Eiffel Tower
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents A Famous Structure.
内容表 A名结构.
4 High and Mighty.
4高而威猛.
6 City on the Seine.
塞纳河畔6个城市.
7 A Tower of Strength.
7 坚固之塔.
8 Here to Stay.
8在这里停留。
11 Visiting the Tower.
11 探访塔.
13 Lighting Up the Sky.
13"点起天空".
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 A Famous Structure The Eiffel Tower is a structure that reaches up to the sky!
16 A 名人结构 艾菲尔铁塔是一座可以通向天空的结构!
The tower is famous.
塔名出众.
People around the world know about it.
世间众生所知.
Almost seven million people visit the tower each year.
每年有近700万人参观该塔.
Visitors to Paris can take boat trips to the Eiffel Tower on the Seine (SEN) River (main).
来巴黎的游客可以乘船前往塞纳河(SEN)上艾菲尔铁塔(主干道).
Walking under the tower and looking up, visitors get a good idea of its size (inset).
走在塔下并抬头看去,参观者得到其大小的好评(被套入).
High and Mighty The Eiffel Tower is made of four long beams of metal.
高而强大的 艾菲尔铁塔由四根长梁金属制成.
At the bottom, the beams are the four legs of the tower.
下起相梁为起塔所出四相.
The beams curve up and meet at the top.
梁向上弯曲并相会于上.
When the Eiffel Tower was built, it was the tallest structure in the world.
艾菲尔铁塔建成后,是世界上最高的建筑.
With its big antenna, the Eiffel Tower is about twice as tall as the Washington Monument.
凭借其大天线,埃菲尔铁塔的高度大约是华盛顿纪念碑的两倍.
Eiffel Tower: 324 meters (1,063 ft.)
艾菲尔铁塔:324米(1,063英尺).
Washington Monument: 160 meters (525 ft.)
华盛顿纪念碑:160米(525英尺).
Tower: 300 meters (984 ft.)
塔高:300米(984英尺).
Antenna: 24 meters (79 ft.)
天线:24米(79英尺)
Total height: 324 meters (1,063 ft.)
总高:324米(1,063英尺).
The Eiffel Tower • Over 250 million people have visited; the most-visited monument in the world that people pay to see • Completed in 1889; built for the 1889 World’s Fair • Base measures 100 meters (328 ft.)
艾菲尔铁塔已经参观了2.5亿多人;人们花钱看的世界上最受欢迎的纪念碑——于1889年完工;为1889年世界博览会建造——基地测量100米(328英尺.
(8,046 tn.)
(8,046吨).
City on the Seine The Eiffel Tower is in Paris, which is the capital of France.
塞纳埃菲尔铁塔上的城市位于巴黎,是法国的首府.
The tower is much taller than other structures in Paris.
该塔比巴黎其他建筑高得多.
It is at one end of a large park.
它位于一个大公园的一端。
The Seine (SEN) River flows next to the tower.
塞纳河 (SEN) 从塔旁流出.
Many museums, gardens, and ponds are nearby.
附近有许多博物馆,花园和池塘.
A Tower of Strength Gustave Eiffel and three other men worked together on the idea for the Eiffel Tower.
古斯塔夫·艾菲尔和另外三个人一起研究了艾菲尔铁塔的构想.
A contest was held to get ideas for a special structure for the 1889 World’s Fair.
举办了一场比赛,为1889年世界博览会获得特殊结构的想法.
The men won the contest.
男子汉赢得了比赛.
It took many workers about two years to build the tower.
许多工人花了大约两年时间来建造了这座塔.
Paris FRANCEATLANTIC OCEAN MEDITERRANEAN SEA The Eiffel Tower Champ de Mars Avenue Gustave Eiffel Seine River The Eiffel Tower was named for Gustave Eiffel.
巴黎法国海洋 东南亚 埃菲尔铁塔(Eiffel Tower Champ de Mars Avenue Gustave Eiffel Seine River) 埃菲尔铁塔为古斯塔夫·埃菲尔取名.
He built hundreds of metal structures before he built the tower.
他在建塔前已经建造了上百个金属结构.
The Eiffel Tower was built out of more than eighteen thousand pieces of iron.
埃菲尔铁塔出土了一万八千多块铁.
Iron is a type of metal.
铁是金属的一种.
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Eiffel wanted to prove that metal is as strong as stone.
艾菲尔想证明金属和石头一样坚固.
First, stone and cement were placed in the ground.
首先,石头和水泥被放入地中。
Next, the small pieces of iron were put together to make the large beams.
接下来,将小块铁块拼凑在一起来做出大梁.
Then, workers put the beams on top of the stone and cement.
然后,工人将梁子放入了石头和水泥上.
The tower grew taller and taller.
塔高而高.
The four metal legs are being put up in 1887.
四条金属腿于1887年被竖起.
The legs are held up with wood (top).
腿被木头(上)牵起.
Four metal beams connect the legs in 1888 (bottom).
1888年有四根金属梁将腿相接(下部).
In July 1888, the second floor of the tower had been built (left).
1888年7月,塔楼二层已建成(左).
In November, the tower was almost finished (right).
11月,塔已基本完工(右).
Here to Stay Long ago, structures were not as tall as they are today.
留下来 很久以前,建筑没有今天这么高。
Many people thought Mr.
很多人都认为
Eiffel could not build such a tall tower.
艾菲尔无法建造这么高的塔.