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南京大学英语介绍-第二次作业.南京大学英语介绍-第二次作业.PAGE/NUMPAGES南京大学英语介绍-第二次作业.NanjingUniversityNanjingUniversity,atopuniversityinChinasinceit’sfoundingin1902,islocatedinNanjing,abeautifulcityonthebankofYangtzeRiverandatthefootofthePurpleMountain,aplacethatisrichinhistoryandculture.TheoriginsofNanjingUniversitycanbetracedbacktotheSanjiangNormalSchoolestablishedbyZhangZhidong,oneofthepioneersofmodernChina,andtheUniversityofNankinestablishedin1888byAmericanmissionaries.Fromitsearlyyears,theuniversityhasbeenacenteroflearningandresearchcombiningthetraditionsofChineseacademieswithopennesstoadvancedtechnologyandculture.Itsprimarygoalistocultivatetalentedpeoplewhocancontributetotheworld.Faithfultotheschoolmotto:integrity,grandeur,diligenceandperseverance,theuniversityhasnurturedgenerationsofgraduateswhoaretruthful,honest,hard-workingandaspiringofintheirlifeandwork.ProminentscholarssuchasWuYouxun,YanJici,ZhaoZhongyao,LvShuxiangandWujianxiongstudiedatNanjingUniversity.LiSiguang,WuXiaoshi,TaoXingzhi,ZhuKezhen,MaoYishengandXuBeihongoncetaughthere.NobellaureateinliteraturePearlS.Buckwroteaprize-winningbook‘’Thegoodearth”duringhertenyears’teachingattheUniversityofNankin.Withitsrichdescriptions,thisbookhelpedtheworldknowmoreaboutChina.JohnRabe,aGermanfriendofChinesepeoplesavedthousandsofChineserefugeesinthiscampusduringChina’swaragainstJapaneseinvasion.Hisdiariesareproofofhishumanitarianspiritsandefforts.ThedesigneroftheflagofnewChinawasinspiredhere.SixpioneeringscientistsofChina’snuclearsciandspacetechnologywerealumniofNanjingUniversity.In1978,HuFuming,alecturerofPhilosophyDepartmentofNanjingUniversitypublishedthearticle‘practiceistheonlycriterionfortestingtruth’.ThisarticlChina’sopeningupandreformandheraldedanageofgreatchangeanddevelopment.Sciencethen,sixalumnibecameacademiciansofChineseAcademyofSciencesandChineseAcademyofEngineering,thelargestnumberanyuniversityinChinahasproduced.SofarovertwohundredscholarsorgraduatesfromNanjingUniversityhavejoinedtheranksoftwoacademies.NanjingUniversity,oneofthemostprestigiousuniversitiesinChinahavethreebeautifulcampuses:GuLou,PuKouandXianLin.Theuniversityconsistsof25schoolsand71departmentsandoffersmultidisciplinaryprogramsinhumanities,socialsciences,naturalsciences,technology,engineering,andmanagementtoover28thousandstudents.Theuniversityisacradleforfutureleaderswithaglobalvisionandinnovativespirit.NanjingUniversityhasproduced7winnersoftheAmericanPresidentialAwardand117winnersoftheNationalOutstandingYouthFundAward,rankingfirstamongChineseuniversities.ThesefiguresareremarkableexamplesamongthetwohundredthousandalumniofNanjingUniversityenjoyinspiringintellectualenvironmentandsupportivementoringsystems.ManygraduatesoftheuniversitylatersaytheiryearsinNanjingUniversitywereamongthebestyearsoftheirlife.Theuniversityprovidesfirst-ratefacilitiesforteaching,researchandlearning.TheXianlinCampus,whichopenedin2009andoccupiedanareaofover200hectares,wasgraduallybecomingthemaincampusofNanjingUniversity.AsapioneerinChineseeducation,NanjingUniversityreformeditsundergraduateprogramsin2009andintroducedamulti-stageandmultidisciplinarymodelforeducationtobestfacilitatestudents’development.NanjingUniversityisoneofthemostactiveuniversitiesinChinaininternationalexchangeandcooperation.Itsetuplinkswithover280universitiesandresearchinstitutionaroundtheworld.Over2500internationalstudentsfromover60countriesstudyatNanjingUniversityeveryyear.Manyoftheseinternationalalumnihavebecomeleadersindiversefieldsintheirhomecountries.NobelprizewinnersChenlinyang,CongdaoLi,ChaoChongqing,MichaelSpence,OwenLayer,DavidGross,andmanyotherworldfamousscientistsandscholarshavevisitedNanjingUniversity.OthervisitorsincludeformerGermanpresidentJohannesRau(1999-2004.GermanChancellorAngelaMerkel,FormerUSpresidentGeorgeBushandformerFrenchpresidentFrancoisMitterrand,formerAustralianprimeministerRobertHawkandformerUNSecretaryGeneral,Butros,ButrosGalli.