Located in New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world.
But what is it doing there? And where did it come from?
自由女神像位于纽约港，是世界上最著名的地标建筑之一。但是它在那里做什么呢？它是从哪里来的？
Officially called "Liberty Enlightening the World," the Statue of Liberty was a gift to America from the French in 1886 as a representation of international friendship,but its story really began more than 20 years earlier in 1865 when Frenchman Edouard de Laboulaye proposed that France should create a monument for the United States.
自由女神像被正式命名为“启迪世界的自由”，它是1886年法国赠送给美国的礼物，象征着国际友谊，但它的故事真正开始于20多年前的1865年，当时法国人Edouard de Laboulaye提议法国应该为美国建立一座纪念碑。
It would be a long time before Laboulaye's dream was realized:
拉布拉耶的梦想要实现花了很长时间。
it wasn't until ten years later that the sculptor Auguste Bartholdi was commissioned to design the statue.
直到十年后，雕塑家奥古斯特·巴托尔迪才被委托设计这座雕像。
The American people agreed to pay for the pedestal for the statue to stand on, while the French people would fund the Statue of Liberty itself, but raising enough money was difficult.
美国人民同意为自由女神像的基座买单，而法国人民将为自由女神像本身出资，但筹集足够的资金是困难的。
The statue was completed in France in 1884, almost ten years after it was commissioned, but the pedestal wasn't finished for another two years, in April of 1886.
这座雕像于1884年在法国完成，在它投入使用将近十年后，但基座在1886年4月又过了两年才完工。
The statue was transported in 350 individual pieces which were packed in 214 separate crates.
这尊雕像被分为350件，分别装在214个板条箱中运输。
Once the pedestal was completed, it took four months to reassemble the statue.
基座完成后，花了四个月的时间重新组装雕像。
Finally, on October 28, 1886, President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty, an event celebrated by bands, parades, speeches, and fireworks.
最后，1886年10月28日，格罗弗·克利夫兰总统为自由女神像举行了献礼，这是一项由乐队、游行、演讲和焰火庆祝的活动。
The Statue of Liberty quickly became a famous landmark.
自由女神像很快成为著名的地标。
For many immigrants who came to the United States through New York, it was their first sight of their new country.
对于许多通过纽约来到美国的移民来说，这是他们第一次看到他们的新国家。
For others, it symbolized the idea of freedom that America was built on.
对其他人来说，它象征着美国赖以建立的自由理念。
The statue depicts a woman in a robe, representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty.
雕像描绘了一位身穿长袍的妇女，代表罗马自由女神自由女神。
She has a crown on her head with seven points, said to represent the seven seas or the seven continents of the Earth.
她头上戴着一个有七个点的王冠，据说代表着地球上的七大洋或七大洲。
She is holding a stone tablet in one hand which reads July 4, 1776 in roman numerals, honoring the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
她一手拿着一块石碑，上面用罗马数字写着1776年7月4日，纪念《独立宣言》的签署日期。
In her other hand, she holds high a flaming torch covered in gold leaf.
另一方面，她高举着一支覆盖着金叶的燃烧着的火炬。
The Statue of Liberty itself is covered in a layer of copper less than 2 pennies thick.
自由女神像本身覆盖着一层厚度不到2便士的铜。
Originally, the statue was the same bright copper color as a new penny, but after less than 20 years of standing out in the sun and the rain the copper began to oxidize, turning her the green color we recognize today.
最初，雕像的铜色与新硬币的铜色相同，但在太阳和雨水中站立不到20年后，铜色开始氧化，变成了我们今天所认识的绿色。
The statue weighs 450,000 pounds or 225 tons, and stands over 151 feet or 46 meters high, not including the pedestal she stands on.
这尊雕像重45万磅（225吨），高151英尺（46米），不包括她所站的基座。
With the pedestal, from the ground to the tip of the torch, the Statue of Liberty stands as tall as a 22 story building!
有了底座，从地面到火炬头，自由女神像像高达22层楼！
About 4 million people visit the Statue of Liberty every year.
每年约有400万人参观自由女神像。
Those who go inside it can see a poem by Emma Lazarus, written to help raise money for the construction of the pedestal.
进去的人可以看到艾玛·拉扎勒斯的一首诗，这首诗是为了帮助筹集建造基座的资金而写的。
It reads, in part:
部分内容如下：
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, the tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
给我你那疲惫、贫穷、蜷曲、渴望自由呼吸的身躯，
可怜的被遗忘在你们海岸的人群。
把这些，无家可归的人双重给我，
我举起金门旁的灯！"
Now nearly 130 years old, the Statue of Liberty has long been a symbol of hope and welcome to people seeking freedom and a new life in America, as well as a symbol of the friendship between France and the United States.
自由女神像已有近130年的历史，长期以来一直是希望和欢迎在美国寻求自由和新生活的人们的象征，也是法国和美国之间友谊的象征。
It is now also a World Heritage Site, which means that it is considered so special and important that it should be protected and preserved for people all around the world to enjoy.
它现在也是一处世界遗产，这意味着它被认为是如此特殊和重要，应该得到保护和保护，让全世界的人都能欣赏到它
propose
What would you propose?
你想提什么建议？
I propose Tom Ellis for chairman.
我提名汤姆∙埃利斯做主席。
She proposed a possible solution to the mystery.
她提出了对这个奥秘的一种可能的解答。
What do you propose to do now?
现在你打算做什么？
She proposed to me!
她向我求婚了！
propose a toast (to sb)
propose sb's health
（为某人）祝酒
proposed law /site /project / contract
法案，待选地址，拟选计划，合同草案
commission
n.委员会;佣金;回扣;手续费
vt.正式委托(谱写或制作);任命…为军官
a commission on human rights 人权委员会
High Commission 高级专员
In this job you work on commission
你做这份工作按销售额提成。（佣金）
1% commission is charged for cashing traveller's cheques.
兑现旅行支票收取1％ 的手续费。
the commission of a crime 犯罪
做出（错事）
in/out of commission
可 / 不可使用
Our china can be bought off the shelf or by commission...
我们的瓷器可现货购买，也可以委托制作。
pedestal
a pedestal basin 有底座的洗脸池
to put/place sb on a pedestal 盲目崇拜某人
knock sb off their pedestal/perch 使某人丧失名位
case n. 大箱子，大容器
〔辨析〕指用来存放或搬运物品的较大的容器。
〔例证〕This TV came in a big packing case.
这台电视机是用一个大包装箱运来的。
box n. 箱子，盒子
〔辨析〕尤指用于存放固体物品、底面及四壁坚硬且有盖的箱形容器
〔例证〕
a cardboard/money/music/PO/soap box
纸板箱/钱匣/音乐盒/邮政信箱/肥皂盒
Caleb shouldered the toolbox and left hurriedly.
凯莱布扛起工具箱匆忙离开了。
carton n. 硬纸盒；塑料盒
〔辨析〕尤指装食品或液体的硬纸盒或塑料盒。
〔例证〕a milk carton 牛奶盒
chest n. 箱子，柜子
〔辨析〕指用于存放贵重物品的大而结实的箱子或柜子，有盖或门且经常有锁。
〔例证〕a file/tool/treasure chest 文件柜/工具箱/财宝箱
There is a medicine chest above the bathtub.
浴缸上方有个药箱。
crate n. 板条箱，装货箱，分格箱
〔辨析〕指用于运货的大木箱，也可指用于运送或存放瓶子等的塑料或金属分格箱。
a crate of bananas一箱香蕉
a beer crate 啤酒箱
dedicate
v.题献词,为…举行奉献典礼,奉献
She dedicates herself to her work.
她献身于自己的工作。
同义词：devote
This book is dedicated to my parents.
谨以此书献给我的父母。
He's quite dedicated to his students.
他一门心思都扑在学生身上。
To be successful takes hard work and dedication.
成功需要付出艰苦的努力，需要有全身心投入的精神。
parade
n.游行;检阅;一系列(人或事)
v.游行;游行示威;招摇过市;;展览
a military parade 军事检阅
Each generation passes through a similar parade of events.每一代人都要经历一系列类似的事。
rain on sb's parade 杀风景；破坏原定的计划
to spoil sth for sb
The prisoners were paraded in front of the crowd.
囚犯被押解示众。
He is not one to parade his achievements.
他不是一个爱炫耀自己成就的人。
People were parading up and down showing off their finest clothes.
人们走来走去，炫耀着他们最漂亮的服装。
The victorious team will parade through the city tomorrow morning.
明天上午获胜队将在城内举行庆祝游行。
tablet
n.药片;牌，碑，匾
vt.用碑牌纪念;将…制成小片或小块
vitamin tablet 维生素片
set in tablets of stone 铁板钉钉
graphics tablet 绘图板
teeming
adj.大量的;拥挤的
v.倾注;倾泻 (teem with)
teeming insects成群结队的昆虫
the teeming streets of the city 熙熙攘攘的城市街道
The streets were teeming with tourists大街上游人如鲫
It was teeming with rain. 大雨如注
wretched
感到不适的；难受的；不愉快的
You look wretched─what's wrong?
你看起来愁眉苦脸的，怎么啦？
I felt wretched about the way things had turned out.
事情落了这么个结局，我感到很难受。
极坏的；恶劣的
同义词：awful
She had a wretched time of it at school.
她上学时的日子十分难熬。
wretched conditions.条件极其恶劣
可怜的；悲惨的
同义词：pitiful
She finally agreed to have the wretched animal put down.
她最后同意用药结束这头可怜的动物的生命。
（表示憎恶）该死的
Is it that wretched woman again?
这又是那个该死的女人吧？
wretchedly poor 一贫如洗
He does deserve some good luck after so much wretchedness.经过这么多苦难之后，他应该行点好运了。
tempest
n.大风暴;暴风雨/雪
双重的 tempest-tost
a tempest in a teapot 小题大做;大惊小怪
I hadn't foreseen the tempest my request would cause
我没有料到我的请求会掀起这么大一场风波。
The takeover provoked a tempest of criticism.
这次收购引发了潮水般的批评。
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