新标准大学英语（第二版）综合教程4（智慧版）南京师范大学编B4U7AR1.pptx

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Activity2:CompoundDictation

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However,tilltodaytheEiffelTower__________the

city’s_______.Itis______________________duetoits

beautifullatticework.Commandingpresence,theEiffel

Toweristhemostgazeduponmonument.___________

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TheEiffelTower

1Thethreelargeststructuresintheworldwereproductsofanoutburstofstructuralcreativityinthelasthalfofthe19thcentury.TheCrystalPalace,madeofiron,erectedforthe1851GreatExhibitioninLondon,coversthelargestarea;theBrooklynBridge,completedinsteelin1883,hasthelongestspan;andtheEiffelTower,madeofsteelandstartedin1887,reachesthegreatestheight.Thefirsttwohadutilitarianpurposes.;

SirJosephPaxtonsCrystalPalacenotonlyservedroyallytheGreatExhibitionbut,beingdemountable,wastransferredafterwardstoSydenham,whereitwasusedforsculpture,paintingandarchitecturalexhibits,andforconcertsuntilNovember1936,whenitburned,alostsymbolofhappinessandbrotherhood.TheBrooklynBridge,builttoconnectthetwogreatboroughsofNewYorkCity,reflectedthedesiretoincreaserealestatevaluesinBrooklyn.TheEiffelTower,ontheotherhand,isacaseinitself.BuiltfortheParisExhibitionof1889,itwasmeanttoprovideostensiblynothingmoreorlessthanamagnificentviewofParis.;

MonsieurEiffelextolleditsutilityasamilitarylookout,thesalubrityoftheairatitstop,itsusesasalaboratorytoexperimentwithwind