牛津大学将开设“政府学院”（双语）

爱思英语编者按：牛津大学日前做出一项意义非凡之举。美国实业家、慈善家布莱维尼克慷慨解囊，前所未有地(unprecedentedly)捐款7500万英镑，以用于2012年该校开设一所崭新的“政府学院”。

Europe"s first major university department established to promote research into government and public policy will open in Oxford under new plans.
牛津大学拟建欧洲首家政府学院，该学院旨在促进政府和公共政策研究。

In a hugely significant move, Oxford University will create a new school of government in 2012 following an unprecedented £75 million donation by Leonard Blavatnik, the American industrialist and philanthropist.
作为一项意义重要的举措，牛津大学政府学院将于2012年落成，其资金来源是美国实业家、慈善家伦纳德•布拉瓦尼克的高达7500万英镑的捐款，这一巨额捐款史无前例。

The school is intended to train outstanding graduates from across the world in the skills and responsibilities of government.
该学院计划招收来自世界各地的优秀毕业生，向他们传授政府职能方面的知识。

The move is being backed by world leaders including Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton, the former US president, and Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general.
此举获得了包括纳尔逊•曼德拉、美国前总统比尔•克林顿、联合国前秘书长安南等世界级领袖的支持。

Prof Andrew Hamilton, Oxford"s vice-chancellor, said: “The school represents a huge milestone in Oxford"s history. It will give tomorrow"s leaders the best of Oxford"s traditional strengths alongside new and practical ways of understanding and addressing the challenges of good governance. ”
牛津大学副校长安德鲁•汉密尔顿教授说：“政府学院的建立标志着牛津历史上巨大的里程碑。这将使未来的领导人在吸收牛津大学的传统优势的同时，采用新的实用方法理解并应对好的管理的挑战。”

"The university has educated 26 British Prime Ministers and over 30 other world leaders, yet until now the major international schools of government have all been outside Europe, principally in the United States."
“牛津大学共培养出26位英国首相，此外还包括30多位世界级领导人，但迄今为止，世界一些著名的政府学院主要集中在欧洲以外的地区，尤其是美国。”

Under plans, the Blavatnik School of Government will provide a series of practical courses leading to a Master"s degree. It will cover a range of subjects including the humanities, social sciences, law, science, technology, health, finance, energy and security policy.
根据计划，布拉瓦尼克政府学院将开设一系列硕士学位实践课程。学科设置将涵盖人文科学、社会科学、法律、科学、技术、卫生、金融、能源和安全政策等领域。

The school will also create 40 new academic posts.
该学院还将设立40个全新学位。

Oxford said Mr Blavatnik"s donation was one of the most generous in the university"s 900 year history.
牛津大学校方称，布拉瓦尼克先生的馈赠是牛津大学建校900年以来收到的最大一笔捐款。

The university itself will be investing an additional £26m in the school, as well as land in the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, where the school will be located.
此外，牛津大学还将投资2600万英镑，并将拉德克利夫天文台所在区域定为学院院址。

Mr Blavatnik, who was due to attend the school"s launch in Oxford, said: "Oxford University"s reputation provides the school with the opportunity to bring together distinguished teachers and leaders in government to address the entire spectrum of policy issues."
捐助者布拉瓦尼克先生将应邀出席该学院的奠基典礼，他表示：“牛津大学的盛誉将吸引政府研究领域的杰出教师和领导人汇集于此，进而解决政策事务方面的诸多问题。”

Lord Patten, Oxford"s chancellor, said: "This is a once-in-a-century opportunity for Oxford. Through the Blavatnik benefaction, Oxford will now become the world"s leading centre for the training of future leaders in government and public policy – and in ways that take proper account of the very different traditions, institutions and cultures that those leaders will serve. It is an important moment for the future of good government throughout the world."
牛津大学的校长彭定康勋爵说：“这是牛津大学百年难得的机遇。通过布拉瓦尼克的捐助，牛津大学将处于世界领先地位，不仅体现在培训未来政府及公共政策方面的领导人方面，而且体现在这些领导人管理时将采取的不同的传统、体制和文化的方式等方面。这是整个世界创建未来的良好政府的非常重要的时刻。”

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chancellor （英国大学的）名誉校长
 
generous 慷慨的
 
philanthropist 慈善家
 
spectrum 范围，系列
 
unprecedented 前所未有的，史无前例的