现代歌剧院在奥地利开幕

 　　VIENNA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Austria's most modern opera house opened on Thursday in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria.

　　The modern opera house, Linz Music Theatre, supposed to be the spearhead of the European architecture of opera house, costed 236 million U.S. dollars, and took four years to accomplish the project.

　　Terry Pawson, an English architect, who was chosen to design the Linz music theatre in 2006, initiated¹ the project in 2009.

　　First plans to construct an opera house in Linz has already discussed in 1992, but 60 percent of the Upper Austrian population opposed the construction of an opera house in Linz. Nevertheless the government finally decided² to build a music theatre in 2003.

1 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。