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1、Lesson4: 悉尼歌剧院Sydney Opera House 澳大利亚原文：D： Debbie G : GlennD： What are you planning to do on your trip to Australia?G There are so many things to see, Im not sure where to start. Were going to Sydney first.D： If youre going to sydney, the first thing you should do is to visit the Opera House. The ar

2、chitecture is out of this world!G Tell me some more about the Opera House, Im a bit of an Australia novice!D： Well. its situated in Sydney Harbour at Bennelong Point. It was opened in 1973 but it wasnt built by an Australian.G Really? Ive always thought it was built by a local.D： Joern Utzon is the

3、Danish architect who entered and won the international competition announced in January 1956 to design it.G Oh, I see. I wonder why Ive never heard of him.So, was there a competition to select a designer? What did he win?D： Hes only known for that building. His prize for the winning design was 5,000

4、 Australian pounds, this was before they had Australian dollars.G: After winning the competition for the opera house design, he must have spent a long time planning the Opera House, before he started building it.D： Actually, it took 15 years to build and the final cost was fourteen times the origina

5、l estimate.G: Wow! Why did it take so long to build?D： I think one of the reasons was because the roof was so top-heavy and nothing so daringly inclined had ever been built before.G: What happened to him later on?D： In 2003, at the age of 85, Joern Utzon was recognised by his peers and awarded the p

6、restigious Pritzker Prize, regarded as the Nobel Prize of architecture. But perhaps the most unusual thing about him was that he never actually saw the Opera House in person.G: What if I want to watch something there, a musical or an opera, or something. What would you recommend?D： Various theatre p

7、erformances and other cultural events are held at the Sydney Opera House.You should look at the Sydney Opera House website and check out whats on during your visit.G： Thats a great idea.译文：D:黛比G :哥勒恩D:这次澳大利亚之行,你方案做些什么G:要参观的地方太多了,我也不知道从哪儿开始.我们首先会去悉尼D:你们要是去悉尼的话,第一个要参观的应当是悉尼歌剧院,这是举世闻名的建筑.G:给我多讲讲悉尼歌剧院吧,

8、我对澳大利亚还真是不熟.D:好的.歌剧院地处悉尼港的本纳隆角 ,于1973开放,但它 的建筑师并不是澳大利亚本地人.G:真是这样的吗我一直都以为它是当地人建的.D:丹麦建筑师杰恩伍重参加了 1956年月宣布的澳大利亚悉 尼歌剧院的国际设计竞赛,并最终获胜承担设计工作.G:哦,是这样.我还纳闷怎么从没听说过他.这么说那时举办 过一次设计师选拔赛,对吗他的奖品是什么D:他只是由于这个建筑而知名.这次设计他获得5000澳大利亚镑的奖金,这事发生在澳元被使用之前.G:赢得悉尼歌剧院设计大赛之后,他一定花了很长时间来做设 计,然后才开始建设.D:事实上,建这个剧院共花了 15年的时间,而且最后的花费是 最初预算的14倍.G:哇,怎么花了这么长的时间D:我想其中一个原因就是在此之前从没有建过象歌剧院那样的 建筑,顶部重的出奇,倾斜度也很大.G:他后来怎么样了 D:到了 2003年,杰恩伍重85岁时得到了同行的认可,获得 了著名的普利兹克奖.这个奖被认为是建筑界的诺贝