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Part 6. oxford. the first written record of the town of oxford' dates back to the year 912. oxford university, the oldest and most famous university in britain, was founded in the middle of the 12th century, and by 1300 there were already 1,500 students. at that time oxford was a wealthy town, but by
the middle of the14th century it was poorer, because of a decline in trade and because of the terrible plague, which killed many people in england. the relations between the students and the townspeople were very unfriendly, and there was often fighting in the streets. nowadays there are about 12,000
students in ox- ford and over 1000 teachers. outstanding scientists work in the numerous colleges of the university, teaching and doing research work in physics, chem- istry, mathematics, cybernetics, literature, modern and ancient languages, art and music. philosophy, psychology. oxford university
has a reputation of a privileged school. many prominent political figures of the past and present times got their education at oxford. world? oxfordthe oxford english dictionary is well-known tostudents of english everywhere. it contains approxi-mately 5,000,000 entries, and there are thirteen
vol-umes, including a supplement. oxford university press, the publishing house'which products the oxford english dictionary hasa special department called the oxford word andlanguage service (owls for short). if you have aquestion about the meaning of a word or its origin, you can write or telephone,
and the people therewill help you. questions1. why is the town of oxford famous all over the2. how does oxford university justify its reputation-tion of a privileged school? 3. what is oxford university press? oxford ['akfo: d] - oxfordpublishing housesell
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Part 6. oxford. the first written record of the town of oxford' dates back to the year 912. oxford u...