I brought a big red bird-shaped kite and my Two small cousins， aged four and tow， to National Taiwan University We found An open space away from telephone poles and lines and It was 8 o' clock in the morning and not very sunny; the wind was After the first few attempts to get the kite to fly I discovered how amateur I really I was at the To realize this was going to be a long trial-and- Error By ten-thirty， at last I was at the Height of my glory: the kite was sailing upward And away as far as my string could And both children were dancing， yelling， and clapping around I had gotten the kite up， but I did not steer it well and the wind blew it down toward the roof of a school Finally my string broke， and we all went
中文版 苏州博物馆是中国地方历史艺术性博物馆。位于江苏省苏州市东北街。1960年建立，2006年10月建成新馆，设计者为著名的建筑设计大师贝聿铭。馆址为太平天国忠王李秀成王府遗址。面积8000多平方米，分东、西、中3路，中路立体建筑为殿堂型式，梁坊满饰苏式彩绘，入口处侧门，有文征明手植紫藤，内部东侧有太平天国古典舞台等，是全国重点文物保护单位。这座投资达39亿元的新馆建筑和相伴的忠王府古建筑交相辉映，总建筑面积26500平方米，其中忠王府建筑面积7500平方米，地面一层为主，局部二层；新馆建筑面积19000平方米，为充分尊重所在街区的历史风貌，博物馆新馆采用地下一层，地面也是以一层为主，主体建筑檐口高度控制在6米之内；中央大厅和西部展厅安排了局部二层，高度16米。“修旧如旧”的忠王府古建筑作为苏州博物馆新馆的一个组成部分，与新馆建筑珠联璧合，从而使苏州博物馆新馆成为一座集现代化馆舍建筑、古建筑与创新山水园林三位一体的综合性博物馆。 在整体布局上，新馆巧妙地借助水面，与紧邻的拙政园、忠王府融会贯通，成为其建筑风 苏州博物馆格的延伸。新馆建筑群坐北朝南，被分成三大块：中央部分为入口、中央大厅和主庭院；西部为博物馆主展区；东部为次展区和行政办公区。这种以中轴线对称的东、中、西三路布局，和东侧的忠王府格局相互映衬，十分和谐。新馆与原有拙政园的建筑环境既浑然一体，相互借景、相互辉映，符合历史建筑环境要求，又有其本身的独立性，以中轴线及园林、庭园空间将两者结合起来，无论空间布局和城市机理都恰到好处。 英文版Suzhou museum is China's local history museum of Located in suzhou northeast Established in 1960， October 2006， the designer to build new architectural design of famous master Is granted for the taiping heavenly kingdom zhong king li xiu-chen wangfu Area of more than 8，000 square meters， east and west， in the middle road， building three-dimensional edifice， liang fang for full adorn su coloured drawing or pattern， at the entrance to the side， wen levy goes， the east has instituted inside the taiping heavenly kingdom， the classic stage is the key units to be The investment of 39 million yuan li brary buildings and the concomitant inter-shining ancient palace， with a total construction area of 26500 square meters， construction area of wang zhong 7，500 square meters， ground layer， local floor， Li brary buildings area 19，000 m2， fully respect the historical block， where the new museum by underground， the ground is in a layer of main building， in 6 meters high control cornice， In western and central hall hall arranged partial height 16 "Instancing the Palace Museum of suzhou ancient as part of a new， and li brary buildings， thus formed a set of suzhou museum new modern library construction， architectural and landscape garden trinity of innovation comprehensive In the overall layout ably， new with water， and close to the house， loyal， become its mastery of architectural wind suzhou New buildings， is divided into three parts: sits for entry， the central part: central hall and the courtyard， The western area for museums， East times galleries， and administrative This axis symmetric east， middle and west road layout， and the mutual faithful wangfu pattern， very New and original zhuozhengyuan architectural environment， which is integrated with history， mutual reflect， architectural and environmental requirements， and has its own independence， with central axis and landscape， garden space will be both Arise， whether spatial layout and cities are proper
