走在巴黎的任何一处，你都能看到高高的埃菲尔铁塔。这座被视为现代巴黎标志的铁塔，坐落在塞纳河左岸的马尔斯广场。
一百多年前，为了纪念法国大革命100周年，法国政府决定举办一次大型的国际博览会，以展示工业技术和文化方面的成就，而埃菲尔铁塔就是这次展览会上最引人注目的展品。整座塔身呈四方形上细下粗放射状，塔高300米，有1710级阶梯通往塔顶。在1930年纽约帝国大厦建造以前，她一直是世界上最高的建筑。
这座被法国人称为“铁娘子”的建筑和纽约的帝国大厦、东京的电视塔同被誉为西方三大著名建筑。
The Eiffel Tower is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River in
Paris.The tower has become the symbol of Paris and is one of the most recognizable structures in the world.
The Eiffel Tower was built for the lnternational Exhibition of Paris of 1889commemorating the centenary of the French Revolution.It is a hollow steel framed structure and was the
world’s tallest tower, 300m high originally — a title it retained until 1930 when New York City’s Chrysler Building was completed. There are elevators in the tower that can take you to the top.It is called “iron lady”by French.
