新标准初中英语九年级(下):UNIT1 Peking University

[00:04.86]Module 2 FAMOUS UNIVERSITIES
[00:09.21]UNIT 1 Peking University is the most famous
[00:13.74]university in China.
[00:16.68]1 Listen and read.Then say.
[00:23.12]Here we are, in front of Peking University,
[00:27.65]the most famous university in China.
[00:31.86]The campus¹ is also known
[00:34.23]as 'Yan Yuan', the Garden of Yan.
[00:38.75]It's close to the Yuanming Garden
[00:41.68]and the Summer Palace.
[00:44.46]The university opened in 1898
[00:48.32]during the Qing Dynasty
[00:50.72]and it was the most important educational
[00:54.01]institution in the whole of China then.
[00:58.35]At that time,
[00:59.85]it was called the Metropolitan² University.
[01:04.64]It was later renamed Peking University in 1912.
[01:10.63]By 1919, the university had developed
[01:15.23]into the country's largest institution with
[01:18.79]14 departments and more than 2,000 students.
[01:23.04]

1 campus   

n.大学校园，学校校园；大学　

参考例句：

• They spoke of the old days on the campus.他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
• The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.这个校园占地二十平方公里。

2 metropolitan   

adj.大城市的，大都会的

参考例句：

• Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
• Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。