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PARIS, Dec. 9 -- Paris will be given a new Eiffel Tower--but made of wood--for the millennium, city mayor Jean Tiberi said Tuesday, presenting a program of celebration for the year 2,000 which would transform the “city of light” into the “capital of light.”
The new structure will be 200 meters high, 100 meters shorter than the cast-iron Eiffel Tower built 100 years ago.
It will be made of timber as an ecological symbol of “the right to a dignified life on a protected Earth,” said architects Normier, Henni and Lelievre, who were also responsible for the Europe section at the Seville exhibition.
The tower, of pinewood, will be built on eight pillars and will be topped with a flower of five metal petals of 700 square meters each.
The structure, to be erected in the redeveloped areas of the capital’s 13th district, will cost 250 million francs (US$42 million).
Tiberi also said that Paris would be placed under the sign of the lights of “culture and life” and “intelligence.”
“If, in 1900, Paris was consecrated the ‘city of light’, it will become the ‘capital of light’ for the millennium,” Tiberi said.
The mayor said new buildings would be illuminated, notably along the banks of the Seine, which would become a luminous strip, while Notre Dame Cathedral would be lit from the inside to show off its stained glass windows.
A laser clock would be installed on top of the Arc de Triomphe at the top of the Champs Elysees and three laser beams would pick out the hands showing the hours, minutes and seconds in the millennium countdown, Tiberi said.
A giant egg-timer will be set up in the Place de la Concorde and its sand will begin running after a solar eclipse scheduled on April 11, 1999.
【題組】50. Why is the new tower made of wood?
(A) To serve as a symbol of environmental concerns.
(B) To reduce the weight and ensure the safety.
(C) Out of the consideration of the limited budget.
(D) To form a contrast with the iron structure of the old tower.
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