第3章 Princeton University: Under God"s power she flouri
普林斯顿大学：她因上帝的力量而繁荣
英文导读
Back to its origin
Princeton University is a vibrant community of scholarship and learning that stands in the nation"s service and in the service of all nations.Princeton University is a private， Ivy League， comprehensive university. It originally established in 1746， is the fourth oldest university in the nation. As the College of New Jersey， the university moved to Newark in 1747， then to Princeton in 1756 and was renamed Princeton University in 1896. Princeton is an independent， coeducational institution that provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities， social sciences， natural sciences and engineering.Princeton University has a wide variety of subjects you can learn.Students graduate with either the Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) or the Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.).Princeton claims to help its students to "achieve at the highest scholarly levels and prepare them for positions of leadership and lives of service in many fields of human endeavor." Princeton is most known for its School of Engineering and Applied Sciences， but also offers a variety of academic programs such as chemical engineering， anthropology， mathematics， physics， religion and many more. Almost three dozen faculty members or alumni have claimed Nobel Prizes in economics， physics and more.
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Academics： Princeton provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities， social sciences， natural sciences and engineering.Princeton is distinctive among research universities in its commitment to undergraduate teaching.Undergraduates fulfill general education requirements， choose among a wide variety of elective courses， and pursue departmental concentrations and interdisciplinary certificate programs.The graduate school offers advanced degrees spanning the humanities， social sciences， natural sciences， and engineering.
Need-blind and full-need policy： The University"s generous financial aid program ensures that talented students from all economic backgrounds can afford a Princeton education.Princeton will accept students regardless of whether or not they can pay for tuition as long as the student meets their full demonstrated need with a "no loan" aid package.The need-blind and full-need policy is granted toward foreign or international students the same as U.S. students.
生词助读
vibrant [vaibrnt] adj. 生机勃勃的；充满生机的
rename [ri：neim] vt. 改名；重新命名
coeducational [kuedju：keinl] adj. 男女合校的
anthropology [nθrpldi：] n. 人类学
distinctive [distiktiv] adj. 有特色的，与众不同的
中文概述
普林斯顿大学位于美国新泽西州的普林斯顿，是美国一所著名的私立研究型大学，八所常春藤盟校之一。学校于1746年在新泽西州伊丽莎白镇创立，是美国殖民时期成立的第四所高等教育学院，当时名为"新泽西学院"，1747年迁至新泽西州，1756年迁至普林斯顿，并于1896年正式改名为"普林斯顿大学"。这所大学提供两种主流的本科学位：文学士学位和工学士学位。
普林斯顿大学最引以为豪的是本科生教育，申请攻读普林斯顿的本科需要提供：（中学）成绩单、推荐信；对于海外学生，还需要托福成绩以及申请研究生时需要的GRE考试成绩。普林斯顿大学录取学生时并不仅仅参考成绩，还要看学生的综合能力与各项潜能，对各种学术与非学术领域的兴趣，特殊才能与处事经验、人生抱负和家庭背景等等。
普林斯顿大学是全世界最富有的大学之一，迄今为止已经收到了将近一百亿美元的帮助，它们来自校友会源源不断的捐款和一些投资专家的帮助。普林斯顿大学提供两种申请方式，一种是Early Decision Program（提前决策程序），需要于11月1日之前递交申请表；另一种是Regular Decision Program（常规决策程序），需要于1月1日前递交申请表。普林斯顿大学的学费略低于哈佛，每年大约35000美元。
毕业校友中有国会参议员、众议员、联邦政府的高级官员，以及州长和州政府的高级官员，因此普林斯顿大学有"美国政治家摇篮"的誉称。著名的相对论提出者爱因斯坦亦曾于此任教并从事高等研究。中国科学院外籍院士陈省身、李政道、杨振宁都曾担任过普林斯顿大学的高级研究院研究员。在历届诺贝尔物理奖得主中，有20多位是这所学校的教授。
梦想成功录
The great use of life is to spend it for something that overlasts it.
生命的最大用处是将它用于能比生命更长久的事物上。
Life is measured by thought and action， not by time.
衡量生命尺度的是思想和行为，而不是时间。