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：法國建筑師埃菲爾造的，還有什么奧妙之處。

    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筑物。

    Xiao Luo： Did people construct buildings for World Expo？

    小羅：世博會還造建筑物？

    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(dāng)然！不僅建筑呢，世博會使人類許多偉大的發(fā)明成果走進(jìn)了我們
的生活。沒聽過一句話么，“一切始于世博會”。

    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(dāng)然沒有。我們?nèi)粘Ｉ�活中用的白熾��，是愛迪生發(fā)明的。

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

    小羅：這我知道，但與世博會有什么關(guān)系呢？

    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。還有愛迪生發(fā)明的留
聲機(jī)，也是在世博會上第一次讓人們聽到了從留聲機(jī)里發(fā)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：你這么一說我想起來了，好像在比利時還有一個特別棒的建筑，也有
著世博“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筑，被
譽為“地球上最令人感到震驚的建筑”！

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

    小羅：對，我看過模型，懸索結(jié)構(gòu)，妙不可言！