艾菲尔铁塔La Tour Eiffel英文简介 | 艾菲爾鐵塔英文介紹
60TonsofPaintĵرꡪƶbyLarsBerryIfyoudlivedinParisbetween1889and1930,youwouldhaveenjoyedthesightoftheworldstallestbuilding.LaTourEiffelwasnamedafteritsheadcontractor,GustaveEiffel,andwasbuilttocommemoratethecentennialoftheFrenchRevolution.ItremainedtheworldstalleststructureuntilitwassurpassedbyNewYorkCitys319-meter-highChryslerBuildingin1931.TodaystowersbuiltclosetotheEiffelsheightaremostoftenusedforcommunication.Television,radio,andcellphonecompaniesdependonsuchtowerstotrans...
60 Tons of Paintĵرꡪƶ
by Lars Berry
If youd lived in Paris between 1889 and 1930, you would have enjoyed the sight of the worlds tallest building. La Tour Eiffel was named after its head contractor, Gustave Eiffel, and was built to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution. It remained the worlds tallest structure until it was surpassed by New York Citys 319-meter-high Chrysler Building in 1931.
Todays towers built close to the Eiffels height are most often used for communication. Television, radio, and cell phone companies depend on such towers to transmit their signals. But the Eiffel Tower was built before radio communication was necessary, and even before the radio was invented.
As one of the worlds most famous monuments, the tower has attracted a lot of attention, but not all Parisians welcomed its construction. The French writer Guy De Maupassant supposedly hated the structure, but ate at its restaurant every day. Wh...