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Before Christ was born people believed there were many gods who were like good and bad fairies, and statues weremade of them as they were supposed to look. Two of the greatest statues are in the Louvre. One is a marble figure of the goddess Venus. Venus was the goddess of Love, and this statue of her was made more than 2,000 years ago,but was found not many years ago on an island called Melos, so it is called the Venus of Melos. The other figure, like an angel with outspread wings, is called “Victory.” Victory too was made before Christ was born. Venushas lost her arms and Victory has lost her head, but, in spite of that, both figures are more beautiful than most real people who have both arms and head.

The Capitol of France has neither a dome like our Capitol nor towers like the English Capitol. There is, however,a building in Paris with a dome something like that of our Capitol and St. Paul’s in London, but it is neither a church nor a Capitol. It is the tomb of France’s two greatest soldiers. One was named Napoleon, and he livedat the same time as our George Washington. He was at one time emperor before France had presidents. His bones are in a large marble chest under this dome. The other soldier is General Foch—the leader of the armies in WorldWar I.

The tallest tower in the World is in Paris near the banks of the Seine. It is called the Eiffel Tower and it is abouta thousand feet high. It is made of iron and stands on four tall iron legs. You can look between its legs and see whole buildings as if the tower were a giant straddling them.

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在基督诞生之前，人们相信世界上有很多神，这些神有的像善良的仙子，有的像邪恶的精灵，人们按照自己的想象，雕刻了很多神像。世界上两座最著名的雕像就存放在卢浮宫。一座是女神维纳斯的大理石雕像。维纳斯是爱神，她的这座雕像完成于两千多年前，但是不久前才在一个叫做米洛斯岛的地方被人发现，于是就叫做“米洛斯的维纳斯”。另一座雕像似一个张开翅膀的天使，叫做“胜利女神”。胜利女神像也完成于基督诞生前。维纳斯雕像失去了双臂，胜利女神雕像失去了头，但尽管如此，这两个雕像还是比大多数并不残缺的真人要美。

法国的国会大厦既没有像美国国会大厦那样的圆顶，也没有英国国会大厦那样的塔楼。然而巴黎有一个建筑物有圆顶，有点像美国国会大厦和伦敦圣保罗大教堂那样的圆顶，但它既不是教堂也不是国会大厦。它是法国两个最伟大士兵的陵墓。一位名叫拿破仑，他和美国的乔治·华盛顿生活在同一时期。在法国有总统之前他曾有一个时期是法国的皇帝。他的遗骸放在圆顶下一个很大的大理石箱子里。另一位士兵是福煦将军——他是第一次世界大战中军队的首领。

世界上最高的塔位于巴黎塞纳河畔，叫埃菲尔铁塔，大约有1000英尺高。整个塔都是铁造的，立在四只长长的铁腿上。你可以从它的腿之间望过去，看到整座建筑，就好像铁塔是个跨立在它们之上的巨人。