原文:Why does the Leaning Tower of Piza(比萨斜塔)in Italy lean(倾斜)? It leans because of a mistake。 It has leaned almost since the day the tower was built。
In 1174, the people of Piza, Italy wanted to build a bell tower。 They wanted the tower to be the most beautiful bell tower in all of Italy。
The city also needed a bell tower because the church(教堂)did not have one。 As soon as the first floor of the building was finished, the tower started to lean。
Builders tried to make the building straight again as they added(增加)more floors, but the Leaning Tower only got worse as the tower grew。
It look almost 180 years to finish the tower。 Today, the Leaning Tower has eight floors。 It is 54。5 metres tall, and it leans almost 4 metres to one side。
The tower is also sinking(下沉)into the ground on which it was built。 Every year, the tower leans another 1。 5 centimetres。
译文:意大利的比萨斜塔为什么倾斜呢?它的倾斜是一个错误。它几乎从塔建成的那天起就起头倾斜。1174，比萨人，意大利要建一座钟塔。他们希望是在意大利最标致的钟楼。城市也需要一个钟楼，因为教堂没有。当那座大楼的一落成，塔就起头倾斜了。
建筑商试图使建筑师又为他们弥补更多的楼层，但斜塔的倾斜变得更糟。它看起来几乎180年完成的。今天，斜塔有八层。它高54。5米，它倾向于近4米的一面。塔也下沉到空中了。每年，该塔倾斜1。5厘米。