广东省九级英语全册《Unit 7 Where would you like to visitThe Eiffel Tower, Paris》文章素材 人教新目标版.docVIP

《Unit 7 Where would you like to visit-The Eiffel Tower, Paris》文章素材 History The Eiffel Tower, an immense structure of exposed latticework supports made of iron, was erected for the Paris Exposition of 1889. The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of England) officiated at the ceremonial opening. Of the 700 proposals submitted in a design competition, one was unanimously chosen, a radical creation from the French structural engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (b. Dec. 15, 1832, d. Dec. 28, 1923), who was assisted in the design by engineers Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier, and architect Step