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Sydney Opera House must be one of the most recognizable images of the modem world—up there with the Eiffel Tower and the Empire
Sydney Opera House must be one of the most recognizable images of the modem world—up there with the Eiffel Tower and the Empire
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2013-06-15
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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 represent "Australia". Although only having been open since 1973, it is as 【B1】______ of Australia as the pyramids are of Egypt and the Colosseum of Rome. The Opera House is【B2】______ on Bennelong Point, which reaches out into the harbour. The【B3】______ of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the blue water of the harbour and the Sydney Opera House, 【B4】______ from a ferry or from the air, is【B5】______and unforgettable. Ironic, perhaps, that this Australian icon was designed by【B6】______ Danish architect—Jorn Utzon. In the late 1950s the NSW Government established an appeal fund to【B7】______ the construction of the Sydney Opera House, and【B8】______a competition for its design. Utzon’s design was chosen. The irony was that【B9】______. Utzon spent a couple of years reworking the design. It was 1961 before【B10】______.The venture experienced cost blow-outs and there were occasions when the NSW Government was tempted to call a halt.【B11】______. In 1966 the situation reached crisis point and Jorn Utzon resigned from the project. The building was eventually completed by others in 1973.
【B9】
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his design was,arguably,beyond the capabili—ties of engineering of the time
解析
此句结构简单,不建议重构。注意ar-guably“有争论地”一词的拼写。
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大学英语六级
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