世博英語口語會話:埃菲爾鐵塔

Mary: Hi, do you know the "origin" of the Eiffel Tower?

瑪麗：哎，你知道埃菲爾鐵塔的“身世”嗎？

Xiao Luo: It's designed by Gustavo Eiffel, a French architect. Is there anything different?

小羅：法國建築師埃菲爾造的，還有什麼奧妙之處。

Mary: Something you've never known! The Eiffel Tower was built for Universal Exhibition 1889 Paris France.

瑪麗：不知道了吧！埃菲爾鐵塔是1889年法國巴黎世博會的建築物。

Xiao Luo: Did people construct buildings for World Expo?

小羅：世博會還造建築物？

Mary: Of course! World Expo brings us not only the landmark buildings, but also many great inventions. Have you ever heard the slogan - "Everything starts with World Expo"?

瑪麗：那當然！不僅建築呢，世博會使人類許多偉大的發明成果走進了我們的生活。沒聽過一句話麼，“一切始於世博會”。

Xiao Luo: Are you joking?

小羅：你沒開玩笑吧？

Mary: Of course not. The incandescent lamp we use in daily life was invented by Edison.

瑪麗：當然沒有。我們日常生活中用的白熾燈，是愛迪生髮明的。

Xiao Luo: I know, but how is it related to World Expo?

小羅：這我知道，但與世博會有什麼關係呢？

Mary: The incandescent lamp was displayed first in a World's Fair, and then introduced into people's life. So did the Edison gramophones, its voice were first heard by visitors in World Expo.

瑪麗：白熾燈也是通過世博會的展示才被普及使用的。還有愛迪生髮明的留聲機，也是在世博會上第一次讓人們聽到了從留聲機裏發出的聲音。

Xiao Luo: What you said remind me of the marvelous building in Belgium, which is supposed to be of a blood tie with World Expo, isn't it?

小羅：你這麼一說我想起來了，好像在比利時還有一個特別棒的建築，也有着世博“血緣”。

Mary: Bingo! What you mentioned is the Atomiun built for World's Fair 1958 Brussels Belgium. It was called as the most stunning building in the world!

瑪麗：沒錯！你說的是1958年比利時布魯塞爾世博會留下的原子塔建築，被譽爲“地球上最令人感到震驚的建築”！

Xiao Luo: Right, I saw the model, suspended cable structure, unbelievable!

小羅：對，我看過模型，懸索結構，妙不可言！