Eiffel was born in 1832 in Dijon city in the east of France. His father was a civil officer in the army. His mother was an imaginative woman. In the mid-19th century， after collapsing of Napoleons Empire， French economy was in a total recession. To move out of poverty， Eiffels mother resolutely took the burden of life， deciding to run a coal bunker by herself. So Eiffel was brought up by his grandmother.

Eiffels grandmother was cautious and kind. Its with his mother and grandmothers influence and education that Eiffel was able to think independently， imagine freely at an early age， which laid foundation for him to be an extraordinary engineer. At age 12， Eiffel entered the local royal middle school. At the beginning， his studies was not good， and he couldnt be admitted to the famous Ecole Polytechnique.

But he was not discouraged. At age 20， with outstanding achievements by hard working he finally was admitted to the tech school to train himself an engineers. He rented a single dorm， studied between a table and a stove day and night. It wasnt long before that he received the diploma of engineer.

After graduating from tech school， one of Eiffels friends recommended him to work as an engineer in Western Railway Bureau. From then on， Eiffel took his career as a structure engineer and made great contribution to human progress with his talent.

In 1860， Eiffel designed and completed famous French Bordeaux Bridge project. The 500-meter-long steel structure was built on 6 piers which went across the river Geelong. The completion of the enormous project made Eiffel well known throughout the engineering field.

With Effiels devotion to studying and his courage to innovate， by using steel and concrete he freed engineering from the “soil” and “wood”. He made great efforts to design the tower， drawing more than 5，000 paper. These valuable materials as the fruit of the Eiffels labor are properly preserved in Paris.

Eiffel， who made miracles in the architectural history， will always be remembered.

埃菲爾1832年出生于法國東部的第戎城。他的父親是軍隊(duì)的文職人員，母親是一位富有想象力的婦女。19世紀(jì)中葉，拿破侖第一帝國滅亡后，法國經(jīng)濟(jì)一片蕭條。為擺脫家境的貧困，埃菲爾的母親毅然挑起了生活的重?fù)?dān)，決定單獨(dú)經(jīng)營一家煤棧，于是就將埃菲爾交給外婆撫養(yǎng)。

埃菲爾的外婆心地善良。正是由于長期受到母親和外婆耳濡目染的影響和教育，埃菲爾從小養(yǎng)成了善于獨(dú)立思考、大膽設(shè)想、勤學(xué)好問的好品格。這為他日后成為一個(gè)出類拔萃的工程師奠定了基礎(chǔ)。埃菲爾12歲進(jìn)入本地的一所皇家中學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)。開始時(shí)他的學(xué)業(yè)不算好，中學(xué)畢業(yè)也沒能考上著名的巴黎理工大學(xué)。

他并不灰心，刻苦地補(bǔ)習(xí)功課，到了20歲那年，終于以優(yōu)異的成績考上了培養(yǎng)工程師的技術(shù)學(xué)校。在那里，他租用單身宿舍，經(jīng)常擠在桌子和火爐中間通宵達(dá)旦埋頭讀書。不久，他以良好的成績?nèi)〉昧斯こ處煹漠厴I(yè)文憑。

技術(shù)學(xué)校畢業(yè)后，埃菲爾經(jīng)朋友介紹進(jìn)入西部鐵路局研究室任工程師。從此，埃菲爾踏上了建筑結(jié)構(gòu)工程師的道路，為人類進(jìn)步與文明貢獻(xiàn)自己的才華。

1860年，埃菲爾設(shè)計(jì)完成了當(dāng)時(shí)法國著名的波爾多大橋工程，將長達(dá)500米的鋼鐵構(gòu)件架設(shè)在跨越吉隆河中的6個(gè)橋墩上。這項(xiàng)巨大工程的完成，使埃菲爾在整個(gè)工程界名聲大振。

埃菲爾肯鉆研、敢革新。他大膽使用鋼材和混凝土，使土木建筑從“土”和“木”中解脫出來。他為設(shè)計(jì)鐵塔付出了巨大的勞動(dòng)，僅設(shè)計(jì)圖紙就有5000多張。這些寶貴的資料作為埃菲爾勞動(dòng)的結(jié)晶，至今仍被人們妥善地保存在巴黎。

埃菲爾這個(gè)在人類建筑史上創(chuàng)造奇跡的工程師，將永遠(yuǎn)被人們懷念。