夏说英语新闻晨读 第632期:埃菲尔铁塔被关停

The Eiffel Tower has been closed after a man was seen climbing up its side. The company that operates the Parisian landmark¹ confirmed that someone was scaling the building, and that it had been evacuated³ as a result. An official told AFP news agency that they were following "standard procedure", while police and specialist firefighters rushed to the scene. "A climber has been spotted," they said. "We have to stop the person, and in that case we evacuate² the tower."

landmark:: n. 地标性建筑

confirm:: vt. 确认；证实

scale: vt. 攀登；爬上

evacuate: vt. 疏散，撤退

procedure: n. 程序，手续

spot: vt. 发现；认出

1 landmark   

n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标

参考例句：

• The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
• The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。

2 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

3 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。