考拉和悉尼歌剧院的英文介绍

1、考拉和悉尼歌剧院的英文介绍The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is a thickset arboreal marsupial herbivore native to Australia, and the onlyextant representative of the family Phascolarctidae.The Koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from near Adelaide to the southernpart of Cape York

2、 Peninsula. Populations also extend for considerable distances inland in regions with enough moistureto support suitable woodlands. The Koalas of South Australia were largely exterminated during the early part of the20th century, but the state has since been repopulated with Victorian stock. The Koa

3、la is not found in Tasmania orWestern Australia.The Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on Bennelong Point. It was conceivedand largely built by Danish architect J? rn Utzon, who in 2003 received the Pritzker Prize, architectures highesthonour.1 The citation stated Th

4、ere is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece. It is one of thegreat iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world -a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent.The Opera House was made a UNESCO World Her

5、itage Site on 28 June 2007.2 It is one of the worlds most distinctive20th century buildings, and one of the most famous performing arts centres in the world.The Sydney Opera House is situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge.Contrary to the implication of the

6、name, it houses a multi-venue performing arts centre, rather than a single Operatheatre. As well as hosting many touring productions in a variety of performance genres, the Sydney Opera House isa major presenting venue for Opera Australia, The Australian Ballet, the Sydney Theatre Company and the Sy

7、dney Symphony.It is administered by the Sydney Opera House Trust, under the New South Wales Ministry of the Arts.悉尼歌剧院的英文介绍Sydney Opera House must be one of the most recognisable images of the modern world - up there with the EiffelTower and the Empire State Building - and one of the most photograph

8、ed.Not only is it recognisable, it has come to represent Australia.Although only having been open since 1973, it is as representative of Australia as the pyramids are of Egyptand the Colosseum of Rome.The Opera House is situated on Bennelong Point, which reaches out into the harbour. The skyline of

9、the SydneyHarbour Bridge, the blue water of the harbour and the Sydney Opera House, viewed from a ferry or from the air, isdramatic and unforgettable.Ironic, perhaps, that this Australian icon - the Opera House with a roof evocative of a ship at full sail -was designed by renowned Danish architect -

10、 J? rn Utzon.In the late 1950s the NSW Government established an appeal fund to finance the construction of the Sydney OperaHouse, and conducted a competition for its design.Utzons design was chosen. The irony was that his design was, arguably, beyond the capabilities of engineeringof the time. Utzo

11、n spent a couple of years reworking the design and it was 1961 before he had solved the problem ofhow to build the distinguishing feature - the sails of the roof.Sydney Opera House from the harbour, photo courtesy of Andrew WattsThe venture experienced cost blow-outs and there were occasions when th

12、e NSW Government was tempted to calla halt. In 1966 the situation - with arguments about cost and the interior design, and the Government withholdingprogress payments - reached crisis point and J? rn Utzon resigned from the project. The building was eventually completedby others in 1973.Sydney Opera

13、 House facts and figuresThe Sydney Opera house:Was designed by Danish architect J?rn Utzon.Was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October 1973.Presented, as its first performance, The Australian Operas production of War and Peace by Prokofiev.Cost $AU 102,000,000 to build.Conducts 3000 events each y

14、ear.Provides guided tours to 200,000 people each year.Has an annual audience of 2 million for its performances.Includes 1000 rooms.Is 185 metres long and 120 metres wide.Has 2194 pre-cast concrete sections as its roof.Has roof sections weighing up to 15 tons.Has roof sections held together by 350 km

15、s of tensioned steel cable.Has over 1 million tiles on the roof.Uses 6225 square metres of glass and 645 kilometres of electric cable.SYDNEY , Australia-Around every bend in Australia, there are natural beauties and magnificent vistas. But perhaps nothingidentifies the country more than a breathtaki

16、ng view of the Sydney Opera House.The Opera House, designed by Danish architect J? rn Utzon, is lauded by many as one of the architectural wondersof the modern world. It attracts 90 percent of tourists who visit Sydney and acts as a major home to the performingarts in Australia.Australian cuisineThe

17、 site of the opera house is some 500 yards from where the first European colonists landed in 1788. Fort Macquariewas established there at Bennelong Point in 1821. A tram depot came along in 1902. Trams were phased out in the 1950s,not long after Sydney Symphony Orchestra conductor Eugene Goossens be

18、gan actively floating the idea of a concert hall.A government official seized on the concept and established an advisory committee, which selected the site of theold tram shed as the new home of the Sydney Opera House.In 1956, the government announced an international design competition. Utzon won t

19、he next year with hisdistinctive soaring sails vision of a harborside center. He said his idea for the structure had come from a simplesource: the orange.All the shells are cut out of the same sphere, says Michael Lynch, chief executive of the Opera House Trust,and now all have a common denominator.

20、In an interesting aside, renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright didnt approve of the blueprints. Thecircus tent is not architecture, Wright said.Reconciling with the architectConstruction of the Opera House took almost a decade and a half, and cost US $66 million, more than 14 timesoriginal

21、projectionsConstruction began in 1959. It was supposed to take four years and cost $7 million Australian (US $4.7 million)- to be paid from lottery revenues. That turned out to be an unrealistic figure.They went through extraordinary difficulty in trying to make the building work, Lynch says. The sa

22、ilsthemselves are all made out of pre-stressed concrete at a point where that was pretty much cutting-edge technology.Construction wasnt finished until 14 years later in 1973, with a $100 million Australian (US $66 million) pricetag. Utzon didnt stick around for the completion. He left in 1966, disg

23、usted with changes the New South Wales governmentwanted to make to his design - as early as the first year of construction, for example, officials had demanded hedouble the number of performance spaces in the facility.Utzon vowed never to return. I dont care if they pull the opera house down, hes re

24、ported to have said.The architect, now 81, apparently has had some change of heart over the years. The Sydney Morning Herald reportsthat hes agreed to help Australian architects upgrade the building. The article says theyll travel to the Spanishisland of Majorca to consult with Utzon on redesigning

25、the interior to match the exterior. Utzon is not expected tocome to Sydney for the project.Going for more than just concertsThe ceiling of the Opera House. The architect said the design concept came from an orange: Shells . cut outof the same sphereThe complex boasts several performance halls that c

26、arry every genre of entertainment, from jazz to ballet. Anestimated 3,000 performances each year are seen by about two million people.I think its one of the great performance arts centers in the world, Lynch says. The performing arts inAustralia have blossomed, I think, largely because of the role t

27、hat this building plays.Visitors are drawn to more than the performances. The complex holds cafes and shops, too. Today, more than 300,000visitors tour the opera house each year.And with the eyes of the world turning to Australia for the year 2000 and its Summer Olympic Games there, itsa safe bet th

28、at the Sydney Opera House will remain the nations true center stage.悉尼的英文简介Australias premier city is the oldest settlement in Australia, the economic powerhouse of the nation and thecountrys capital, Canberra is everything but name. Built on the shores of the stunning Port Jackson, you would haveto

29、 die and go to heaven before you see a more spectacular setting for a city. Its a vital, self-regarding metropolis,making itself a melting pot with people from all over the world.When to GoThe best times to visit are of spring and autumn, especially around March to April or October to November. Sydn

30、eyis blessed with a temperate climate. Sometimes torrential downpours often break the heat between October and March.Winters are cool rather than cold. Beach lovers unperturbed by the hazards of lizard-skin should come between Decemberand February.Sydney HarborThe harbor is the defining characterist

31、ic of the city. Its multiple sandstone headlands, dramatic cliffs, rockyislands and stunning bays and beaches, make it one of the most beautiful stretches of water in the world. Officiallycalled Port Jackson, the harbor stretches some 20km inland to join the mouth of the Parramatta River. The most s

32、cenicarea is on the ocean side of the bridge. The Sydney Harbor National Park protects the scattered pockets of bushlandaround the harbour and offers good walking tracks. The best way to experience the harbour is to go sailing, but ifyoure lacking nautical skills there are plenty of ways to enjoy it

33、. Try catching the Manly ferry, swimming at NielsenPark, walking from Manly to Spit Bridge, having a drink at Watsons Bay, dining with a view at Rose Bay, Balmoralor Circular Quay, or cruising to the heads on the Bounty.Sydney Opera HouseAustralias most recognizable icon is dramatically situated on

34、the eastern headland of Circular Quay. Its famoussail- and shell-like roofs were inspired by palm fronds, according to architect Jorn Utzon, but may remind you ofturtles engaging in sexual congress. The Opera House is so unique that it has been photographed a zillion times,appears on an army of chea

35、p t-shirts, every other Sydney postcard and decorates the frames of Dame Ednas dramaticglasses. It was built between 1959 and 1973, but plagued with construction delays and political difficulties whichculminated in the resignation of Utzon in 1966. Although some visitors are disappointed by the inte

36、rior, designedby a consortium of Australians after Utzon quit, its a truly memorable place to see a performance or to sit at oneof its outdoor cafes with a bottle of white wine and watch harbour life go by. The Opera House hosts theatre, classicalmusic, ballet and film, as well as the seasonal opera

37、 performances. There is free music on the prow of the OperaHouse on weekends and a craft market on the forecourt on Sunday.The RocksThe Rocks is the oldest, quaintest part of Sydney. Today it is unrecognizable from the squalid, overcrowdedand plague-ridden place it used to be. Reinvented by visionar

38、ies in the building industry and the trade union movementin the 1970s, the Rocks is now a sanitized, historical tourist precinct, full of cobbled streets, colonial buildingsand stuffed koalas. If you ignore the kitsch, a stroll around the Rocks can be delightful. Attractions include theweekend marke

39、t, the Earth Exchange geological and mining museum, and numerous craft shops and art galleries.But its the old buildings, alleyways and historic facades that attract most visitors. Try exploring the lessdeveloped areas in the contiguous suburb of Millers Point, which has not sacrificed its community

40、 life to the touristdollar. Check out the Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel and The Hero of Waterloo, two of Sydneys oldest pubs.Circular QuayCircular Quay is built around Sydney Cove and is considered by many to be the focal point of the city. The firstEuropean settlement in Australia grew around the Tank

41、Stream which now runs underground into the harbour here. Formany years this was the shipping centre of Sydney, but its now both a commuting hub and a recreational space, combiningferry quays, a railway station and the Overseas Passenger Terminal with harbour walkways, restaurants, buskers, parks,the

42、 Museum of Contemporary Art and, of course, the Sydney Opera House.Macquarie StreetSydneys greatest concentration of early public buildings grace Macquarie St, many of them commissioned byGovernor Macquarie and designed by the convict architect Francis Greenway. The most impressive are the elegant,t

43、wo-storied Parliament House, Sydney Hospital, the Mint Building, the exquisite Hyde Park Barracks, St James Churchand the voluminous State Library. The Barracks and the Mint are now museums, the library hosts exhibitions and thereare tours of both the hospital and Parliament House. Macquarie St is t

44、he eastern boundary of the Central BusinessDistrict and borders the Domain and the Royal Botanic Gardens. It runs from Hyde Park to Circular Quay.The Domain, Art Gallery & Botanic GardensThe Domain is a large grassy area east of Macquarie St which was set aside by Governor Phillip for public rec

45、reation.Today it is used by city workers for lunchtime sports and as a place to escape the bustle of the city. On Sundayafternoons, its the gathering place for impassioned soapbox speakers, who do their best to entertain or enrage theirlisteners. It is also the venue for free events held during the

46、festival of Sydney in January and the popular Carolsby Candlelight at Christmas. The Art Gallery of New South Wales is in the northeast corner of the Domain. It hasexcellent permanent exhibitions of Australian, European, Japaneseand tribal art, and has some inspired temporaryexhibits.The Royal Botan

47、ic Gardens encompass Farm Cove, the first bay east of Circular Quay, and include the site ofthe colonys first vegetable patch. They contain a magnificent collection of South Pacific plant life, tropicaldisplays in the Arc and Pyramid glasshouses, and a beautiful, old-fashioned formal rose garden. Th

48、e spectacularlylocated gardens are a favoured spot for family picnics and wedding photographs.Darling HarbourThis huge waterfront tourist and leisure park comprises walkways, gardens, museums, an aquarium, conventioncentre, casino, eateries and shops. It was once a thriving dockland area, but it dec

49、lined to the level of an urbaneyesore before being reinvented as Darling Harbour in the 1980s by a combination of vision, planning, politicking,forbearance and huge amounts of cash.The emphasis is on casual fun and enjoyment of the kind appreciated by families with small children and coach tourists.

50、The highlights are the Sydney Aquarium, the Australian National Maritime Museum, the water sculpture, the ChineseGarden, the massive IMAX cinema, and the nearby Powerhouse Museum, Sydneys most spectacular museum.Bondi BeachBondi Beach is the grand dame of Sydneys beaches with a magnificent sweep of

51、sand and a never-ending seriesof majestic rollers crashing into the shallows. The suburb of Bondi Beach is an eclectic mix of ice cream parlours,designer cafes, greasy fish & chips joints, kosher shops and surf fashion stores. The seafront promenade and pavilionhave been given a welcome facelift

52、; car parking and fixing the offshore sewage outlets remain the only problems.Ku-Ring-Gai-Chase National ParkR-p6Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park covers 150 sq km (60 sq mi) of sandstone bushland at the mouth of theHawkesbury River, 24km (15mi) north of Sydney. The park has over 100km (60mi) of shore

53、line, plenty of forest andwildlife, a number of walking tracks and some magnificent Aboriginal rock art. Elevated parts of the park offer superbviews across Pittwater towards the northernmost suburbs of Sydney.Royal National ParkThe Royal National Park, 35km (22mi) south of city, is the oldest gazet

54、ted national park in the world. The seaof low scrub which covered the sandstone plateau in the north of the park was devastated by the 1994 bushfires, butthe forested river valleys and the beaches were unscathed. The park is dissected by the Hacking River and there areriverside picnic and boat hirin

55、g facilities at Audley. Theres a spectacular 26km (16mi) coastal track stretchingthe length of the park, which is accessible from Bundeena. It passes the lovely lagoon beach at Wattamolla, and thepopular surfing spot at Garie Beach. The best views are from the southern boundary of the park overlooki

56、ng Bullifrom the edge of the Illawarra escarpment.Most visitors to Sydney arrive at Kingsford Smith airport. Airfares to Australia are expensive- its a long way from anywhere and flights are often heavily booked. The most pleasant way to get around in Sydneyis by ferry. A trip on the Manly Ferry is

57、the best way to experience the harbor if you cant charm someone into takingyou sailing. Major roads from Sydney go north to Newcastle, west to the Blue Mountains, south to Melbourne and Canberraand down the south coast to Wollongong.Anyway, you will certainly find this trip to Sydney Australia one of your most memorable experiences in yourlife. The trip will leave you sweet memories that you would like to share with your family and your friends.SydneySydney is an important commercial商业的，industrial工业的a