Hello, hello, lovely and welcome into ILD Speaking Part 2.

Describe an interesting building.

You should say where it is, what it looks like, what function it has, and explain why you think it's interesting.

Rory, tell us your story.

I'd like to talk about the Eiffel Tower, which is a pretty famous building in Paris and France. You might have seen it for

yourself on TV or in books since it's a pretty popular site to have in movies or to set the

scene for something like a guidebook or a novel. When it comes to what it looks like, it's a tower,

so it's a very tall building with a high point and a base

that flares out in four places. So there are four pillars of steel beams that support it.

I'd say it was a pretty grey colour from what I can remember, just from standing underneath it,

which makes sense since that's

the colour of steel, I think. Not only is it just a sort of high metal framework, it's also a

place with restaurants and viewing platforms, so you can see people enjoying themselves in those places.

I've never been inside those places myself, but the views must be spectacular,

just looking at it from the ground up. In terms of its function, I think it's just a tourist attraction

with places for people to see the sights and enjoy their meals these days, but I think it was

originally constructed for the World's fair to demonstrate how various

metal frames could be used to create extremely tall buildings.

I don't think that caught on France since there aren't many tall buildings there, but it

certainly helped inspire many skyscrapers that we have today, at least from what I know.

And oh, at night, the whole structure lights up and sparkles from time to time.

So it's even more beautiful when that happens.

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