新建中国国家大剧院的穹顶在湖水的环抱之下熠熠生辉,宛若一颗珍珠,又好像初生的太阳。这正是设计它的法国建筑大师试图营造的印象。这座斥资3.6亿美元的雄伟建筑由钛合金与玻璃构成,其规模比纽约的林肯中心或华盛顿的肯尼迪中心都大,旨在向世界宣告,北京已经成为经济和文化中心。但对许多来过这里的人而 The dome of the newly built China National Center for the Performing Arts is shining brightly under the lake, just like a pearl and a newborn sun. This is the impression that the French architects who designed it are trying to create. The $ 360 million majestic building, comprised of titanium and glass, is larger than either the Lincoln Center in New York or the Kennedy Center in Washington to announce to the world that Beijing has become an economic and cultural hub. But for many who came here