[填空题]Sydney Opera House must be one of the most
recognizable images of the modem world—up there with the Eiffel Tower and the
Empire State Building—and one of the most photographed. Not only is it
recognizable, it has come to 1
"Australia". Although only having been open since 1973, it is as the symbol
of Australia as the pyramids are of Egypt and the Colosseum of Rome.
The Opera House is situated on Bennelong Point, which reaches out into
the harbor. The skyline of the Sydney Harbor Bridge, the blue water of the
harbor and the Sydney- Opera House, viewed from a ferry or from the air, is
2 and unforgettable.
Ironic, perhaps, that this Australian icon—the Opera House—was designed by
renowned (有名的) Danish architect—Jorn Utzon. In the late 1950s the New South
Wales Government established an appeal 3
to finance the construction of the Sydney Opera House, and
4 a competition for its design. Utzon’s design
was chosen.
The irony was that his design was, arguably, beyond
the 5 of engineering at the time. Utzon
spent a couple of years reworking the design. It was 1961 before he had solved
the problem of how to build the 6
feature-the "sails" of the roof.
The venture experienced
cost blow-outs and there were occasions when the NSW Government was tempted to
7 . In 1966 with arguments about cost
and the interior design, and with the Government 8
progress payments, the situation reached crisis point. Then Jorn
Utzon 9 the project. The building was
10 completed by others in 1973.