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　　Les Invalides
　　荣军院
　　Les Invalides contains some real historical treasures for Napoleonic enthusiasts, including all aspects of Napoleon Bonaparte's life. It was finished in 1676, although the dome was completed after 1708. Les Invalides features heavily in the storming of the Bastille as its store of 28,000 weapons was stolen by the mob that attacked the fortress on 14 July 1789.
　　Les Invalides is probably best known, however, for being the final resting place of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon's uniforms, personal arms, and death bed are displayed in the Musée de l'Armée in front of the Invalides.
　　
　　
　　Pont Neuf
　　巴黎新桥
　　
　　This is the oldest bridge in Paris; work started on it in 1578 under Henry III, and it was finished in 1606 under Henry IV. For the way it was conceived, however, it is extremely modern, even revolutionary if compared to the designs of bridges before it. All the other bridges in the city, in fact, had been lined with high houses hiding the view of the river. From here, however, you look for a prospect of the Seine, and the bridge, with its two spans right at the centre, becomes an enormous balcony spread over the breadth of the river. The Parisians immediately understood the beauty and the importance of the bridge, and it became a meeting point and a place for a promenade. At the beginning of the sixteen hundreds, it saw the birth of the French comedy, since it was here that the famous Tabarin performed.
　　
　　
　　Words
　　词汇
　　
　　metropolis n. 首都
　　alluring adj. 迷人的，吸引人的
　　literally adv. 照字面意义，逐字地
　　arrondissement n. 区：法国一些大自治市的区
　　panorama n. 全景
　　spiral adj. 螺旋形的
　　liturgical adj. 礼拜式的
　　scaffolding n. 脚手架
　　fulfil v. 实践, 履行, 实行
　　neo-Byzantine n. 新拜占庭式
　　mosaic n. 镶嵌图案
　　domed adj. 有穹顶的；半球形的
　　coronation n. 加冕礼
　　Napoléon 拿破仑
　　Turkish adj. 土耳其的
　　bullet-proof adj. 防弹的
　　decrepitude n. 衰老，老朽
　　surrealism n. 超现实主义
　　harlequin n. 哈利昆小丑：意大利喜剧中传统头戴面具身穿各种颜色衣服的丑角
　　armchair n. 扶手椅
　　poignant adj. 鲜活的；辛辣的
　　revamp v. 修补
　　millennium n. 一千年