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1、2019-2020年高一英语Unit7《Culturalrelics》备课资料旧人教版第一册Ⅰ、异域风情1.SydneyOperaHouseTheSydneyOperaHouseisoneofthemostfamousbuildingsintheworld.Itisconsideredtobeoneofthemostrecognizableimagesofthemodernworldalthoughthebuildinghasbeenopenforonlyabout30years.TheSydneyOperaHouseisasrepresentativeo
2、fAustraliaasthepyramidsareofEgypt.6225squaremetersofglassand645kilometersofelectriccablewereusedtobuildtheOperaHouse.Itincludes1000rooms.Itis185meterslongand120meterswide.Thebuilding’sroofsectionsweighabout15tons.Thereare1milliontilesontheroof.Itprovidesguidedtoursto200000peopleea
3、chyear.ButdoyouknowtheOperaHousewitharoofwasdesignedbyafamousDanisharchitect,Utzon?Inthelate1950stheAustralianGovernmentestablishedanappealfundtofinancetheconstructionoftheSydneyOperaHouse,andconductedapetitionforitsdesignwaschosen.Utzonspentafewyearsreworkingthedesignanditwas1961
4、beforehehadsolvedtheproblemofhowtobuildthedistinguishingfeature—thesailsoftheroof.Theventureexperiencedcostblowouts.In1966thesituationreachedcrisispointandUtzonresignedfromtheproject.Thebuildingwasfinallypetedbyothersin1973.SydneyOperaHousewasopenedbyQueenElizabethon20thOctober197
5、3.TheOperaHousereachesoutintotheharbour.Seenfromtheairoraferry,theskylineoftheSydneyOperaHose,thebluewateroftheharbourandtheSydneyHarbourBridge,isbeautiful.2.RedSquareRedSquare—thatfamiliarbrickedexpanse(宽阔的区域)intheheartofMoscowislocatedjustoutsidetheKremlin(克里姆林宫),alongit’seaster
6、nwall.RedSquare’shistorystretchesbacktothedaysofCzarist(俄国帝制的)Russia.Inthelate15thcentury,peoplecametothissquare,calledmarketsquare,tobuyfood,livestock(家畜),orotherwares(器皿).Bythelate16thcentury,itwasrenamedTrinitySquare,andservedasthemainentrancetotheKremlin.Itwasn’tuntil1650thati
7、treceivedthenameKrasnayaPloschad,krasnayameaningbothbeautifulandred.TheRedSquareoftodayismorethan500000squarefeetofopenland.Aplacewherepeoplegathertocelebrateofficialstateevents,tobephotographedinfrontoffavoritesites,orjusttodrinkinthehistoricsplendor(光彩).Atthenorthendofthesquarei
8、stheHistoricalMuseum,thelargestmu