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：那當然!不僅建筑呢，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：當然沒有。我們日常生活中用的白熾燈，是愛迪生發明的。
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里發出的聲音。
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，懸索結構，妙不可言!
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