“Where is the university?” This is a question that many visitors to Cambridge ask. But no one can give them a right answer, because people cannot find any walls around the university. The university is the city. You can find classroom buildings, libraries. museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and teachers of the thirty-one colleges.

Cambridge was already a town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It was near the river Granta, and the river’s name was the Cam. A bridge was built over the river as early as 875. So the town got its name “Cambridge”.

In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew much faster in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has a population of over 100,000. Many young students in other countries want to study at Cambridge. Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It is a famous place all around the world now.

【推荐2】This is our classroom. It’s a big room. The windows are big and the walls are white. There is a blackboard on the front wall. On the back wall, there is a map. It is a map of the world. We have no computers or televisions in the classroom.

There are fifty-five small desks in the classroom. They are for the students. There is a big desk in the classroom. It is for the teachers. What’s on the big desk? There are some flowers. They are for our teachers. We love them. They are good teachers.

【推荐1】When I was in school, I got into an argument (争吵) with a boy in my class.

I thought that “I” was right and “he” was wrong — and he thought that “I” was wrong and “he” was right. The teacher decided to teach us a lesson.

She brought us up to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on the other. There was a large round object on her desk. It was black. But when she asked the boy, he answered, “White.”

I couldn’t believe it! Another argument started, this time about the color of the object.

The teacher told us to change our places. Then she asked me, “ ▲ ” I had to answer, “White.” It was in object with two differently colored sides. From his side it was white from my side it was black.

Sometimes we need to stand in other persons’ shoes and look at the problem through their eyes.

【推荐2】How do you feel when there is a test tomorrow? What do you usually do before a test?

There are four students, they play all day even though (尽管) they know they will have a test the next day. The next morning, they come up with an idea.

Each student puts some dirt (土) on their faces and hands, and then they go to the teacher’s office. “Dear sir, we have a flat tire (轮胎) on the way to school, we push the car back to school all the morning, so we miss the test.” They say.

The teacher looks at them for some seconds and says that they can take the test after three days.

On the day of the test, the teacher puts them in four rooms. They are so happy because they have three days to study for the test. However, as they get the paper, they find there are only two questions:

1) What’s your name? (1 Point)

2) Which tire is flat? (99 Points)

Their faces get red because of their lies (谎言). Now it’s not hard to see how shameful they all feel.

【推荐3】Wang Lei     1    

The most difficult thing about learning English is to remember new words. I study the words and remember them, but a week later I have forgotten most of them. When reading something in English, I always get into trouble when I come across a new word. There must be a better way to learn new words.

Li Qiang     2    

I have been studying English for so long now, but I don’t enjoy it any more. I used to like it, but now I feel that I’m not making any progress, I’m just not motivated any more. I wish there was something I could do to make me interested in studying English again.

Fang Zhe     3    

I wish I could improve my spoken English. Every time when I take part in a group discussion or try to speak English to someone, I find it difficult to express myself. I don’t know what to say and I can’t think of the words I need.

Huang Wei     4    

I don’t like English at all. Why do we have to study English? I’d rather spend more time on math and science, because I think those subjects are more important.

Zhong Mei     5    

I think it is easy to remember new grammar rules. But when writing something, I always make a lot of mistakes. How can I learn to use the rules that I have learned?