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1、EiffelIsanEyefulSome2300metersup,neartheEiffelTower'swind-whippedsummittheworldcomestoscribble3.Japanese,Brazilians,Americans—theygraffiti4theirnames,lovesandpoliticsonthecoldiron—transformingthemostFrenchofmonumentsintosymbolofaworldonthemove5.WithParislaidoutinminiature6below，itseemsstr
2、angethatvisitorswouldratherwastetimemarkingtheirpresencethanadmiringtheview7.Butthegraffitialsoraisesaquestion：Why,nearly114yearsafteritwascompleted,anddecadesafteritceasedtobetheworld,stalleststructure,islaTourEiffelstillsopopular8?Thereasonsareascomplexastheironworkthatgraces9astructure
3、some90storieshigh.Butpartoftheansweris,nodoubt,itsagelessness.Regularlymaintained,itshouldneverrustaway.Graffitiisregularlypaintedover,butthetowerliveson."EiffelrepresentsParisandParisisFrance.Itisverysymbolic”，saysHuguesRichard10,a31-year-oldFrenchmanwhoholdstherecordforcyclinguptothetow
4、er'ssecondfloor一747stepsin19minutesand4seconds,withouttouchingthefloorwithhisfeet."It'sironlady，Itinspiresus11”，hesays.Buttowhat12?Afterall,thetowerdoesn'thaveapurpose.Itceasedtobetheworld’stallestin1930whentheChryslerBuilding13wentupinNewYork.Yes，televisionandradiosignalsarebeamedfromthe
5、top,andGustaveEiffel,afreneticbuilderwhodiedonDecember27，aged91,useditsheightforconductingresearchintoweather,aerodynamicsandradiocommunication.Butinessencethetowerinspiressimplybybeingthere_ablankcanvasforvisitorstomakeofitwhattheywill14.Tothetechnicallyminded15,it'sanengineeringtriumph.
6、Forlovers,it'sromantic."Thetowerwilloutlastallofus,andbyalongway16”，saysIsabelleEsnous,whosecompanymanagesEiffelTower. 词汇：Eiffel/'aifel/Tower(法国巴黎的)埃菲尔铁塔 eyeful/'aiful/n.引人注目的景象 scribble/'skribl/v.乱涂，乱画 graffiti/grs'fizti：/n•涂写,涂画 ironwork铁制品；铁工 agelessness/'eid3lisnis/n.永恒，永不过日寸 rust/rAS
7、t/v.生锈（rustaway锈烂掉） frenetic/frs'netik/a办极度激动的tinker/'tiqko/n.白铁匠，能做各种小修小补的人aerodynamics/leorsudai'naemiks/n•空气动力学 注释：EiffelIsanEyefiil:引人注目的埃菲尔铁塔。由于Eiffel和Eyeful读音相似，使用Eyeful而不是其他的词是有其修辞效果的。埃菲尔铁塔是古斯塔夫•埃菲尔（GustaveEiffel，1832—1923，法国工程师)为1889年的巴黎博览会设计的。该塔在塞纳河南岸，高300公
