3 The top of the tower

Chapter 3 The top of the tower Hannah and Jackson followed Monsieur Eiffel and the journalists up the spiral staircase. Above them rose the metal beams of the tower. "The elevators aren't working yet," Monsieur Eiffel explained, as they went up. "But believe me, it's worth walking up

汉娜和杰克逊跟着艾菲尔先生和记者们上了螺旋形楼梯。 在他们上方耸立着塔的金属梁。 “电梯还不能用呢，”他们上楼时，埃菲尔先生解释说。 “但是相信我，它值得你走上去

all of these stairs for the view at the top!" "How many stairs are there?" Jackson asked. "There will be 1,665 when the tower's finished," said Monsieur Eiffel. "The elevators will be ready in a few weeks. An American company's installing them. They've demonstrated that if you cut the cable that holds the elevator, it would stop before hitting the ground. They call them 'safety elevators.' Great invention." Monsieur Eiffel stopped so the group could admire the view. Hannah showed Jackson places she'd learned about in school: the Arc de Triomphe, the Champs Élysées, the Louvre Museum, and of course, the River Seine, which was snaking through the city.

所有这些楼梯都是为了在顶部看风景！”“一共有几层楼梯？”杰克逊问道。 “铁塔建成后将有1665人，”艾菲尔先生说。 “电梯将在几周内准备好。 一家美国公司正在安装。 他们已经证明，如果你切断电梯的缆绳，电梯在落地前就会停下来。 他们称之为“安全电梯”。伟大的发明。” 艾菲尔先生停下来，好让大家欣赏风景。 汉娜带杰克逊参观了她在学校里学过的地方：凯旋门、香榭丽舍大街Élysées、卢浮宫博物馆，当然还有蜿蜒穿过城市的塞纳河。

Monsieur Eiffel patted a metal beam. "It's taking 7,300 metric tons of iron to build my tower, and more than 18,000 metal parts," he said, and smiled. "Its nickname is the Iron Lady." "Sir, how are the beams fixed together?" Hannah asked. "Good question!" he replied. "We use cylinder-shaped pieces of iron, called rivets, to fix two beams together. The rivets are heated, then put through holes in the beams where they are to be joined. Then the ends are hammered flat so the rivet can't fall out." "Why do they heat them?" asked Jackson. "Another good question!" Monsieur Eiffel looked delighted. "When the rivet

艾菲尔先生拍了拍一根金属梁。 他笑着说：“建造我的塔需要7300公吨的铁，还有18000多个金属零件。” “它的昵称是‘铁娘子’。” “先生，这些横梁是怎样固定在一起的？”汉娜问道。 “问得好！” “我们用一种叫做铆钉的圆柱形铁片把两根横梁固定在一起。 铆钉被加热，然后穿过横梁上要连接的孔。 然后把两端锤平，这样铆钉就不会掉出来了。” “他们为什么要加热它们？”杰克逊问。 “又一个好问题！”艾菲尔先生看上去很高兴。 当铆钉

cools down, it shrinks a little, which pulls the beams together even more tightly. It's simple, but it works." When they reached the first level, they stopped again. "I can see for miles," said Jackson. "You can look down on all the palaces and pavilions of the fair too, as well as at all the people," said Monsieur Eiffel. "It's like being a bird!" Inside Hannah's satchel, Tempo gave a little cuckoo. Monsieur Eiffel showed them four grand restaurants, one on each side of the level. "We'll also have refreshment kiosks and a patisserie," he said. "Something for everyone!" As they set off again, a journalist,

冷却下来，它缩小了一点，这使光束更加紧密地聚集在一起。 这很简单，但很有效。” 到了第一层，他们又停了下来。 “我能看到几英里远，”杰克逊说。 “你还可以看到集市上所有的宫殿和亭子，以及所有的人，”艾菲尔先生说。 “这就像一只鸟！”在汉娜的书包里，天宝放了一只小布谷鸟。 艾菲尔先生指给他们看了四间大餐厅，在这层楼的两边各有一间。 “我们还会有茶点亭和糕点店，”他说。 “每个人都有！”当他们再次出发时，一个记者，

who looked rather pale, said he was going back down. "I've never been up this high," he said as he headed for the stairs. "I don't like it. Suppose the tower were to fall?" A tall man asked nervously, "Could it fall?" Monsieur Eiffel smiled. "No. My engineers are the best. We plan to be open to visitors for the next twenty years!" "Hmmm," said a journalist, "maybe the people of Paris won't want to look at it for another twenty years..." Gustave Eiffel glanced around the group. "I know that some people think it's ugly," he said. "I think it's magnificent,

他脸色苍白，说他要下去了。 “我从来没有爬过这么高，”他边说边朝楼梯走去。 “我不喜欢它。万一塔倒了呢？”一个高个子男人紧张地问：“它会掉下来吗？”艾菲尔先生笑了。 “没有。我的工程师是最好的。 我们计划在接下来的二十年里对游客开放！”“嗯，”一个记者说，“也许巴黎人在接下来的二十年里都不想再看到它了……” 古斯塔夫·埃菲尔环视了一下人群。 “我知道有些人认为这很丑陋，”他说。 “我认为这是伟大的，