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自由女神像 Statue of Liberty 英文介绍

Out of all of America's symbols, none has proved more enduring or evocative than the

Statue of Liberty. This giant figure, torch in hand and clutching a stone tablet, has for

a century acted as a figurehead for the American Dream; indeed there is probably no

more immediately recognizable profile in existence. It's worth remembering that the

statue is - for Americans at least - a potent reminder that the USA is a land of

immigrants: it was New York Harbor where the first big waves of European

immigrants arrived, their ships entering through the Verrazano Narrows to round the

bend of the bay and catch a first glimpse of "Liberty Enlightening the World" - an end

of their journey into the unknown, and the symbolic beginning of a new life.

These days, although only the very wealthy can afford to arrive here by sea, and

a would-be immigrant's first (and possibly last) view of the States is more likely to be

the customs check at JFK Airport, Liberty remains a stirring sight, with Emma

Lazarus's poem, The New Colossus, written originally to raise funds for the statue's

base, no less quotable than when it was written……

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch,

whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her

beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged

harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With

silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe

free, The wretched refuse to your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempiettos

to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door."

The statue, which depicts Liberty throwing off her shackles and holding a beacon

to light the world, was the creation of the French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi,

who crafted it a hundred years after the American Revolution in recognition of

solidarity between the French and American people (though it's fair to add that

Bartholdi originally intended the statue for Alexandria in Egypt). Bartholdi built

Liberty in Paris between 1874 and 1884, starting with a terracotta model and

enlarging it through four successive versions to its present size, a construction of thin

copper sheets bolted together and supported by an iron framework designed by

Gustave Eiffel. The arm carrying the torch was exhibited in Madison Square Park for

seven years, but the whole statue wasn't officially accepted on behalf of the American

people until 1884, after which it was taken apart, crated up and shipped to New York.