在协和广场 Place de la Concorde，你能看到一个巨大的方尖碑，这是埃及送给法国的一件文物。

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你再仔细看，会发现方尖碑周围的地上有交叉的线条和数字，因为它是个日晷，而且是全球最大的日晷，只要有阳光你就能用它来看时间。

Paris also has an obelisk. Erected at Place de la Concorde, it originally took center stage in front of the Luxor temple in Egypt back then, before being offered to France by the vice-king Mehemet Ali to Charles X in 1830. But did you know that, apart from its symbolic function in marking the Franco-Egyptian friendship, it is also used as a sundial? And it’s the biggest one in the world. Actually, the Place de la Concorde is crossed by lines with Roman numerals written on them. Throughout the day, the shadow of the obelisk gives you the time. Clever, isn’t it?
巴黎还有一座方尖碑。这座方尖碑建于协和广场之上，它最初位于埃及卢克索神庙前的广场中央，1830年埃及代理国王梅赫米特·阿里把它献给了法国查理十世。但你知道吗，它不仅是法埃友谊的象征，还被用作日晷。而且它还是世界上最大的日晷。事实上，协和广场上画着写有罗马数字的交叉线条。在一天里，方尖碑的影子就会为你报时。很巧妙，对不对？

 

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