics and astronomy; and interdisciplinary programs. The seventh division is humanities and social sciences. Several of these divisions house multiple disciplines; for example, within the engineering and applied science division are aerospace and bioengineering.The school boasts a 1-to-3 faculty-to-student ratio.There are 32 Nobel Prizes recipients that have been won from Caltech alumni and faculty in the areas of chemistry and physics and more.

Student: Caltech is a small four-year, highly residential research university with a slight majority in graduate programs.Its students hail from 49 states and 62 different countries, and 98% of our students placed in the top tenth of their graduating classes.Caltech is a very diverse school with nearly half its enrollment qualifying as minorities, although two-thirds of the students are male.Undergraduate degrees are awarded in 24 majors, with many classes providing shared enrollment between undergraduate and postgraduate students.

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vocational [vukeinl] adj. 职业的;行业的

integrate [intiɡreit] vt. 使……完整;使……成整体

geological [dildikl] adj. 地质的;地质学的

planetary [plnitri] adj. 行星的

multiple [mltipl] adj. 多重的;多样的;许多的

aerospace [ruspeis] n. 航空宇宙;(航)航空航天空间

bioengineering [baiuendiniri] n. 生物工程;生物工程学

boast [bust] vt. 自夸;有(值得自豪的东西)

recipient [risipint] n. 容器;接受者;容纳者

residential [rezidenl] adj. 住宅的;与居住有关的

hail [heil] v. 赞扬;招手;向……喊

中文概述

加州理工学院是美国的一所久负盛名的大学,于1891年由地方商人和政治家Amos G. Throop在帕萨蒂纳创建的一所职业学校发展而来,好莱坞等娱乐胜地以及洛杉矶都近在咫尺。在1920年该校获得现在这个名字以前,该校以Throop大学、Throop工艺学院、和Throop技术学院而知名。该校是美国乃至全世界最"牛"的研究型大学之一。

加州理工学院是精英学府的典范,自创始以来一直秉承"小而精"的特色办学理念。该校宗旨是"为教育事业、政府及工业发展需要培养富有创造力的科学家和工程师"。其使命是"通过研究与教育相结合,拓展全人类的知识并受益于社会"。在加州理工,科学是永恒且唯一的主题。这里有美国大学中最现代化的科学实验室,有世界上最大的天文望远镜--盖克望远镜。许多著名的物理学家、化学家,都是在加州理工学院做出了举世震惊的发现。

美国加州理工学院的规模小,师生比例为1:3。这有利于学生在课外活动中相互认识和交往,有机会可以同台竞技和表演。加州理工最著名的学科,首推物理,其次是工程、化学、生物、天文学和地质学。

加州理工有31名校友或教授获得了32次诺贝尔奖(美国著名化学家莱纳斯·卡尔·鲍林曾两次获奖),平均每一千个毕业学生中有一个诺贝尔奖得主,比例为世界大学之冠。此外,毕业于加州理工的著名校友还有英特尔公司的创始人戈登·摩尔,登月宇航员哈里森·施密特,中国核物理学家赵忠尧,中国导弹专家钱学森,中国遗传学之父谈家桢等。

梦想成功录

Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.

为了求知识,代价虽高也值得。

If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.

若要求知,必须刻苦。

Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.

博学使人谦逊,无知使人骄傲。

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