72.Speech by Colin Lucas 科林·卢卡斯
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北京大学百年校庆，名人云集，国外名校名流纷至沓来。牛津大学副校长科林·卢卡斯应邀代表国外大学校长发表演讲。让我们听听牛津大学心目中的北京大学，他会给北京大学和中国的大学表达怎样的祝福和希望呢？
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Ladies and Gentlemen， Dear Colleagues
Because I am the Vice-Chancellor of the oldest of the foreign universities represented here today， I have been chosen to speak on their behalf. I am pleased to be their voice in presenting our heartfelt congratulations to the professors， teachers， researchers and students of Peking University on the 100th anniversary of its foundation.
Our universities form a great intellectual community round the world. Science has no nationality；knowledge belongs to everyone.
Our universities create new knowledge. They teach this knowledge， together with that of other universities and also the best of the great storehouse of knowledge， which those who came before us have uncovered， tested and accumulated.
All universities contribute to the prosperity and success of their country. AThey also conserve the culture and inheritance specific to their country"s civilization.But， they do more.Knowledge is secure only when it is hard won by the independent tests of accuracy， rational explanation and truth.So， when we teach our students skills， we also give them values.On the one side， these are values for personal and civic conduct.BOn the other side， these values underwrite the personal need for independent understanding which is the source of human creativity.
These duties give universities a high responsibility. They are rooted in a great and fine tradition of honesty， free fearless enquiry and independence.Each university is a beacon of light in its own society and， by its association with its sisters， its knowledge and its values are spread wide.
A tradition is not built easily or quickly. During one hundred years， Peking University has been fashioning its tradition.Present and future members of the University！We hope to see you elaborate and consolidate your tradition.We hope to see you become a keystone of the intellectual community.In your next century， we hope to see you contribute to the international academic movement as a whole， as more and more of your numbers come to participate in the activities of your sister universities.
Congratulations， Peking University on your first century of achievement！
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析Sentence Structures
AThey also conserve the culture and inheritance specific to their country"s civilization.
他们也保护着本国文明所特有的文化和传统。
conserve原意为“保留，保存”，此处引申为“以保存的方式”保护；specific to：针对……，只有……才有的，此处为形容词短语作定语。
BOn the other side， these values underwrite the personal need for independent understanding which is the source of human creativity.
另一方面，这些价值观保证了个人独立思考的需求，独立思考是人类创造力的源泉。
underwrite：为……提供保证。
73.The Delights of Books 书之乐趣
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书之于人类犹如记忆之于个人。书记载人类历史积累知识与经验，描绘自然奇观与美丽，困难的时候帮助我们，悲伤与痛苦的时候安慰我们，化倦意为快乐，用高尚的思想充实心灵，使我们走出自我，超越自己。
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ABooks are to mankind what memory is to the individual.They contain the history of our race， the discoveries we have made， the accumulated knowledge and experience of ages；they picture for us the marvels and beauties of nature；help us in our difficulties， comfort us in sorrow and in suffering， change hours of weariness into moments of delight， store our minds with ideas， fill them with good and happy thoughts， and lift us out of and above ourselves.
There is an Oriental story of two men：one was a king， who every night dreamt he was a beggar；the other was a beggar， who every night dreamt he was a prince and lived in a palace. I am not sure that the king had very much the best of it.Imagination is sometimes more vivid than reality.But， however this may be， when we read we may not only（if we wish it）be kings and live in palaces， but， what is far better， we may transport ourselves to the mountains or the seashore， and visit the most beautiful parts of the earth， without fatigue， inconvenience， or expense.
Macaulay had wealth and fame， rank and power， and yet he owed the happiest hours of his life to books. ln a charming letter to a little girl， he says：“If any one would make me the greatest king that ever lived， with palaces and gardens and fine dinners， and wines and coaches， and beautiful clothes， and hundreds of servants， on condition that I should not read books， I would not be a king.I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading.”
BPrecious and priceless are the blessings which the books scatter around our daily paths. We walk， in imagination， with the sublime and enchanting regions.Without stirring from our firesides we may roam to the most remote regions of the earth， or soar into realms where Spenser"s shapes of unearthly beauty flock to meet us， where Milton"s angels peal in our ears the choral hymns of Paradise.Science， art， literature， philosophy，-all that man has thought， all that man has done，-the experience that has been bought with the sufferings of a hundred generations，-all are garnered up for us in the world of books.
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析Sentence Structures
ABooks are to mankind what memory is to the individual.
书籍之于人类犹如记忆之于个人。
A is to B what C is to D.是一个很有用的句型，值得练习并掌握。
BPrecious and priceless are the blessings which the books scatter around our daily paths.
人生路上与书为伴，幸福生活，珍贵无比。
本句为倒装句，强调了主语blessings，同时还会起到平衡句子的作用，因为blessings受which引导的定语从句的修饰。英语句子平衡，讲究谓语前的成分要短于谓语后的成分。