世博會歷史英語對話1（中英文對照）

Maomao: Hi, do you know the “origin” of the Eiffel Tower?
毛毛：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？
Maomao: Something you’ve never known! The Eiffel Tower was built for Universal Exhibition
 1889 Paris France.
毛毛：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？
Maomao: 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”?
毛毛：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？
Maomao: Of course not. The incandescent lamp we use in daily life was invented by Edison.
毛毛：當(dāng)然沒有。我們?nèi)粘Ｉ钪杏玫陌谉霟?，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？
Maomao: 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.
毛毛：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，也是在世博會上第一次讓人們聽到了從留聲機里發(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”。
Maomao: 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!
毛毛：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！