16. Describe a modern building

　　Well, everyday there are new buildings being constructed. No matter in what

　　styles they are built, as long as they are using the modern techniques and

　　modern materials, they are modern buildings. Here, I’d like to talk about the

　　Hangzhou grand theater, a very special modern building. Made of steel and galss,

　　golden in color, it looks like a sun resting on the earth.

　　Designed by internationally known Canadian architect, Hangzhou Grand

　　Theatre covers 100,000 square meters with a total construction area of 55,000

　　square meters. It consists of an opera house, a concert hall, a multifunction

　　hall, an open air stage and a culture square.

　　The silky titanium roof symbolizes the pearl; the slant surface made of the

　　double curved glass curtain wall represents the moon; a pool of over 6000 square

　　meters in front of Hangzhou Grand Theatre stands for the beautiful West

　　Lake.

　　Located in the center of the building and looking like a U shape, the Opera

　　House has altogether 1600 seats with red color as its basic tune. Designed as a

　　classical shoe box, the concert hall has totally 600 seats with blue color as

　　its basic tune. Breaking through the traditional mode, with 400 seats, lifts and

　　chairs that can be turned up and down, the Multifunction Hall can achieve the

　　flexibility of space arrangement according to specific requirements.

　　With the performing stage surrounded by the seats, and the whole stage

　　surrounded by a water-pool with a total accommodation of 1000 people, the Open

　　Air Stage imitated ancient Roman classical style of architecture.

　　Hangzhou grand theater is really a modern building, and a very special

　　one.