講講常青藤聯(lián)盟的情況，它是怎么聞名全世界的

講講常青藤聯(lián)盟的情況，它是怎么聞名全世界的

來聽今天的講解:

A: I'm going to America in the summer and need some info.

我這個暑假打算去美國，想多了解些有關(guān)情況。

B: Well. being an American myself I'd be happy to help.

好的，作為美國人，我很樂意幫你的忙。

A: What can you tell me about the Ivy League? I know it’s about football, but doesn’t it include other sports too?

你給我講講常青藤聯(lián)盟的情況，好嗎？我知道它與足球有關(guān)，難道不包括其它運(yùn)動嗎？

B:Yes,  not only football,  today it's known for its level of success of athletic scholarships while keeping high academic standards. The Ivy League crowns champions in more than 35 sports for men and women.

不是的，不僅僅包括足球。如今眾所周知的是它在保持較高學(xué)術(shù)水平的同時，還成功保持相當(dāng)高的體育運(yùn)動成績。常青藤聯(lián)盟在不下35項男女運(yùn)動項目上奪得冠軍。

A: I see, so for example, lacrosse, ice hockey, fencing, soccer, rowing, squash and many others .

我知道，比如，長曲棍球、冰球、劍術(shù)、英式足殊、劃船、壁球和其它許多運(yùn)動項目。

B: Thar's right.  The name Ivy League came from a journalist, Caswell Adams of the New York Tribune in 1937. It consists of eight top American universities, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale.

是這樣。常青藤聯(lián)盟是1937年由《紐約先驅(qū)論壇報》的者卡斯威爾·亞當(dāng)斯發(fā)起的。它由美國8所高水平大學(xué)組成，分別是布朗大學(xué)、哥倫比亞大學(xué)、康奈爾大學(xué)、達(dá)特茅斯大學(xué)、哈佛大學(xué)、賓夕法尼亞大學(xué)、普林斯頓大學(xué)和耶魯大學(xué)。

A: It's located on the campus of Princeton University, and is still known officially as the Council of Ivy Group Presidents. right?

它設(shè)在普林斯頓大學(xué)的校園內(nèi)，這里至今仍被認(rèn)為是常青藤聯(lián)盟常委會的正式辦公地,是這樣嗎？

B: Yes, and it continues to grow because of the great Executive Director, Jefferey H. Orleans, who took the post in 1984.

是的。1984年偉大的執(zhí)行董事杰弗里·奧爾良上任，由于他的努力，該聯(lián)盟還在繼續(xù)發(fā)展壯大。

A: What about before that? How did it become so famous throughout the world?

在這之前的情況呢？它是怎么聞名全世界的？

B: In February 1954, what is more commonly accepted as the founding date for the Ivy League, the Ivy Group Agreement was changed and extended into all sports and to help intra-group competition.

人們普遍認(rèn)為1954年2月是常青藤聯(lián)盟的成立日，此后更改了常青藤聯(lián)盟協(xié)議，并把范圍擴(kuò)大到包括所有運(yùn)動項目，以促進(jìn)會內(nèi)競爭。

A: OK, so the basic intent of che original Ivy agreement was to improve and help college athletics, but not interfering with the real purpose of universities. which of course is education.

好了，所以常青藤聯(lián)合會最初的目標(biāo)是提高和輔助大學(xué)體育運(yùn)動．并不干涉大學(xué)的根本目的——當(dāng)然就是教育。

B: You've got it! To be honest, it comes from the American obsession with competition in both sports and learning.

確實是這樣。說實話，美國入迷戀體育和學(xué)習(xí)競賽是成立該聯(lián)盟的主要原因。

A:Ivy League members must be exceptional people, they have a rare spirit of competition and excellence. Ivy League teams have won many competitions over the years.

常青藤聯(lián)盟的成員必須是與眾不同的人，他們都有著罕見的競爭精神，都非常優(yōu)秀。這幾年來，常青藤聯(lián)盟隊在不少比賽中獲勝。

B: And the spectators love them, too. Watching an Ivy League game is wonderful, whether it's fencing, cross-country running, American football, basketball or lacrosse. They even have a golf team, at Yale University.

觀眾也很喜歡他們。觀看他們的比賽感覺棒極了，無論是擊劍還是越野賽跑，美式足球還是籃球，或是曲棍球。枉耶魯大學(xué)他們甚至還有一支高爾夫球隊。

A: What's that shield on your shirt? It looks familiar.....

你襯衫上印的徽章是什么？看起來很眼熟…

B: Just one of the many Ivy League shields. I went to Columbia University, so I'm a real Ivy-Leaguer.

只是眾多常青藤聯(lián)盟徽章中的一種。我在哥倫比亞大學(xué)讀過書，所以我算是個真正的常 青藤聯(lián)盟會員吧。