剑桥不仅是英国、也是欧洲最重要和最美丽的城镇之一。其建筑的质量，尤其是大学所属的建筑以及河流和花园所带来的独特氛围使得剑桥成为每一位赴英游客的必到之处。受到剑桥大学影响的不仅仅是市镇建筑，还包括城市特征：其书店是全国最优秀的。频繁举行的戏剧演出和音乐会以及

Passage 1
    Cambridge is one of the most important and beautiful towns not only in Britain, but also in Europe. The quality of its buildings, in particular those belonging to the University and the particular atmosphere with river and gardens have given the city a place of the itinerary of every visitor to this country. The University has influenced not only the architecture of the town, but also its character; its bookshops are among the finest in the country. The frequency of the dramas and concerts and the wide range of restaurants reflect the tastes and interests of the academic population. As the visitor will undoubtedly begin his tour in the University buildings, let’s describe those first.
Passage 2
    It happens that the real success stories, those countries that we now call the developed economies, were the high-income economies or, the industrialized economies. Those countries represent only about one-sixth of humanity. And five-sixths of humanity is what we call the developing world. It’s the vast majority of world. The gap can be 100 to one in some cases if you simply measure the gross national product per person in the United States versus, say, a country in Africa, maybe a gap of $30,000 per person and $300 per person. That’s absolutely astounding, to be on the same planet and to have that extreme variation in material well-being.