These two rival universities have been nicknamed Oxbridge.

这两所竞争激烈的大学被昵称为“牛”。

But your government had 18 years to get more of them into Oxbridge.

可是反府18年中都未能有效增加牛桥里公立学校学生的比例。

It was not until the middle of the 20th century that Oxbridge was accepted gradually.

直到20世纪中叶, “牛桥”一词才逐渐被人们所接受。

This year 9% of all final-year students from Oxbridge applied for Teach First.

今年，9%的牛大学毕业生申请了教为先的支教岗位。

According to records, forty six percent of Conservative Party members of Parliament were graduates of Oxbridge.

根据记，46% 的保守议员是牛毕业生。

Most senior civil servants are also Oxbridge graduates.

大多数高级公务员也是牛毕业生。

The other major Oxbridge competitions are the Rugby Union Varsity Match and the Rugby League Varsity Match.

牛桥其他的赛事主要是橄榄球联合会抗赛橄榄球联盟抗赛。

What explains the discrepancy? Perhaps the Oxbridge sample is not representative of the returns that could have been achieved.

如何解释这种差异呢？或许牛桥的样本不能代表本可以获得的回报。

There are a great many similarities between them, so they are jointly referred to as Oxbridge.

两所大学之间有着很多的共同点，因此常常被合称为牛桥。

Attending Oxbridge means something quite different these days.

如今，就读牛的意义已经大不相同了。

Fortunately, this is not the case for Oxbridge.

幸运的是，这种情况并不适用于牛桥。

Now, let us finish this exploration of Oxbridge with some curiosities.

现在，让我们以一些趣闻来结束牛桥的探索。

And of those newspaper columnists, 33 percent, one in three, are part of that independent school, Oxbridge, pathway pipeline.

在这些报纸专栏作家中，有 33%（三分之一）是牛、桥等私立学校的预科生。

If you're going to come to Oxbridge or Cambridge, make sure it's a one " l" enrolment for you.

如果你要去牛桥，确保你的报名是单个“l”。

Okay then, that is it for today's episode on Oxbridge.

好的，今天关于牛桥的节目就到这里。

The principal teaching method at Oxbridge colleges is the supervision or tutorial, used at Cambridge and Oxford respectively, though with the same meaning.

“牛桥”的学院采用的教学方法主要是导师制，虽然意思相同，但在桥大学牛大学分别被称作“监督”“个别指导”。

But despite an ambition to improve social mobility, the total number of UK students being awarded places at Oxbridge has gone down.

但是， 尽管有改善社会流动性的雄心，但在牛桥获得学位的英国学生总数却有所下降。

At Oxbridge, students are required to be almost constantly doing assignments.

在牛桥，学生几乎需要不停地做作业。

So there you go, a brief look at the unusual and unique institutions of Oxford and Cambridge University, otherwise known as Oxbridge.

所以就是这样，简要地了解一下牛桥大学这两个不同寻常且独特的机构，也就是我们所说的牛桥。

I'm Alistair Budge, and today we are going to be talking about Oxbridge, why two universities dominate life in the UK.

我是阿利斯泰尔·巴吉， 今天我们将讨论牛桥，为什么这两所大学主宰了英国的生活。