Stanford is a famous private university in California, about an hour south of San Francisco, in the middle of the area people call Silicon Valley.

StanfordStanford is a famous private university in California 是加州一所知名的私立大學, about an hour south of San Francisco 在舊金山南邊大約一小時車程的地方, in the middle of the area people call Silicon Valley 就在大家稱為矽谷的區域中間。

Its full name is Leland Stanford Junior University, and its campus is unusually large, with sandstone buildings and red tile roofs. It is known worldwide for engineering, computer science, and business, and for how closely it sits with the technology industry around it — a great many well-known companies were started by people who met there.

它的全名Its full name 是Leland Stanford Junior Universityis Leland Stanford Junior University，而and 它的校園its campus 大得不尋常is unusually large，有砂岩建築和紅瓦屋頂with sandstone buildings and red tile roofs。它It 為工程、電腦科學和商學而聞名全球is known worldwide for engineering, computer science, and business，而且and 因為它跟周邊科技產業關係緊密for how closely it sits with the technology industry around it——非常多知名公司a great many well-known companies 是由在那裡相識的人創立的were started by people who met there。

In English you use it as a place name with no "the": she studies at Stanford, he went to Stanford.

在英文裡In English 你把它當地名用，前面不加theyou use it as a place name with no "the"：像she studies at Stanfordshe studies at Stanford，或he went to Stanfordhe went to Stanford。

You will also meet it attached to famous things that came out of the university, such as the Stanford prison experiment in psychology, or Stanford as a name in test titles. For Taiwanese students it is worth knowing that it sits in the same conversation as the Ivy League schools in terms of difficulty and reputation, even though it is on the west coast and not in that league at all.

你You 也會遇到它跟這所大學裡出來的知名事物連在一起will also meet it attached to famous things that came out of the university，像心理學裡的史丹佛監獄實驗such as the Stanford prison experiment in psychology，或or Stanford as a name in test titles或當作某些測驗名稱裡的Stanford。對台灣學生來說For Taiwanese students 值得知道的是it is worth knowing 它在難度和名氣上常跟常春藤盟校放在一起討論that it sits in the same conversation as the Ivy League schools in terms of difficulty and reputation，雖然even though 它it 是西岸學校，其實根本不屬於那個聯盟is on the west coast and not in that league at all。