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1、工业设计专业英语课程作业外文翻译外文原文：RobertAdam’sAchievementsinarchitecturaldesignRobertAdam,(bornJuly3,1728,Kirkcaldy,Fife,Scot.—diedMarch3,1792,London,Eng.),Scottisharchitectanddesignerwho,withhisbrotherJames(1730–94),transformedPalladianNeoclassicisminEnglandintotheai
2、ry,light,elegantstylethatbearstheirname.Hismajorarchitecturalworksincludepublicbuildings(especiallyinLondon),andhisdesignswereusedfortheinteriorsofsuchcountrymansionsasSyonHouse(1762–69)inMiddlesex(nowinHounslow,London).EarlylifeRobertwasthesecondsonofWil
3、liamAdam,theforemostScottisharchitectofhistime.William,whoasmastermasontotheBoardofOrdnanceinNorthBritainsupervisedthedesignofmilitarybuildings,alsodesignednumerouscountryhousesinaconservativePalladianstyle—themodifiedclassicRomanstylethatwasoriginallydev
4、elopedbythe16th-centuryarchitectAndreaPalladio.TheAdamchildrengrewupintheculturedatmosphereofapropertiedandwell-connected18th-centuryfamily.ShortlyafterRobert’sbirththefamilymovedtoEdinburgh,whereattheageofsixheenteredtheEdinburghHighSchool.In1743heenroll
5、edatTown’sCollege(nowUniversityofEdinburgh),butin1745heabandonedhisstudiesandthefollowingyearenteredhisfather’sofficeasanapprenticeandassistant.WilliamAdamdiedin1748,andhisBoardofOrdnancepostpassedtohiseldestson,John,whotookRobertintopartnership.Inthesucc
6、eedingfewyearsbothbenefitedfromthelucrativecontractsthatresultedfromtheappointment.BesidesbuildingFortGeorgeintheMorayFirthnearInverness,theAdambrothersalsowereengagedtocompletetheinterioroftheearlofHopetoun’shouse.Intheirinteriorsthebrothersintroducedint
7、oScotlandanew,lighter,almostRococostyleofdecoration.TheotherimportantprivatecommissionoftheseyearswasDumfriesHouse,Ayrshire2013.5.12工业设计专业英语课程作业外文翻译,fortheearlofDumfries.EuropeaninfluencesIn1754RobertAdam,whobythenconsideredhimselftobeworth£5,000,wasinvit
8、edtoaccompanytheHonourableCharlesHope,theearlofHopetoun’syoungerbrother,toItaly.Hethushadtheopportunitytorealizethedreamhehadbeensavingforsincehisfather’sdeath,and,justasimportant,hehadthesocialadvantagesoftraveling
