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Eiffel Is an Eyeful With Paris laid out in miniature6 below，it seems strange that visitors would rather waste time marking their presence than admiring the view7. But the graffiti also raises a question ： Why, nearly 114 years after it was completed,and decades after it ceased to be the world, s tallest structure,is la Tour Eiffel still so popular8? Eiffel represents Paris and Paris is France. It is very symbolic，says Hugues Richard10,a 31- year-old Frenchman who holds the record for cycling up to the towers second floor 一 747 steps in 19 minutes and 4 seconds, without touching the floor with his feet. Its iron lady，It inspires us11 ， he says. But in essence the tower inspires simply by being there _ a blank canvas for visitors to make of it what they will14. To the technically minded15, its an engineering triumph. For lovers, its romantic. 词汇：aifelp eyeful n.引人注目的景象skriblp graffiti n?涂写,涂画 agelessness n.永恒，永不过日寸 frenetic a办极度激动的tiqkop aerodynamics n?空气动力学 1.Eiffel Is an Eyefiil:引人注目的埃菲尔铁塔。由于Eiffel和Eyeful读音相似，使用Eyeful而 不是其他的词是有其修辞效果的。埃菲尔铁塔是古斯塔夫?埃菲尔为1889年的巴黎博览会设计的。该塔在塞纳河南岸，高300公尺。埃菲尔铁塔的法文是第二段最后一句中的la Tour Eiffel。 | 
