耶魯?shù)?學(xué)院"和中國的"學(xué)院”有什么不同？是誰發(fā)明的這種住宿方式

B:Uh huh. Then I guess with the development of the school, problems arose.

嗯。我猜，隨著耶魯?shù)陌l(fā)展壯大，問題也隨之而來了吧。

A: You are so smart. In 1920, Yale University had 3,000 students. Housing was at a premium. What’s more, the increased number of students weakened collective consciousness.

你真聰明。1920年的時(shí)候，耶魯有3000名學(xué)生，住房奇缺。更要緊的是，隨著 學(xué)生數(shù)量的增加，集體意識(shí)也在逐漸減弱。

B: That’s true. Then what was done to solve the problem?

是呀。后來釆取了什么措施呢？

A: Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness donated large sums of money to build a Memorial Quadrangle in memory of her son, Charles Harkness, who was in Class of 1883 and died in 1916.

斯蒂芬.V.哈克尼斯夫人出巨資修建了哈克尼斯紀(jì)念方形學(xué)院，以此紀(jì)念她已故的兒子查爾斯哈克尼斯。查爾斯是耶魯大學(xué)1883屆的畢業(yè)生，死于1916年。

B:What a moving story! She must love her son very much.

多么感人的故事??！她一定很愛她的兒子。

A: Architect James Gamble Rogers was a good friend of the Harkness family and was chosen to plan and supervise the construction. He modeled his plans on the Gothic structures of Oxford University in England. Later, he designed several other colleges as well as Sterling Memorial Library.

建筑師詹姆斯甘保羅杰斯是哈克尼斯家族的摯友，被請(qǐng)來設(shè)計(jì)、監(jiān)督整個(gè)建造 過程。他的設(shè)計(jì)效仿了英國牛津大學(xué)的哥特式建筑風(fēng)格。后來，他還設(shè)計(jì)了其他 幾所學(xué)院以及斯特林紀(jì)念圖書館。

B:I’ve heard of him. He is really a talented architect. What did the Memorial Quadrangle look like?

我聽說過他；他真是一位天才建筑師。紀(jì)念方形學(xué)院是什么樣子的？

A: The bricks used are old ones from torn down buildings, giving a low-toned soft pink impossible in new bricks. Their origins are diverse. Seam-faced granite, Indiana limestone, and other stones from Idaho, Virginia, and Connecticut were all used in the construction. They number 7 million in total. The flooring, the wainscot，and doors are of oak, while the handrails in the stairways are of India teak.

紀(jì)念方形學(xué)院所用的都是從拆毀的建筑物所得的舊磚。與新磚不同，舊磚會(huì)因褪 色而呈現(xiàn)一種淺粉色。這些磚產(chǎn)地各異。美國花崗巖磚、印第安納州石灰石，以 及產(chǎn)自愛荷華州、維吉尼亞州、康乃狄格州的各種磚塊都囊括其中。一共有700 萬塊呢。地板、壁板、門窗都是橡木做的，而樓梯的扶手則是用印度柚木做的。

B: Wow, I can’t wait to have a look.

哇，我等不及要去看看了。

A: Well, the building had been divided into two parts, the larger part becoming Branford College, and the smaller part being Saybrook College.

哦，紀(jì)念方形學(xué)院如今被一分為二，較大的一部分是布蘭福學(xué)院，較小的叫塞布 魯克學(xué)院。

B: Yeah, I remember you said you have 12 residential colleges.

對(duì)了，我記得你說過，一共有12所住宿學(xué)院呢。

A: That’s right. Even after the Memorial Quadrangle was built, Yale was forced to limit admissions due to a lack of space. The Quadrangle had no library, nor did it include dining facilities. Students had to eat out, some even moved out of the campus because of the inconvenience.

是的。紀(jì)念方形學(xué)院建成之后，空間仍舊不足，耶魯還是不得不縮減招生名額。 方形學(xué)院沒有圖書館，也沒有就餐設(shè)施，學(xué)生們不得不到外面找地方吃飯。有些 學(xué)生感到不方便，甚至搬出學(xué)校去住。

B: Then there must be indifference among students as well as teachers.

這樣一來，學(xué)生及老師們之間的感情就淡漠了。

A: Yes, indeed. Yale President James Rowland Angel I decided to implement a Residential College system to alleviate5 the housing problem and to make an ever-growing college which is small in size but can make students and teachers intimate.

是的，確實(shí)是這樣。后來，耶魯校長詹姆斯羅蘭安杰爾決定打造一個(gè)住宿學(xué)院 體系，來緩和住宿緊張的問題，并且形成一種自成一體的、規(guī)模較小但是便于成 員之間親密交流的學(xué)院形式。

B: That required much money.

那可需要很多資金呢。

A: Edward S. Harkness, younger brother of Charles Harkness, donated the necessary funds to construct eight Residential Colleges. He was an alumnus from Class 1897. In the end, Silliman and Trumbull were constructed with additional money from other sources.

愛德華S哈克尼斯捐錢為耶魯修建了八所住宿學(xué)院。他是査爾斯哈克尼斯的弟 弟，也是耶魯1897屆的畢業(yè)生。最后，通過其他渠道的捐款，又建成了西利曼 學(xué)院和特朗布爾學(xué)院。

B:It seems that donation from alumni plays an extremely important role in Yale history.

看來，校友的捐贈(zèng)在耶魯歷史中起著至關(guān)重要的作用。

A: Exactly. You know, Yale is an independent university from government.

對(duì)。要知道，耶魯是一所獨(dú)立于政府的私立大學(xué)。

B:By the way, how does a “Quadrangle” look like on earth?

對(duì)了，“方形學(xué)院”到底是什么樣的建筑？

B: A quadrangle is a space which is usually rectangular, the sides of which are entirely or mainly occupied by parts of a large building. It is similar to Chinese Si he yuan, with the architectural styles being different.

就是一片矩形的空間，四面都由一整座連在一起的建筑物圍起來。它與中國的四 含院很像，只是建筑風(fēng)格不同。

B:I see.

我明白了。

A: By the way, I’m in Branford College, which is of long history. Would you like to visit it first? Then I will show you around one by one.

對(duì)了，我住在布蘭福學(xué)院，它可是有著悠久的歷史哦。想不想先參觀我們學(xué)院??？ 稍后再帶你一個(gè)一個(gè)地轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)。

B:It’s my honor.

榮幸之至。