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1、Preview★CultureTips—theStatueofLibertyPerhapsnosinglemonumentintheUSAisasfamousastheStatueofLiberty.StandingonasmallislandinNewYorkHarbor,thecrownedlady,holdingaloftinherrighthandthetorchoffreedomandinherlefthandatabletwhichisinscribed“July4th,1776,”isasymbolofAmericandemocracy.Sheiscolossal.Sheis1
2、51ft.highandthepedestalonwhichshestandsisalmostasmuch.Anelevatortakesvisitorstothetopofthepedestal,aroundwhichabalconyruns.Aspiralstaircasegoesuptothecrown,andanothertothetorch.TheStatueofLibertywasagifttotheUSAfromFrancein1886,asamarkoffriendshipandalsoinmemoryoftheaidFrancegavetheAmericansduringt
3、heAmericanRevolution.★RelatedInformationTheMattelToyCompanyMattelistheworldwideleaderinthedesign,manufacture,andmarketingoftoyproducts.Thecompany’scorebrandsincludeBarbie,HotWheels,Matchbox,Fisher-Price,andAmericanGirl.WithheadquartersinElSegundo,California,Mattelhasofficesandfacilitiesin36countrie
4、sandsellsitsproductsinmorethan150nationsthroughouttheworld. NewYorkCity’sCentralParkCentralParkwasthefirstlandscapedpublicparkintheUnitedStates.Advocatesofcreatingthepark—primarilywealthymerchantsandlandowners—admiredthepublicgroundsofLondonandParisandurgedthatNewYorkneededacomparablefacilitytoesta
5、blishitsinternationalreputation.Apublicpark,theyargued,wouldoffertheirownfamiliesanattractivesettingforcarriageridesandprovideworking-classNewYorkerswithahealthyalternativetothesaloon.Afterthreeyearsofdebateovertheparksiteandcost,in1853thestatelegislatureauthorizedtheCityofNewYorktousethepowerofemi
6、nentdomaintoacquiremorethan700acresoflandinthecenterofManhattan. BuffalonickelIn1911sculptorJamesEarlFraserbegandesigningthe“Buffalo”nickel.Frasersaidtheportraitonthe“head’s”sidewasacompositeofthreeAmericanIndians—IronTail,BigTreeandTwoMoons.★NewwordsandPhrases1.assemble(L7)v.gather;collect—I’veass
7、embledalltheinformationIneedformyessay.—Everybody_____inthehallwheretheywerewelcomebythesecretary.(CET4:00-6)√A)assembledB)accumulatedC)piledD)joined2.inspire(L38)v.givesb.afeelingofwantingandbeingabletodos
