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Good afternoon, class, today we are going to discuss the construction of one of the world's most famous tourist attractions.
同學(xué)們，下午好，今天我們將討論一個(gè)世界著名景點(diǎn)的建造。
It's located in the middle of Paris, France.
它位于法國(guó)巴黎市中心。
It's the Eiffel Tower, designed by Gustave Eiffel and built between 1887 and 1889.
它就是埃菲爾鐵塔，由古斯塔夫·埃菲爾設(shè)計(jì)，于1887年到1889年間建成。
The Eiffel Tower today remains the tallest structure in Paris, standing 300 meters high.
埃菲爾鐵塔至今仍是巴黎最高的建筑，高達(dá)300米。
The iron structure of the tower weighs a total of 7,300 tons.
整個(gè)鐵塔塔身重7300噸。
It took 300 workers to join together 18,038 pieces of puddle iron with three and a half million metal pins to set up the tower.
這座塔是由300位工人用18038片鋼鐵、350萬(wàn)顆金屬釘搭建而成。
That doesn't sound like such a big deal by today's standards,
按照如今的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，這并不是什么大工程，
but for the time, it was the tallest structure in the world. It held the record for over 40 years.
但是對(duì)當(dāng)時(shí)來(lái)說(shuō)，它是世界最高的建筑結(jié)構(gòu)，并維持該紀(jì)錄40多年。
The tower was built to be the gateway into the 1889 World's Fair in Paris.
埃菲爾鐵塔是為了1889年的巴黎世界博覽會(huì)而落成的。
Well, as famous as it is, many members of the French public did not approve of the tower.
雖然該塔很有名氣，很多法國(guó)人并不喜歡它。
One famous novelist even ate his lunch at a restaurant near the tower
一位著名的小說(shuō)家甚至跑道埃菲爾鐵塔附近的餐廳去吃飯，
because he felt it was the only place he could eat without having to see it.
因?yàn)樗X(jué)得這里是唯一在吃飯時(shí)看不到它的地方。
And furthermore, the City of Paris had an agreement with Gustave Eiffel that after twenty years,
而且，巴黎市政府曾與古斯塔夫·埃菲爾達(dá)成協(xié)議，
rights to the tower would be theirs.
二十年后這座塔的所有權(quán)將歸政府所有。
Gustave Eiffel had a permit for the tower to stand for 20 years; it was to be demolished in 1909,
他們?cè)试S古斯塔夫·埃菲爾的塔聳立20年，原定于在1909年這座塔的所有權(quán)
when its ownership would belong to the City of Paris.
將歸巴黎市政府之后將其拆毀。
The City of Paris had planned to tear it down but as the tower proved valuable for communication purposes,
巴黎市政府曾經(jīng)計(jì)劃將埃菲爾鐵塔拆除，但是在到期之后卻將其保留了下來(lái)，
it was allowed to remain after the permit expired.
原因是埃菲爾鐵塔被證明極具通訊價(jià)值。
By that time, the tower was so firmly established in French history that they could not tear it down.
到那時(shí)，埃菲爾鐵塔在法國(guó)歷史上已經(jīng)有了十分重要的地位，他們已經(jīng)無(wú)法拆除。
The military used it to dispatch Parisian taxis to the front line during the First Battle of the Marne.
第一次馬恩河戰(zhàn)役中軍方利用該塔派遣巴黎出租汽車去往前線。
Question 20. How long did it take to build the Eiffel Tower?
問(wèn)題20 建造埃菲爾鐵塔花了多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間？
Question 21. For what purpose was the Eiffel Tower built?
問(wèn)題21 埃菲爾鐵塔的建造目的是什么？
Question 22. Why wasn't the Eiffel Tower torn down as planned?
問(wèn)題22 為什么埃菲爾鐵塔沒(méi)有按計(jì)劃被拆除？
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