【十周年校庆】收到了一艘船！Liverbird of Suzhou narrow boat sets off to XJTLU

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是的，你没有看错，主页君刚得知的时候，也以为是个模型船。

但是，原来是个真家伙阿！来一睹真容：

“苏州利物鸟”号运河船，作为母校利物浦大学祝贺西浦十周年校庆的礼物，于利物浦当地时间5月11日下午5点半在Mann Island Canal Basin举行了命名仪式。这是在利物浦举行的西浦建校十周年仪式的重要组成部分。

仪式由传统的舞狮拉开序幕，利物浦市长、中国驻曼切斯特总领事、利物浦和西浦两校领导、教授、学生、校友及各界朋友见证了这一重要时刻。同时，在利物浦市博物馆的“东方与西方的相遇”展览中，“西浦十年”特展已面向公众开放。

接下来，这艘友谊的巨（xiǎo）轮（chuán）就将驶向中国，来到有着东方威尼斯之称的古城苏州。当然啦，“苏州利物鸟”号是被运过来的，不是自己航行过来，毕竟是运河船，是要在运河里航行的~~

主页君会为大家追踪“苏州利物鸟”号的行踪，期待她早日来到苏州，来到校园！

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利物鸟

利物鸟是英国利物浦市的象征，也是这座古老城市的守护者。Liver bird里的liver和Liverpool的liver发音不同，大家跟我一起来念：['laiv] [b:d]。大家熟悉的利物浦大学、利物浦足球俱乐部，他们的徽章上就都用了利物鸟作为象征。西浦的校徽上也有这只利物鸟噢！

The University of Liverpool (UoL) celebrated 10 years since the opening of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) at a special maritime ceremony at Liverpool's Mann Island this week.

UoL opened XJTLU in Suzhou in partnership with Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2006. XJTLU has grown rapidly over the past 10 years, with more than 10,000 students studying across a variety of subjects such as computing, maths, engineering and architecture in Suzhou and in Liverpool.

To celebrate the partnership, which is rooted in the maritime history between Liverpool and China, UoL launched a Liverpool-Suzhou narrow boat at the Mann Island canal basin, followed by traditional Chinese dragon dancing and the opening of an ‘XJTLU 10’ display case at Liverpool Museum’s 'East Meets West’ exhibit.

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool, Professor Janet Beer, officially ‘blessed’ the boat, called ‘The Liverbird of Suzhou,’ before it set off on the second part of its journey to XJTLU in Suzhou.

Liver birds are the symbol of the city of Liverpool. While not a real species of bird, it has an appearence similar to that of a cormorant. Its origin is subject to many myths and legends. The image of a liver bird is used on the University of Liverpool's and XJTLU's crests as well as on the logo of Liverpool Football Club.

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