点评:It was a superb visit to this venerable institution of scholarship and learning. After paying the entrance fee we set off on a grand blue-sky afternoon with the comprehensive map for a lengthy tour.
Passing through the Great Gate it was remarkable to think that it extends for almost a km, across the Cam, to an exit on Northampton Street. Making it the college with the largest area of all the University’s 31 constituent colleges.
A sculpture of St John the Evangelist is in a niche of the Great Gate and the saint’s symbol of an eagle sits at his feet. A coat-of-arms of the Foundress Lady Margaret Beaufort is just below and on either side are mythical composite creatures called yales.
A beautiful chapel is relatively new dating from the 1860s. Its famous Choir presents regular evensong and other ceremonies.
Lovely courts are wonderful, from One to New, with the latter reached after stepping along the great Bridge of Sighs. Fine views of this are to be savoured from the Kitchen Bridge.
The School of Pythagoras is the oldest secular building in use by a UK university. Established in the early 1200s, over 800 years later it was transformed to the home for the college’s vast archival records.
Emerging onto St John’s Street again another wonderful historic build was the visit’s culmination. This is the Old Divinity School that was constructed in the 1870s. It has a gorgeous corner tower, an outstanding feature. It has now been repurposed as multi facilities for the students.
翻译:参观这所历史悠久的学术名校,真是一次绝妙的体验。付了门票,我们在一个晴朗的下午,带着详尽的地图出发,开始了漫长的游览。
穿过大门,令人惊叹不已的是,它绵延近一公里,横跨剑河,直达北安普顿街的出口。这使得它成为大学31个学院中面积最大的学院。
大门的壁龛中矗立着圣约翰福音传教士的雕像,圣约翰的圣鹰象征就坐在雕像脚下。下方是创始人玛格丽特·博福特夫人的盾徽,两侧是被称为耶鲁的神话生物组合。
一座美丽的小教堂相对较新,建于19世纪60年代。其著名的唱诗班定期举行晚祷和其他仪式。
从一院到新院,美丽的庭院美不胜收,沿着宏伟的叹息桥走下去,就到了新院。从厨房桥上可以欣赏到这片美景。
毕达哥拉斯学院是英国大学现存最古老的世俗建筑。它始建于13世纪初,800多年后被改造成学院海量档案的存放地。
再次来到圣约翰街,另一座精美的历史建筑将此次参观推向了高潮。这就是建于19世纪70年代的旧神学院。它拥有一座华丽的角塔,堪称一大亮点。如今,它已被改建为学生的多功能设施。