Eiffel was born in 1832 in Dijon city in the east of France. He was able to think independently， and imagine freely at an early age. At age 12， Eiffel entered the local royal middle school. At the beginning， his studies were not good， and he couldn’t be admitted to the famous Ecole Polytechnique.

But he was not discouraged. At age 20， with outstanding achievements by hard working he finally was admitted to the tech school to train himself an engineer.

After graduating from tech school， one of Eiffel’s friends recommended him to work as an engineer in Western Railway Bureau. From then on， Eiffel took his career as a structure engineer and made great contribution to human progress with his talent.

In 1860， Eiffel designed and completed famous French Bordeaux Bridge project. The 500-meter-long steel structure was built on 6 piers which went across the river Geelong. The completion of the enormous project made Eiffel well known throughout the engineering field.

With Eiffel’s devotion to studying and his courage to innovation， by using steel and concrete he freed engineering from the “soil” and “wood”. He made great efforts to design the tower， drawing more than 5，000 pieces of paper. These valuable materials as the fruit of the Eiffel’s labor are properly preserved in Paris.

Eiffel， who made miracles in the architectural history， will always be remembered.

埃菲爾1832年出生于法國東部的第戎城。他從小就有獨(dú)立思考和自由想象的能力。12歲時(shí)，埃菲爾進(jìn)入本地的一所皇家中學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)。開始時(shí)他的學(xué)業(yè)不算好，中學(xué)畢業(yè)時(shí)沒能考上著名的巴黎理工大學(xué)。

但他并不灰心，刻苦地補(bǔ)習(xí)功課，到了20歲那年，終于以優(yōu)異的成績考上了培養(yǎng)工程師的技術(shù)學(xué)校。

技術(shù)學(xué)校畢業(yè)后，埃菲爾經(jīng)朋友介紹進(jìn)入西部鐵路局擔(dān)任工程師。從此，埃菲爾踏上了建筑結(jié)構(gòu)工程師的道路，用他的才能為人類進(jìn)步做出了偉大的貢獻(xiàn)。

1860年，埃菲爾設(shè)計(jì)完成了法國著名的波爾多大橋工程，將長達(dá)500米的鋼鐵構(gòu)件架設(shè)在跨越吉隆河中的6個(gè)橋墩上。這項(xiàng)巨大工程的完成，使埃菲爾在整個(gè)工程界名聲大振。

埃菲爾肯鉆研、敢革新。他使用鋼材和混凝土，使土木建筑從“土”和“木”中解脫出來。他為設(shè)計(jì)鐵塔付出了巨大的勞動(dòng)，僅設(shè)計(jì)圖紙就有5000多張。這些寶貴的資料作為埃菲爾勞動(dòng)的結(jié)晶，至今仍被人們妥善地保存在巴黎。

埃菲爾這位在人類建筑史上創(chuàng)造奇跡的工程師，將永遠(yuǎn)被人們銘記。

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