悉尼英文简介

Sydeny

General Introduction:

Sydney

is

in

New

South

Wales

,

it

is

the

capital

and

port

also

the

biggest

city

in

Australia. Until 2006, Sydney's population is about 428.4 million. Sydney's climate is

mild,

also

annual

rainfall.

The

warmest

is

in

January,

the

coldest

is

in

July.

This

climate

is

a

little

bit

like

Shanghai

in

China.

About

200

years

ago,

this

was

a

wasteland,

after

two

centuries

of

hard

exploration

and

management;

it

has

become

one

of

Australia's

most

prosperous,

the

modernization

and

internationalization

city.

Australia is

the typical

immigration country, its

language there

are several,

first

the

main language is darug; the native in Sydney is cadigal. But now the main Australia

language is English.

Australia's seafood is famous in the world, in any offshore restaurant, we can enjoy

Australia

produce

of

abalone,

oyster,

the

emperor

crab,

lobster

or

balmain

bugs

(a

kind of sea crab).

I think the best tourist line is: the first day,

you can go to the famous Sydney tower

and the Sydney opera house. The next day, you would go to Australian Reptile Park

& Wildlife Sanctuary, and in that night, we will go to Paddy’s Market and The Rocks

Market

for

shopping.

On

the

third

day,

you

can

go

to

the

Central

Coast

to

enjoy

swimming,

but

also

we will

go

fishing

for

fun

and

enjoy

the

Hawkesbury

taste

the

delicious

seafood

for

dinner.

I

choose

to

these

places

because

these

places

are

representing Sydney culture and local feature, but I also like this places all.

Brief Introduction:

1.

The Sydney Opera House

The

Sydney

Opera

House

is

located

in

Sydney,

New

South

Wales,

Australia

on

Bennelong Point. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect J?

rn Utzon,

who

in

2003

received

the

Pritzker

Prize,

architecture's

highest

honour.

The

citation

stated“ There is no d

oubt 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

become

known

throughout

the

world

–

a

symbol

for

not

only

a

city,

but

a

whole

country and continent. ”The Op

era House was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site

on 28 June 2007.

It is one of the world's most distinctive 20th century buildings, and one of the most

famous performing arts centres in the world.

The Sydney Opera house:Was designed

by

Danish

architect

J?

rn

Utzon.

Was

opened

by

Queen

Elizabeth

II

on

20

October

1973. Presented, as its first performance, The Australian Opera's production of War

and Peace by Prokofiev. Cost $$AU 102,000,000 to build. Conducts 3000 events each

year. Provides guided tours to 200,000 people each year.

Has an annual audience of 2 million for its performances. Includes 1000 rooms. Is 185

metres long and 120 metres wide. Has 2194 pre-cast concrete sections as its roof. Has

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roof sections weighing up to 15 tons. Has roof sections held together by 350 kms of

tensioned steel cable. Has over 1 million tiles on the roof. Uses 6225 square metres of

glass and 645 kilometres of electric cable.

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

multi- venue

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.

2. The Sydney Harbour Bridge

The

Sydney

Harbour

Bridge

is

the

main

crossing

of

Sydney

Harbour

carrying

vehicular,

rail,

and

pedestrian

traffic

between

the

Sydney

central

business

district

(CBD) and the North Shore. The dramatic water vista of the bridge together with the

nearby Sydney Opera House is

an iconic image

of both

Sydney

and

Australia. The

bridge is colloquially referred to as the Coathanger because of its arch-based design,

although this usage is less prevalent than it once was. The iconic Bridge is celebrating

its 75th anniversary in 2007.

The bridge was the

city's tallest structure until

1967. According to

Guinness

World

Records,

it

is

the

widest

long-span

bridge

in

the

world

and

is

the

largest

steel

arch

bridge with the top of the bridge standing 134 metres above the harbo

ur.

The bridge's

two ends are located at Dawes Point (in Sydney's Rocks area) and Milsons Point (in

Sydney's

lower

North

Shore

area).

It

carries

six

lanes

of

road

traffic

on

its

main

roadway,

two

lanes

of

road

traffic

(formerly

two

tram

tracks)

and

a

footpath

on

its

eastern

side,

and

two

railway

tracks

and

a

bicycle

path

along

its

western

side.

The

western side being 3

05mm larger that the east side.

The road across the bridge is known as

the

Bradfield

Highway

and

is

about

2.4

km

(1.5

miles)

long,

making

it

one

of

the

shortest

highways

in

Australia.

(The

shortest,

also

called

the

Bradfield

Highway,

is

found on the Story Bridge in Brisbane). At 48.8 m (151.3 feet) wide, it is the widest

long-span bridge in the world (Guinness World Records, 2004).

The bridge deck portion of the highway is 1.15 km (0.71 miles) long. It is concrete

and lies

on trimmers (beams

that run along the length

of the bridge). The trimmers

themselves rest on steel beams that run along the width of the bridge. The trimmers

and beams are visible to boats that pass underneath the bridge.

The

total

weight

of

the

bridge

is

52,800

tonnes,

and

six

million

hand-driven

rivets

hold

the

bridge

together.

The

rivets

were

made

at

the

Park

Bridge

Ironworks

in

L

ancashire two

pairs of pylons at each end are about 89 m (276 feet) high

and

are

made

of

concrete

and

granite.

Abutments,

which

support

the

ends

of

the

bridge,

are

contained

at

the

base

of

the

pylons.

They

prevent

the

bridge

from

stretching or compressing due to temperature variations.

3.

Sydney Tower

The

Sydney

Tower

Eye

-

often

referred

to

by

Sydneysiders

as

Sydney

Tower,

Centrepoint Tower, AMP Tower, Westfield Centrepoint Tower or Sydney Skytower,

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