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Tomorrow's Cambridge

Visit Cambridge late in the 21st century and you will find it both the same and very different. The colleges will remain a huge strength, bringing together students and researchers from all disciplines and all parts of the world, and guaranteeing a human scale of values within a big university.

Other core values will endure as well: excellence¹ in teaching and research; a critical temperament² that emphasises rigour and independence of mind; a stress on the interplay between disciplines, on small-group teaching and the centrality of social interaction in education; and a hope that shared experience of Cambridge will make alumni feel part of the University's extended family for life.

Above everything else will still rise the questioning, tough-minded hunger for learning, for pushing the boundaries of knowledge ever outwards³, that has characterised this university from the first.

Physically⁴, though, much needs to change if we are to have faculty⁵ buildings equal to these challenges. Not in the heart of the city: the colleges,the Backs, the river and the commons and meadows that cluster around it.The profound sense of place that everyone values will at all costs be protected. But visit in fifty years and you'll find what are now windswept hedgeless fields on the edge of Cambridge transformed into two new campuses: for the physical sciences and technology to the west, and for the biomedical sciences to the south.

The fact that our computer network is so advanced will also soon give us the opportunity to share our teaching expertise⁶ with local companies and even other universities; a dedicated⁷ centre for distance learning is already under discussion. We will increasingly use internet-based computer courses, to enhance our own teaching and also to reach students outside the University. That doesn't mean computer terminals will displace people; students are always going to need advice and high-quality tuition on the spot. But it does mean we can refine our teaching courses over time and make them available in the manner of textbooks.

Within the university itself, access is going to remain our key priority. We're striving to demystify Cambridge and increase the proportion of state school students we take. We want to ensure that ethnic⁸ minority, overseas and disabled applicants⁹ are encouraged and supported. We want to secure women's full participation¹⁰ in the University and increase their representation in top academic posts.We want to encourage alumni to take more interest in Cambridge so we can draw ontheir expertise and experience.

And we want to keep winning the Boat Race

1 excellence   

n.优秀，杰出，(pl.)优点，美德

参考例句：

• His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
• My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。

2 temperament   

n.气质，性格，性情

参考例句：

• The analysis of what kind of temperament you possess is vital.分析一下你有什么样的气质是十分重要的。
• Success often depends on temperament.成功常常取决于一个人的性格。

3 outwards   

adj.外面的，公开的，向外的；adv.向外；n.外形

参考例句：

• Does this door open inwards or outwards?这门朝里开还是朝外开？
• In lapping up a fur,they always put the inner side outwards.卷毛皮时，他们总是让内层朝外。

4 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

5 faculty   

n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员

参考例句：

• He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
• He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。

6 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。

7 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

8 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

9 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。

10 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。