堪萨斯大学：我定将看到战火不再毁灭的伟大梦想实现
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The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university and the largest university in the State of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence， Overland Park， and Kansas City， Kansas， with the main campus located in Lawrence on Mount Oread， the highest location in Lawrence. On February 20， 1863， Kansas Governor Thomas Carney signed into law a bill creating the state university in Lawrence. On November 2， 1863， Governor Carney announced that Lawrence had met the conditions including a $15，000 endowment fund and a site for the university， in or near the town， of not less than forty acres of land， and the following year the university was officially organized.Work on the first college building was begun in 1865. The University was opened in 1866， under a charter granted by the Kansas Legislature in 1864. The first class graduated in 1873.
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System： The University is a large， state-sponsored university. In addition to a large liberal arts college， it has schools of Allied Health，Architecture， Design， and Planning， Business， Education， Engineering， Arts， Music， Journalism and Mass Communication， Law， Medicine， Nursing， Pharmacy， and Social Welfare.The University"s Medical Center and University Hospital are located in Kansas City， Kansas. The Edwards Campus is in Overland Park， Kansas， in the Kansas City metropolitan area. There are also educational and research sites in Parsons and Topeka， and branches of the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita and Salina.
City show： Located in northeastern Kansas， Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence， Kansas， Metropolitan Statistical Area.Lawrence is located between the Kansas and Wakarusa rivers. There are several major creeks that flow through Lawrence.Lying in the transition zone between North America"s humid subtropical climate and humid continental climate， Lawrence experiences hot， humid summers and cold winters with precipitation year round.
生词助读
endowment fund 捐赠基金
creek [kri：k] n. 小溪；小河；小湾
subtropical [sbtrpikl] adj. 亚热带的
precipitation [prisipitein] n. 沉淀；沉淀物；冰雹
中文概述
堪萨斯大学是美国中部的堪萨斯州内最大的公立大学，始建于 1865 年。主校区位于堪萨斯州劳伦斯市，另外还有堪萨斯城和欧弗兰帕克两处校区。
堪萨斯大学最好的学科是英文、外文、化学、哲学、建筑及城市设计、新闻学、保健科学、药剂学、教育和工程。学生选修最多的学科，依次是大众传播、商科管理、文科、健康科学和社会科学。五年制的建筑学系亦备受推崇，比较冷门的地理学科，教学质量也相当好。
堪萨斯大学下设14所学院： 健康学院，建筑与城市设计学院，艺术学院，商学院，教育学院，工程学院，新闻大众传媒学院，法学院，医学院，音乐学院，药学院，护理学院，社会福利学院，文理学院。
堪萨斯大学位于劳伦斯市的市中心附近，市中心商店、博物馆林立，生活方便。罗伦斯的物价与西岸大城相比较也偏低，减轻了不少海外学子的生活开支。堪萨斯州位于美国中部，土地资源丰富，交通线路四通八达、整体气候宜人。堪萨斯州最有名的食品工业应该算是美国快餐店龙头之一的必胜客。必胜客成立于1958年。
梦想成功录
I am a slow walker ， but I never walk backwards.
我走得很慢，但是我从来不会后退。
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.
在人类生命的竞技场中，荣誉与奖赏眷顾善于行动的人。
