關於埃菲爾鐵塔的史實
探索區
作者：by Valorie Delp
You may recognize it in pictures， or know that it is in Paris， but how much do you really know about the Eiffel Tower？ See how many of these facts you already knew.
你也許能從照片中認出埃菲爾鐵塔，或者知道它在巴黎，但你對它真正的了解有多少呢？現在就來看看以下這些史實你究竟知道多少吧。
1The Eiffel Tower was built as the entrance arch[拱門] to the 1889 World’s Fair. It was originally intended to stand for 20 years and then be taken down.
埃菲爾鐵塔最初被用作1889年世界博覽會的入口拱門，原定年限隻有20年，然後就要拆除。
2In 1889， Le Figaro注 set up a printing press[印刷機] on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower. A visitor could purchase[購買] his daily newspaper and， for an additional fee[費用]， have the paper certified[證明] that he had climbed the Eiffel Tower.
1889年，《費加羅報》在埃菲爾鐵塔一樓擺放了一台印刷機。遊客可以購買當天的日報，如果另外支付一筆費用，還可以讓報紙刊出證明，證明他已經爬過埃菲爾鐵塔。
3The Count of Lambert successfully flew around the Eiffel Tower in 1909. While the feat[壯舉] marked a milestone in aviation[航空] history， the true benefit was that the aerodynamics[空氣動力學] lab on the first floor was able to test and observe how the wings functioned[運行] during flight.
1909年，蘭伯特伯爵成功環繞埃菲爾鐵塔飛行。這一壯舉是航空史上的一座裏程碑，而此次飛行的真正好處在於，位於埃菲爾鐵塔一樓的空氣動力學實驗室能夠觀測機翼在飛行過程中是如何運作的。
4 A man named Forestier was the first to set the record for running up the tower the fastest. He did it in a mere three minutes and twelve seconds.