University Town

大学城

When we say that Cambridge is a university town

当我们谈到剑桥是座大学城时，

we do not mean that it is a town with university in it.

这并不是说剑桥是座拥有大学的城市。

A university town is one where there is no clear separation

大学城是指没有一个明显的隔离带

between the university buildings and the rest of the city.

在大学的建筑物与其他城市部分之间。

The university is not just one part of the town;it is all over the town.

大学不只是城市的一个组成部分，而是遍及城市的各个角落。

The heart of Cambridge has its shops, restaurants, marketplace and so on,

剑桥市中心有商店，饭店，超市等，

but most of it is university—college,libraries,

但是大学占据了城市的大部分地区——学院，图书馆，

clubs and other places for university staff and students.

俱乐部,以及供大学师生生活学习的地方。

The town was there first.

剑桥起初是座城市。

Cambridge became a center of learning in the thirteenth century.

后来在13世纪成为学习中心。

Many students were too poor to afford lodging.

当时学生都很贫穷，付不起住宿费。

Colleges were opened so that students could live cheaply.

于是便创办了学院，这样可为学生提供便宜的住宿。

This was the beginning of the present-day college system.

这就是如今学院体制的开始。

Today there are nearly thirty colleges.

现在,剑桥大学内大约有30个学院。

Very few students can now live in college

只有少数学生能住在学院内

for the whole of their four years; the numbers are too great.

在完成整个学业的过程中。

Many of them live in lodgings at first

许多学生最初住在校外

and move into college for their final year.

直到学业的最后一年才会搬到学院内。

But every student is a member of his college from the beginning.

每个学生从一开始就是这个学院的一个成员，

He must eat a number of meals in the college hall each week.

每周都必须在学生食堂内吃上好几顿餐饭。

Students are not allowed to keep cars in Cambridge,

在剑桥学生不允许有汽车，

so nearly all ride bicycles.

因此几乎所有的学生都使用自行车。

Don't try to drive through Cambridge during the five minutes between lectures,

千万不要驾车驶过剑桥这座城市在课间五分钟里。

as you will find crowds of people on bicycles hurrying in all directions.

因为你会看到去自行车的人流朝着不同的方向急速地穿行。

If you are in Cambridge at five minutes to the hour any morning of the term,

如果你每天早晨课前五分钟在剑桥行使的话，

you'll know that you are in a university town.

你就会发现你是在一所大学城内穿行，

Stop in some safe place and wait.

等一会儿再走。