Unit 8 Architecture:frozen music The Eiffel Tower,主讲：王明新、张妮、钟杨杨、孙雪、孙文锦,Starting point,Sydney Opera House It is situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour. It was designed by a famous Danish architect,John Utzon. It looks like seashells. It includes Opera Hall,concert hall,the bennelong restaurant. It is a symbol of Australia. Its recognized as one of the seven wonders of the 20th century.,Starting point,Sydney Opera House It is situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour. It was designed by a famous Danish architect,John Utzon. It looks like seashells. It includes Opera Hall,concert hall,the bennelong restaurant. It is a symbol of Australia. Its recognized as one of the seven wonders of the 20th century.,Starting Point,Taj Mahal It is a mausoleum located in Agra, India . It built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Most of it was made of white marble. Tagore said, the Taj Mahal is the “eternal a tear on his cheek”.,Starting Point,Burj Al Arab Hotel It is in the Middle East, Dubi, United Arab Emirates city of Dubi Emirate. The worlds first 7-star hotel The worlds highest hotel. It was designed by British architect, WS Atkins. It looks like a sail full of the wind. Glod Boom ; Luxurious hotel,Active reading(1),The Eiffel Tower Another name: iron lady(铁娘子) Build time：1887.1.27-1889.3.11 Structure:steel hollow structure(钢架镂空结构) Area:10,1000 square meters Building Height:324 meters Building layers: 4-layer Building weight:7,000 tons,It stands in a park call Champ de Mars (战神广场)near the Seine River. Use: observation tower , restaurant Radio broadcasting tower Builder :Gustare Eiffel (1832-1923) is an engineer by training. It is the symbol of Paris. It was built for Universal Exhibition 1889 Paris France.,The main idea for each paragraph,1. provide information about the three largest stuctures in the last half of the 19th century and tell us the Eiffel Tower is useless. 2.all most of the greart towers of the world were built for religious reasons. 3. 4.the Eiffel Tower was love at first sight for the people ,many country vowed to destroy it ,but failed,the summary of the passage.,The writer uses the Eiffel Tower as an example of a monument that has become a beloved symbol in spite of being unpopular with some people at the time of its creation. Ironically, the Eiffel Tower was not built with any greater aim than simply to be large and imposing, yet now it is seen as representing the city of Paris.,