岭南师范学院英文简介

虽然以前BBS也有发过关于校园讲解的英文版，但是不知道同学们了解多少湛师的历史。下面是一份经过整合的校园英文讲解英文版，内容还不是很全面，但是希望对大家有帮助，我们正在努力完善中！（桃李园，五味子树，“博雅显气象”景石，“寂韵见独体”景石，化学实验楼，无忧树，宿舍区，体育区，“问渠”大型陶艺等还没有完善）

Our university has a gorgeous combination of classic and modern style. It’s a plaza of knowledge, cradle of talents and brand new start for students who gather together here and pursuit their dreams.

Now we are at Banyan Square.

At Banyan square, you must see three sights.

(1)

The first thing that comes into our eyes is the memorial arch of Lingxing Gate.(棂星门) Lingxing Gate is a kind of traditional architecture. Originally, it was built to worship the Star of Wisdom. But now it is mainly built in honor of great people who made great contribution. This one was built in memory of those who made great contributions to Leiyang Academy—the predecessor of our university.

The couplets carved on it embrace 2 meanings—firstly, as teachers, we should respect the sages and follow their examples. Famous French writer Rousseau once said, “Without a good example to follow, he will never be a good teacher to be followed.” The second meaning is that a teacher should be strict with himself and require himself to make progress every day. This is in accord with French writer Romain Rolland’s well-known saying—“Just like a sun, before we shed light to others, we have to enable us to shine.”

The second place I want to introduce is a stone carving Be Xi Stele. On the stele carved an article which is about the development of Leiyang Academy in detail. Have you ever seen such a strange-looking animal? Neither have I. This turtle-like animal is called Bi Xi and only exists in myths and legends. It is the eldest son of the Dragon King. Bi Xi loves learning and is a creature of unusual strength. So it always carries a stone stele which can help it learn more. In China, dragons are mascots. If you touch its head, good luck will come to you. Come on, give it a try. Behind this stele, there is a model of an official seal of ancient Leiyang Academy with sixteen ancient Chinese characters on it. From the right to the left, they are: “书院精神、高山仰止、百年师范、人文昌明”. What the sixteen Chinese characters carry is to stick to rigorous scholarship, to be morally upright and to continue cultivating normal education.

This wall was built to commemorate three great ex-headmasters: 陈乔森, 陈瑸 and 陈昌齐.

They were all standouts in Qing Dynasty. Through the imperial examinations they were elected to be officials. After taking offices, they serve the people whole-heartedly. In addition, they were all free from corruption, and for this reason, people at that time respected them and offered them full supports.

陈昌齐 was a man of great attainment in literature and science.

陈乔森 was a man of great learning and a good poet and painter. And he was a noted

wit.

陈瑸 was an officer known for his incorruptness. The biggest contribution he had made was that his success in recapturing Taiwan in Qing Dynasty. Qing Government had a war with Taiwan and won out. During the post-war period, most of the people in Taiwan were living in miserable conditions. In this difficult time, the emperor appointed 陈瑸 to run the affairs of Taiwan. On arriving Taiwan, he devoted himself to local economic development, social stability and education.

These three headmasters devoted their life to the development of education. Their great deed will be kept on this wall and be publicized forever.

日晷sundial

The sundial was invented by the ancient Chinese. Briefly speaking, it’s a clock. You can tell the time according to the shadow cast by the sun.

The sundial in front of us is just a model because it has no measure scale on the slope.

寸金公园 Cunjin Park

Cun means inch, Jin mean money. As the saying goes, "an inch of time an inch of gold, gold-inch inch time." That’s what the park’s name means.

The park is gorgeous. Teachers and students always go there take a walk.

Teacher Education Memorial

Normal Education Memorial was built in 2004 in memory of the development of the normal education in recent 100 years.

Here is an article about the long history of our school. ZNU is a provincial comprehensive normal university which is dedicated to normal education. The history of ZNU can be traced back to the Leiyang Academy, which was founded in 1636. ZNUhas devoted its energy to normal education since 1904. In 1991, ZNU gained its present name. During the long-term practice, ZNU has cultivated the cultural atmosphere with the characteristics of normal education and university bearing.

Let’s walk up the stair to see the tower.

●There are four clocks telling t ime on each side of the tower, intending to warn us against the swift time and urge us to cherish it.

●The shape of window lintels looks like books opened. We call it windows of knowledge.

●Please look down to the bottom of the tower. These golden Chinese characters tell us the name of this tower—湛江师范学院百年师范纪念塔. This tower was named by Guo Moruo. He is very notable in our country.

●Around its base is a Rome-style corridor, which is a good place for teachers and students to rest and have a gathering.

●In 2007, taking the advantage of its unique architectural style, the tower

attracted a film maker and became one of the scenes in a China Central Television teleplay called Flagships.

谭平山雕像

● Here is a statue of a great ex-headmaster of our university. His name is Tan Pingshan,

● born in 1886 and passed away in 1956.

● graduated in Beijing University

● a famous patriot and outstanding revolutionist

● In 1910, he taught math in Leizhou Middle School (predecessor of our university). Then he became the headmaster from 1912 to 1916. During his 7 years work in Leizhou Middle School, he made great contribution to the education enterprise of the Leizhou Pininsula.

石墙

Please look at these two marble walls. We can see 8 Chinese characters on them. “崇德厚道，为人师表”“学高为师，身正为范”. In English: be virtuous and kind as a teacher, be learned and behavior yourself as a norm. We successors dare not to forget his instruction. Teachers should be learned, self-disciplined and upholding morality, thus make good examples.

Comprehensive Laboratory Buildings综合楼

Dear friends, please pay attention to your right side. These are Comprehensive Laboratory Buildings. They cover an area of 31 square meters, and they have advanced facilities. They equipped with a number of high-tech laboratories for teaching and students’ practice such as International Convention Center, Language Lab, Educational Technology Lab, and And Electrical Lab and so on.

Gymnasium 体育馆

That’s a amazing gymnasium. The 10000 square meters gymnasium was finished in 2007 and cost 40 million RMB. It was the first college gymnasium in Zhanjiang when it was built. It provides 2500 fixed seats and 15000 movable ones for audiences. It used for teaching and all kinds of physical sports. It is obvious that the gymnasium has a round ro of and a square base, which symbolize “harmonious” in Chinese culture. The conspicuous stone lying in front of the gymnasium was set in memory of the Sixth Guangdong University Games which was held in our university. (Our team made a huge breakthrough then. Though the games have past, it always drives us to strive and pursue excellence.)]

Work-study program Street 一条街

We are coming into a Part-time job street. It was come into service in 2005. It’s

invested by school but run by students.

Most poverty stricken students stand on their own feet by taking part-time jobs here.

Now it has 8 stores , including a bakery, a copy shop, a stationary shop, a computer repair store, a herbal tea shop, a magazine stand a fruit shop and a booking office .

大学的灵魂——图书馆

藏书【环境】座位、空调【科技】无线网、电子搜索区&电子阅览室。

That’s our library, 5 floors plus the ground floor, features ①1.68 million volumes of books, ②more than 1200 seats, ③central air-conditioner, ④wireless net（wifi）on every floor, ⑤200 computers in electronic searching area and electronic reading room

新翼：An 18,000 square meters addition adjacent to the current library is under construction. When the project is finished, the whole library will cover an area of 32,000 square meters.

【备用】Liu Songhao, academician from Chinese Academy of Science once gave such a praiseful remark - “College Students’ Ocean of Knowledge” .I think the quality and quantity of books and the perfect equipments have prove that the library is worth of that compliment.

It’s equipped with Newspaper an d Periodical Reading Room, Circulation, Reference Book Reading Room, Electronic Searching area, Electronic Reading Room, etc.