佛罗里达大学:公民的道德
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The University of Florida (commonly referred to as Florida, UF or U of F) is an American public land-grant, sea-grant,
and space-grant research university located on a 2000-acre campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, when the East Florida Seminary, the oldest of the University of Florida"s four predecessor institutions, was founded in Ocala, Florida. In 1903, the Florida Legislature, desiring to expand the school"s outlook and curriculum beyond its agricultural and engineering origins, changed the name of Florida Agricultural College to the "University of Florida", a name that the school would hold for only two years. In 1905, the Florida Legislature passed the Buckman Act, which consolidated the existing publicly supported higher education institutions of the state. Classes began on the new Gainesville campus on September 26, 1906. In 1909, the name of the school was officially simplified from the "University of the State of Florida" to the "University of Florida."
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System: The University of Florida is divided into 16 colleges and more than 150 research, service and education centers, bureaus and institutes, offering over 100 undergraduate majors and 200 graduate degrees.
Campus recreation: Lake Alice is a small lake on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida, USA.The lake is a wildlife area and is one of the few areas in incorporated Gainesville where one may view live alligators. The campus contains open spaces, small ponds, picnic areas, shady nooks and an wildlife sanctuary that provide opportunities to enjoy Florida"s year-round sunshine activity life.
生词助读
predecessor [pri:dises] n. 前任,前辈
consolidate [knslideit] vt. 巩固
simplify [simplifai] vt. 简化;使单纯
alligator [liɡeit] n. 短吻鳄
pond [pnd] n. 池塘
nook [nuk] n. 角落;隐蔽处
year-round [j:raund] adj. 整年的;一年到头的
中文概述
佛罗里达大学简称UF,位于美国东南部的佛罗里达州,是全美最大、最好的大学之一。佛罗里达大学的前身是1853年东佛罗里达州立神学院,在19世纪60年代,该神学院与佛罗里达州农业大学合并,1905年经法律允许正式成立为佛罗里达大学。1906年开课时学生仅限于男性,至1947年才开放女性入学。
佛罗里达大学专门学院的领域包括:农学与生命科学、商业管理、建筑设计与规划、牙医、教育、工程、现代艺术、健康与人类行为、新闻传播、法律、人文艺术与科学、医学、护理、药学、公共卫生与健康、兽医。其中会计、法学、医学、牙医、药学、商学、建筑、心理学、农业和新闻学等都是颇热门的科系。特别是商科,是拥有学生人数最多的学科。学生最多选读的学科依次是工商管理、大众传播、社会科学、工程及文科。佛罗里达大学新闻传播学院世界一流,其广告学专业和公共关系专业在全美大学的专业排名高居首位。
佛罗里达大学是研究多种能源的领先者,重点是乙醇燃料,核能和太阳能领域。该校也是世界上最大的蝶类和蛾类标本收集中心之一。此外,佛罗里达大学零售营销研究中心是美国三大零售营销研究中心之一。
校园的东北角叫做历史区,是记录历史事件的地方。学校宿舍能够容纳7500名学生,还有5个可容纳1000名已婚研究生的家庭村。
著名的校友包括数字计算机之父安塔娜索夫、佳得乐饮料的发明者卡德、最畅销的神秘小说家康奈利、专栏小说家卡尔海森、女星费唐纳威、男星埃布森以及2位诺贝尔奖得主,8位参议院议员,35位众议院议员,10位州长以及多位外交大使等。
该校最著名的地方是艾莉斯湖(Lake Alice),湖中盛产鳄鱼,所以佛罗里达大学学生又被亲切地称为"Gators"(鳄鱼)。
梦想成功录
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
成就一番伟业的唯一途径就是热爱自己的事业。
Your time is limited, so don"t waste it living someone else"s life.
你们的时间有限,所以不要浪费时间活在别人的生活里。