Alice and Helen are in Paris – but why is Alice so interested in the architecture?
| Helen: | The guidebook says ‘The Eiffel Tower weighs 7,300 tons and is 324 metres tall’. |
| Alice: | Really? |
| Helen: | Yes, but who cares about the facts and figures, let’s go up! |
| Alice: | Up there? Oh it’s so much nicer seeing it from the ground. Tell me more about this fascinating piece of architecture. |
| Helen: | Mmh, let’s see, ‘The tower can sway up to 7 centimetres in the wind.’ |
| Alice: | Oh no! I’m definitely not going up now. |
| Helen: | You can’t come to Paris and not go up the Eiffel Tower. |
| Alice: | Just watch me! |
| Helen: | You’re not scared, are you Alice? |
| Alice: | The technical term is acrophobia, if you must know. |
| Helen: | Oh come on, take my hand. We’ll go up slowly, I promise. |
| Alice: | No! |