安徽 王濤濤

最美的建筑，應該是建筑在時間之上的，時間會給出一切答案。——貝聿銘

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1Born in China, I. M. Pei (1917—2019) grew up in Suzhou and Shanghai before deciding to move to the United States to study architecture. Pei was praised for giving“this century some of its most beautiful interior (內 部 的) spaces and exterior forms”, said the jury of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, which he received in 1983.Below are four of his most iconic buildings.

●Le Grande Louvre

2In 1981, the newly elected French president, Fran?ois Mitterrand, launched a campaign to renovate cultural institutions throughout France. One of the most advantageous of those projects was the renovation and remodeling of the Louvre. In 1983, after touring Europe and the United States, President Mitterrand commissioned Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei. It was the first time that a foreign architect had been enlisted to work in Le Grande Louvre.

●Bank of China Tower

3When commissioned to design the Bank of China Tower on an intricate inland site,I. M. Pei was requested to create an unavoidably tall unique headquarters in a typhoonprone region that would represent the aspirations of the Chinese people. The solution assimilates architecture and engineering simultaneously, involving an asymmetrical tower that stands against both the skyline and the street.

●Suzhou Museum

4Founded in 1960 and originally located in the Zhongwang Mansion of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (太平天國),Suzhou Museum has been a highly-regarded museum with a number of significant Chinese cultural relics.The new Suzhou Museum designed by I.M.Pei was completed in October 2006.Not only does the museum become a monumental（意義深遠的）design building in Suzhou,but also a significant construction,merging the traditional southern Chinese architecture style and modern aesthetics.

●JFK Presidential Library

5In 1963, then President John F. Kennedy viewed possible sites for a presidential library and museum to be built in his name. After several years, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library was finally finished and dedicated on October 20,1979.Architect I.M.Pei's signature geometric shapes of concrete steel and glass created an appropriate stately monumentality. A juxtaposition（并置）of spaces and light quality along with a defined and clear circulation（循環(huán)）creates a logical story-line of its namesake.

Reading Check

Ⅰ.Choose the best answers according to the text

Ⅱ.Discussion

What other great famous Chinese architects and their designs do you know? Please search for more information about them and share it with your classmates.

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Language Study

Ⅰ.Discover the useful structure in the text

not only...but(also)...意為“不僅……而且……”，用來連接兩個表示并列關系的成分，also可以省略。

Not only does the museum become a monumental design building in Suzhou, but also a significant construction, merging the traditional southern Chinese architecture style and modern aesthetics.這座博物館不僅成為蘇州的一座紀念性設計建筑，而且是一座融合了中國南方傳統(tǒng)建筑風格和現(xiàn)代美學的重要建筑。

Ⅱ.Complete the following phrases according to the text

1.成長 ________up 2.因……而受到贊美be ________for

3.文物cultural ________4.建筑風格architecture________

5.現(xiàn)代美學modern________