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1、Preview★CultureTips—theStatueofLibertyPerhapsnosinglemonumentintheUSAisasfamousastheStatueofLiberty.StandingonasmallislandinNewYorkHarbor,thecrownedlady,holdingaloftinherrighthandthetorchoffreedomandinherlefthandatabletwhichisinscribed“July4th,1776,”isasymbolofAmericandemocracy.Sheiscolossal.
2、Sheis151ft.highandthepedestalonwhichshestandsisalmostasmuch.Anelevatortakesvisitorstothetopofthepedestal,aroundwhichabalconyruns.Aspiralstaircasegoesuptothecrown,andanothertothetorch.TheStatueofLibertywasagifttotheUSAfromFrancein1886,asamarkoffriendshipandalsoinmemoryoftheaidFrancegavetheAmer
3、icansduringtheAmericanRevolution.★RelatedInformationTheMattelToyCompanyMattelistheworldwideleaderinthedesign,manufacture,andmarketingoftoyproducts.Thecompany’scorebrandsincludeBarbie,HotWheels,Matchbox,Fisher-Price,andAmericanGirl.WithheadquartersinElSegundo,California,Mattelhasofficesandfaci
4、litiesin36countriesandsellsitsproductsinmorethan150nationsthroughouttheworld. NewYorkCity’sCentralParkCentralParkwasthefirstlandscapedpublicparkintheUnitedStates.Advocatesofcreatingthepark—primarilywealthymerchantsandlandowners—admiredthepublicgroundsofLondonandParisandurgedthatNewYorkneededa
5、comparablefacilitytoestablishitsinternationalreputation.Apublicpark,theyargued,wouldoffertheirownfamiliesanattractivesettingforcarriageridesandprovideworking-classNewYorkerswithahealthyalternativetothesaloon.Afterthreeyearsofdebateovertheparksiteandcost,in1853thestatelegislatureauthorizedtheC
6、ityofNewYorktousethepowerofeminentdomaintoacquiremorethan700acresoflandinthecenterofManhattan. BuffalonickelIn1911sculptorJamesEarlFraserbegandesigningthe“Buffalo”nickel.Frasersaidtheportraitonthe“head’s”sidewasacompositeofthreeAmericanIndians—IronTail,BigTreeandTwoMoons.★NewwordsandPhrases1.
7、assemble(L7)v.gather;collect—I’veassembledalltheinformationIneedformyessay.—Everybody_____inthehallwheretheywerewelcomebythesecretary.(CET4:00-6)√A)assembledB)accumulatedC)piledD)joined2.inspire(L38)v.givesb.afeelingofwantingandbeingabletodos
