【正文】 the roof. Uses 6225 square metres of glass and 645 kilometres of electric cable.SYDNEY, Australia Around every bend in Australia, there are natural beauties and magnificent vistas. But perhaps nothing identifies the country more than a breathtaking view of the Sydney Opera House.The Opera House, designed by Danish architect J248。rn Utzon resigned from the project. The building was eventually pleted by others in 1973. Sydney Opera House facts and figuresThe Sydney Opera house:Was designed by Danish architect J248。sails39。rn Utzon.In the late 1950s the NSW Government established an appeal fund to finance the construction of the Sydney Opera House, and conducted a petition for its design. Utzon39。Australia39。s highest honour.[1] The citation stated“ There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece. It is one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has bee known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent. ”The Opera House was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007.[2] It is one of the world39?？祭拖つ岣鑴≡旱挠⑽慕榻BThe Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is a thickset arboreal marsupial herbivore native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae.The Koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from near Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula. Populations also extend for considerable distances inland in regions with enough moisture to support suitable woodlands. The Koalas of South Australia were largely exterminated during the early part of the 20th century, but the state has since been repopulated with Victorian stock. The Koala is not found in Tasmania or Western Australia.The Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on Bennelong Point. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect J248。rn Utzon, who in 2003 received the Pritzker Prize, architecture39。s most distinctive 20th century buildings, and one of the most famous performing arts centres in the world.The Sydney Opera House is situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Contrary to the implication of the name, it houses a multivenue performing arts centre, rather than a single Opera theatre. As well as hosting many touring productions in a variety of performance genres, the Sydney Opera House is a major presenting venue for Opera Australia, The Australian Ballet, the Sydney Theatre Company and the Sydney Symphony. It is administered by the Sydney Opera House Trust, under the New South Wales Ministry of the Arts.悉尼歌劇院的英文介紹Sydney Opera House must be one of the most recognisable images of the modern world up there with the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building and one of the most photographed. Not only is it recognisable, it has e to represent 39。. Although only having been open since 1973, it is as representative 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 harbour. The skyline of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the blue water of the harbour and the Sydney Opera House, viewed from a ferry or from the air, is dramatic and unforgettable. Ironic, perhaps, that this Australian icon the Opera House with a roof evocative of a ship at full sail was designed by renowned Danish architect J248。s design was chosen. The irony was that his design was, arguably, beyond the capabilities of engineering of the time. Utzon spent a couple of years reworking the design and it was 1961 before he had solved the problem of how to build the distinguishing feature the 39。 of the roof. Sydney Opera House from the harbour, photo courtesy of Andrew WattsThe venture experienced cost blowouts and there were occasions when the NSW Government