Let’s go to Oxbridge

The term ‘Oxbridge’ is combined with University of Oxford and University of Cambridge. Interestingly, some members of the latter are actually from the former, and both are in England. 

It is allegedly that those scholars quarreled with local residents in Oxford so that they moved to Cambridge to form their own research community.

It is not as surprising as many people have argued that researchers tend to be out of touch with the reality (plz watch ‘The Big Bang Theory’). Besides, there is a Chinese proverb saying ‘A scholar is always wrong when he is in front of a gunman.’

Which is the best university is not the key thing. We today simply play the visitor role in a campus tour. And I suggest that getting prepared to be charged when you visit University of Cambridge. I was pitched to buy a punting Cambridge tour ticket (adult:20￡; student:15￡; children:10￡) by a group of young people when I just walked out of the Cambridge train station. 

Near the campus, many of salesmen standing in front of Kings News (a small store) eager to sell the punting ticket to tourists. Despite of crowded people in the queue on Sunday afternoon, I have experienced the famous ritual: Punting Cambridge to explore Kings and Queens Colleges from a boat's-eye view.

On the other hand, Oxford is more historical, traditional and academic to me. 

No wonder Christ Church College is selected as a great dining hall in HARRY POTTER movies. 

When I visited Oxford in the early spring, I saw cherry flowers in the blue sky and scholars and students more than tourists. I am happy that it is a campus community instead of a tourist centre.

These two outstanding worldwide universities are almost on a par with each other in academia. However, the spirits of Cambridge's architectures: modern, grand and enterprising are different to Oxford's medieval, classic and graceful ambiances.

“Oxbridge”一詞是牛津大學和劍橋大學的結合。有趣的是，後者一些成員實際上來自前者。

據聞這些學者與牛津的當地居民爭吵，所以他們搬到劍橋，建立自己的研究社群。這並不令人驚訝，許多人認為研究人員往往與現實脫節（請看美國“大笨鐘理論”影集）。此外，還有一句中文諺語說：“秀才遇到兵有理說不清啊”(哈)。

哪間才是最好的大學不是重點關鍵。我們今天只是在校園旅遊中扮演遊客角色。我建議您在訪問劍橋大學時準備好被收費。當我剛走出劍橋火車站時，就被一群年輕人推銷買下了劍橋渡船之旅票（成人：20£;學生：15£;小孩：10£）。
在校園附近，許多銷售員站在國王新聞（小商店）面前，急於向遊客出售渡船票。儘管星期天下午很多人擠人，我也經歷了著名的儀式：劍橋撐篙船(被成功行銷了),從船的角度觀看國王和皇后學院。

另一方面，牛津對我而言更為歷史，傳統和學術。難怪基督教會學院被選為哈利派特電影中的一個偉大的餐廳。

早春我去過牛津時，在藍天看到櫻花，學者和學生多於遊客。 它是一個校園社區，而不是一個旅遊中心。

這兩所優秀的全球大學在學術上幾乎相差無幾，然而劍橋建築的精神：現代化，壯觀，具有進取心與牛津大學的中古世紀，經典和優雅的氛圍是不同。