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1、自由女神像英文介绍[日期：2006-04-24]来源：英文荟萃网 作者：[字体：大中小]thisisbannerOutofallofAmerica'ssymbols,nonehasprovedmoreenduringorevocativethantheStatueofLiberty.Thisgiantfigure,torchinhandandclutchingastonetablet,hasforacenturyactedasafigureheadfortheAmericanDream;indeedthereisprobablynomoreimmediatel
2、yrecognizableprofileinexistence.It'sworthrememberingthatthestatueis-forAmericansatleast-apotentreminderthattheUSAisalandofimmigrants:itwasNewYorkHarborwherethefirstbigwavesofEuropeanimmigrantsarrived,theirshipsenteringthroughtheVerrazanoNarrowstoroundthebendofthebayandcatchafirstgli
3、mpseof"LibertyEnlighteningtheWorld"-anendoftheirjourneyintotheunknown,andthesymbolicbeginningofanewlife. Thesedays,althoughonlytheverywealthycanaffordtoarriveherebysea,andawould-beimmigrant'sfirst(andpossiblylast)viewoftheStatesismorelikelytobethecustomscheckatJFKAirport,Libertyrem
4、ainsastirringsight,withEmmaLazarus'spoem,TheNewColossus,writtenoriginallytoraisefundsforthestatue'sbase,nolessquotablethanwhenitwaswritten…… Hereatoursea-washed,sunsetgatesshallstandAmightywomanwithatorch,whoseflameIstheimprisonedlightning,andhernameMotherofExiles.Fromherbeacon-han
5、dGlowsworld-widewelcome;hermildeyescommandTheair-bridgedharborthattwincitiesframe."Keepancientlands,yourstoriedpomp!"criessheWithsilentlips."Givemeyourtired,yourpoor,Yourhuddledmassesyearningtobreathefree,Thewretchedrefusetoyourteemingshore.Sendthese,thehomeless,tempest-tosttome,Ili
6、ftmylampbesidethegoldendoor." Thestatue,whichdepictsLibertythrowingoffhershacklesandholdingabeacontolighttheworld,wasthecreationoftheFrenchsculptorFrédéricAugusteBartholdi,whocrafteditahundredyearsaftertheAmericanRevolutioninrecognitionofsolidaritybetweentheFrenchandAmericanpeople(
7、thoughit'sfairtoaddthatBartholdioriginallyintendedthestatueforAlexandriainEgypt).BartholdibuiltLibertyinParisbetween1874and1884,startingwithaterracottamodelandenlargingitthroughfoursuccessiveversionstoitspresentsize,aconstructionofthincoppersheetsboltedtogetherandsupportedbyanironfr
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