Chapter 480: Chapter 233 Cambridge Tales (6.4K)
In the past life when Xu Yun went to the University of Cambridge as an exchange student, he took the train from King’s Cross Station, and it took less than an hour to reach the destination.
Now, two lifetimes have passed.
The 13.5 Pounds ticket price is still fresh in memory.
Hmm, it’s definitely not because of the stolen hundred pounds T.T.....
At this moment, forget about the train, King’s Cross Station will take another year to complete, it will only be opened in 1852.
However, the feeling of riding in a horse-drawn carriage on the country roads has its own unique charm.
More than five hours later.
Crunch crunch——
Xu Yun and his group, leaving London, finally leisurely arrived at Cambridge Town in Cambridgeshire.
Cambridge Cambridge.
This is actually a compound name combining phonetic and semantic translation, meaning the bridge over Sword River:
This town has a river running through it, known by people as the "Sword River."
With a river, naturally there must be bridges.
So the combination of Mathematics Bridge, Gray Bridge, and Sighing Bridge led to the emergence of the Cambridge location.
Here’s a little trivia that might not be too cold, but also not too hot:
The poem Farewell to Cambridge by Xu Zhimo actually refers to Cambridge.
Moreover, students who have studied at the University of Cambridge should all know.
The University of Cambridge itself doesn’t have a designated campus, no walls, and no school sign.
The majority of the colleges, research institutes, libraries, and laboratories are built on both banks of the Sword River in Cambridge Town, and at various locations in the town.
In a certain sense.....
Cambridge Town is somewhat akin to the academy city setting in Japanese anime.
The teaching and living within have already formed a very perfect equilibrium, blending and achieving each other.
Actually, when choosing the exchange school, Xu Yun had more options than just Cambridge.
Apart from Cambridge.
At that time, there were also Oxford, the University of Pennsylvania, and NTU from 4V for Xu Yun to choose freely.
After all, it’s only a one-year exchange, and the credits acquired need to be converted into the score from the original school, the degree certificate is still obtained at the original school.
So the admission difficulty for exchange students is slightly lower than for international students, naturally making options more plentiful.
However, Xu Yun ultimately chose Cambridge, and a very significant factor within was derived from an article he read on Yi Lin in zero-something years.
The title of that article was "Not a Day in School, Yet Studying at Cambridge."
The content was about a boy named Alex Daouti who was ’enlightenedly’ admitted to the University of Cambridge without a high school diploma.
Back then, Yi Lin claimed to have seen this report on The Times and optimized the retelling of it.
The sentences praised foreign education and reflected upon domestic education.
Thus Xu Yun always held a good impression of the University of Cambridge, and eventually chose Cambridge for his exchange student program.
But after arriving in the United Kingdom, he learned one fact:
The style of the University of Cambridge was indeed quite decent, after all, it’s a top global institution, the style can’t be too bad.
But that so-called boy Alex Daouti...
Damn, he doesn’t exist at all!
Later, Xu Yun even specifically called The Times to ask.
As a result, they clearly stated that they never published such an article, and the site search was also empty.
This is really speechless....
Looking back now.
Whether it’s the Reader back then or Yi Lin.
These magazines have published countless anti-intellectual remarks, beautifying foreign matters with motivational content, truly deserving condemnation.
The view returns to reality.
Perhaps due to being back on familiar turf, Mr. Thomson’s expression was livelier than usual, with a host-like manner explaining the campus situation:
"This is the Sighing Bridge, the most famous bridge of the University of Cambridge."
"The University of Cambridge has strict scholarship, many students who don’t usually study hard, come here to sigh and shed tears after failing exams, hence it was named the Sighing Bridge."
After speaking, Mr. Thomson pointed ahead. At this moment one could faintly see a building that was only two stories high but had a large area:
"That building is the Wren Library of Trinity College, where the first 1686 edition of Lord Newton’s Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, letters he received from Fat Fish, his hair, underwear, are all preserved in the library." (Note: This is true...)
"As for the statue of Sir Newton, it was erected in King’s Square, St. John’s College always claimed Sir Newton thought of the Newton Spot under one of their trees, shamelessly creating a tourist attraction."
Xu Yun glance at the distant buildings.
Perhaps due to the distance, he felt that these buildings were not much different from the later generations.
Then he thought of something, turned around, and asked Mr. Thomson:
"By the way, Mr. Thomson, Little Niu... uh, where is Lord Newton’s tomb?"
Mr. Thomson gestured with his chin towards the direction they came from, explained:
"In Westminster Cathedral, the city center of London, I was planning to take you for a tour before."
"But after you took out the letter, I didn’t dare stay too long in London."
Xu Yun nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this, Mr. Thomson’s answer was as he expected.
Westminster Abbey, also known as the Temple, is located right in the center of the UK Capital City London.
This church is not just a place where nobles hold weddings, but also the most famous tomb in the UK, with many very famous personalities buried here.
