英语名人堂：安藤忠雄
安藤忠雄，日本著名建筑师，从未受过正规科班教育，开创了一套独特、崭新的建筑风格，成为当今最为活跃、最具影响力的世界建筑大师之一。
Tadao Ando was born in 1941 in Osaka, Japan. He is a prolific 1 architect and is in demand the world over. He designs buildings using his distinctive 2 approach to architecture. His style uses simple forms, lots of exposed concrete, and the creative use of natural light. People describe his work as ‘international modernism’. A leading architectural critic said: "Ando is right in the Japanese tradition.”
Ando spent his childhood making wood models. He spent hours in a carpenter’s shop across the street and learnt many techniques from the craftsmen 3. After leaving school he drifted from job to job. He was a truck driver and tried his luck as a boxer 4. He eventually got into architecture, even though he had no qualifications.
Ando began teaching himself the principles of designing buildings. He visited temples and shrines 5 in Kyoto and Nara to get a feel for traditional Japanese architecture. He also travelled to Europe to sketch 6 the magnificent buildings there. His maiden 7 project was Tomishima House in Osaka in 1973. Twenty years later he completed his first international project – the Japanese Pavilion at Expo92 in Sevilla, Spain.
Ando was first recognized for his work in 1979, when he won the Annual Prize from the Architectural Institute of Japan. In 1995, he scooped 8 the Pritzker Prize – the highest distinction in world architecture. He donated the $100,000 prize money to the orphans 9 of the Kobe earthquake. A housing complex he designed in Kobe survived the earthquake undamaged.
- She is a prolific writer of novels and short stories.她是一位多产的作家，写了很多小说和短篇故事。
- The last few pages of the document are prolific of mistakes.这个文件的最后几页错误很多。
- She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
- This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。
- rugs handmade by local craftsmen 由当地工艺师手工制作的小地毯
- The craftsmen have ensured faithful reproduction of the original painting. 工匠保证要复制一幅最接近原作的画。
- The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
- He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。
- All three structures dated to the third century and were tentatively identified as shrines. 这3座建筑都建于3 世纪，并且初步鉴定为神庙。
- Their palaces and their shrines are tombs. 它们的宫殿和神殿成了墓穴。
- My sister often goes into the country to sketch. 我姐姐常到乡间去写生。
- I will send you a slight sketch of the house.我将给你寄去房屋的草图。
- The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女。
- The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.这架飞机明天首航。