牛津校園生活情景對話：金雀花時代的牛津
英語情景對話作爲真實生活的交際模式,作爲語言輸出的源頭,作爲語言練習的最佳途徑,作爲語言教授的媒介,它對於把英語作爲外語來學習的學生,扮演着非常重要的角色。下面本站小編爲大家帶來牛津校園生活英語情景對話，歡迎大家學習!
牛津校園生活情景對話：金雀花時代的牛津
D: Mind if I join you?
D：我能加人嗎?
Y： Not at all. Hi, I’m Yang Li.
Y：當然可以。嗨，我是楊麗。
D: Denise. Nice to meet you!
D：丹尼斯。很高興認識你。
Y: Nice to meet you too! How long have you been in Beijing?
Y:我也很高興認識你。你來北京多久了?
D: No more than half a year. I have just studied in Beijing for a semester.
D:不超過半年。我只在北京學習了一個學期。
Y: Oh，do you get used to living here?
Y:哦，你在這裏生活還習慣嗎?
D: I’m still easing into it. China’s like a different world, you know. Everything is so different from Britain.
D:我還在慢慢適應。你知道，中國就像個完全不同的世界。每樣東西都跟英國 不一樣。
Y: Whoa. You’re from Britain!
Y:哇。你來自英國呀!
D: Yeah! What’s wrong?
D:是啊!怎麼了?
Y： Great! I’m extremely interested in British history and culture. I’m now reading a book about British history, which refers to the Plantagenet House. I，m totally confused! Could you please explain it to me?
Y:好極了!我對英國的歷史和文化很感興趣。我現在正在讀一本有關英國曆史 的書，裏面提到了金雀花王朝，我完全糊塗了!你可以給我講講嗎?
D; Ok. The Plantagenet House is a royal family of France and ruled the kingdom of England between 1154 and 1458. Though there are a great many monarchs at that time, you only need to know those influential monarchs, for example Henry II， Richard I，John, Henry III，Edward I，Edward III，Richard II，and so on.
D:沒問題。金雀花王朝是法國王室家族，它在1154?1458年間統治着英格蘭 王國。雖然那時候的君主很多，不過你只需要知道一些影響力較大的就可以了， 比如：亨利二世、查理一世、約翰、亨利三世、愛德華一世、愛德華三世和査理二世等。
Y: It’s really a time of upheaval!
Y:真是動盪的時代啊!
D: Quite right. As thus, a distinctive English culture and art emerged during the sector Plantagenet era. Meanwhile, there were also lasting developments in the social sector, for instance, Magna Carta signed by John of England promoted the development of common law and constitutional law. Political institutions such as the Parliament of England and the Model Parliament originate from that period of time. Furthermore, world known universities like Oxford and Cambridge were founded at that time.
D:你說得很對。因此，別具一格的英國文化和藝術在金雀花時代誕生了。同 時，英國社會也得到了發展，那些發展影響深遠，比如，約翰簽署的《大憲 章》推動了普通法和憲法的發展。英國議會與國會的政治體制也源於那個時代。 而且，就連牛津和劍橋這樣聞名世界的大學也是在那個時代建立起來的。
Y: Really? It is quite inconceivable that universities were established and developed during the era with eventful political climate.
Y:真的嗎?在那種政局多變的年代，大學能夠建立並發展是一件多麼不可思議 的事情啊。
D： Actually, the Oxford University was founded accidentally. Originally, only teaching existed at Oxford. In 1167，Henry II conflicted with his family in France because of territory，which caused the scholars studying in the University of Paris back to England. Henry II encouraged these scholars to come to Oxford and continue their studies there. It was not until 1214 that Oxford was recognized as a university by the Church and the first Chancellor.
D:其實，牛津大學的建立純屬偶然。最初，只是有人在牛津教書。1167年，亨 利二世因爲領土問題和他的法國家族發生衝突，那些在巴黎大學的英國學者 們被迫回國。亨利二世鼓勵這些人到牛津城繼續他們的學業。直到1214年， 牛津大學纔得到教會和第一大臣的認可。
Y: Ah, it seems that the patronage of Henry II played an extremely important role in the development of the Oxford University.
Y：啊，看來亨利二世的支持對牛津大學的發展起着極其重要的作用啊。
D: Absolutely! However, the locals and scholars couldn’t get along with each other. There were friction and conflict between them frequently, leaving a couple of people dead.
D:絕對是這樣!但是，當地人跟這些學者們卻不能和睦相處。他們之間經常有 摩擦和衝突，也因此死了好多人。
Y: Why couldn’t they live together harmoniously?
Y:他們爲什麼不能和睦相處呢?
D: Maybe for different habits. At first, many students lodged with the townspeople, which produced some unavoidable contraventions. Later, as the establishment of halls of residence and colleges, the problem was solved.
D:習慣不同吧。一開始,很多學生在市民家裏害宿，這就不可避免地產生了矛盾。
Y: Well, hadn’t the turbulent political situation threatened the University? Take the Hundred Years’ War for an example, which was motivated by Edward III.
後來，牛津大學建起了學生宿舍和學院，問題也就迎刃而解了。
D: How to say... There must be influence, but not fatal. Did you hear of All Soul College of Oxford?
Y:那動盪的政局設有對牛津大學造成威脅嗎?比如，愛德華三世發動的百年戰爭。 D:怎麼說呢……影響肯定是有的，但不是致命的。你聽說過牛津大學的衆靈學 院嗎?
Y: Yes, I did. What’s up?
Y:嗯，我聽過。怎麼了?
D: One of its tasks is to pray usually for soldiers killed in the Hundred Years，War.
D:它的職責之一就是經常爲百年戰爭中陣亡的戰士做彌撒，併爲他們祈禱。
Y： I see. Thanks very much for your explanation.
Y:我明白了。非常感謝你爲我荅疑解惑。
D: My pleasure!
D:不客氣!
相關閱讀：牛津大學簡介
牛津大學(University of Oxford)，簡稱牛津(Oxford)，是一所位於英國牛津市的世界著名公立研究型大學。實際創立日期仍不清楚，但有記錄的授課歷史可追溯到1096年 ，爲英語世界中最古老的大學，也是世界上現存第二古老的高等教育機構，是世界著名研究型大學之一。牛津同時擁有全球最具規模的大學出版社，及全英最大型的大學圖書館系統。另外，牛津大學培養了衆多社會名人，包括了26位英國首相、60位諾貝爾獎得主以及數十位世界各國的皇室成員和政治領袖。
