德州农工大学：坚起大拇指
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Texas A&M University (often referred to as A&M or TAMU) is a coeducational public research university located in College Station， Texas， United States. It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System， and the largest university in Texas. The Morrill Act provided land grants to colleges that sought to focus on agricultural and mechanical arts， but without excluding science， the classics and military tactics. It is also one of the only public universities to have a full-time Volunteer Corps of Cadets. Texas A&M also stands out as a land， sea and space grant institution， reflecting the wide range of ongoing research projects taking place at the university. The school opened on October 4， 1876 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. To reflect the institution"s expanded roles and academic offerings， the Texas Legislature renamed the school to Texas A&M University in 1963. Famous alumni include Governor Rick Perry， coaches Gary Kubiak and Gene Stallings， Heisman Trophy winner John David Crow， actor Rip Torn， talk-show host Neal Boortz and Wal-Mart USA CEO Eduardo Castro-Wright.
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System： The university has highly ranked graduate offerings through its Dwight Look College of Engineering， Mays Business School， and College of Education and Human Development. Dwight Look College of Engineering has the largest number of students， representing around 20 percent of the entire student body. The next largest schools are the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Other divisions of Texas A&M include the George Bush School of Government and Public Service， and the Colleges of Architecture， Science， Geosciences， Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Presidential library： In 1997， the school became the home of the George Bush Presidential Library. Operated by the National Archives and Records Administration， it is one of thirteen American presidential libraries. Former President George Bush remains actively involved with the university， frequently visiting the campus and participating in special events. The mission of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum is to preserve and make available for research the official records， personal papers and artifacts of President George W. Bush， to support democracy， promote civic education and increase historical understanding of our national experience through the life and times of George Bush.
生词助读
tactics [tktiks] n. 策略；战术
ongoing [nɡui] adj. 不间断的；前进的
talk-show 脱口秀
artifact [ɑ：tifkt] n. 人工制品；手工艺品
democracy [dimkrsi] n. 民主
promote [prmut] vt. 促进；提升
civic [sivik] adj. 市的；公民的
中文概述
德州农工大学位于美国德克萨斯州大学城，创于1876年，是一所公立的研究型大学。成立时名为德州农业与机械学院（The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas），是德州第一所高等教育学府。创立初期，为一所全男性的军校，1963年改制为德州农工大学，1965年废除军校必修制，并开始召收女生。德州农工大学有众多分校，其中college station分校是德州农工教育系统的旗舰校区。
德州农工大学占地五千多英亩，有着四万余名在读学生的庞大学生主体，是全美在读学生人数最多的大学之一；也是全美最吸引国际学生的大学之一。德州农工大学是美国为数不多的政府赠地、赠海、赠空间的大学。
德州农工大学共分十大学院，包括：农业及生命科学学院、建筑学院、政府及公共学院、商学院、教育与人类发展学院、工程学院、地理科学学院、人文学院、科学学院和兽医学院及生物医药科学学院。最著名的是它的建筑学院和工程学院，还有它的兽医学院，另外学校也培养了优秀的文科项目和更优秀的商学院。一直以来，德州农工大学工程和农科最好，但近年来商科管理发展很迅速，尤其是会计学声誉日隆。该校顶尖的科学复制技术，使其闻名于世，人类史上的第一只复制猫、复制狗均为该校的研究成果。在全美公立机构学生保持率、毕业率、学生组成多样化比率均名列前茅。
该校因历史悠久，知名校友无数。如巴拿马总统马丁·托里霍斯，澳门大学现任校长赵伟等。其中更不乏诺贝尔奖、国家科学奖章、普利策奖等知名奖项的获得者，并有26名教授在美国国家科学院、工程院任职。在德州有句谚语说："德州农工大学校友，在德州境内可如子弹般飞射横行。"由此可见此大学在德州乃至全美国的影响力。
德州农工大学毕业生有一个仪式：数千名大四学生携手漫步校园，最后一次参观他们最喜爱的地点。德州农工大学的乔治布什图书暨博物馆收藏了不少美国前总统任期内推广国际外交的珍贵史料，是游客必访的景点之一。
梦想成功录
Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.
满足主要不是来自巨大的财富而是很少的欲望。
The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.
你能给别人的最好礼物，是无条件的爱与包容。
