資料來源:《英語暢談世界文化》





著名魔術(shù)師大衛(wèi)科波菲爾表演了一場讓自由女神像消失的精彩魔術(shù)。

每天一分鐘,我們一起玩轉(zhuǎn)世界文化。聞名世界的自由女神像,被譽為美國的象征。它高高地聳立在紐約港口的自由島上,象征著美國人民爭取自由的崇高理想。
童鞋們注意引號不寫,是英式拼寫哦~~

Hints:
French
Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi 奧古斯梯 巴陶第
Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel 亞歷山大 居斯塔夫 埃菲爾
the Eiffel Tower 埃菲爾鐵塔
American
Richard Morris Hunt 理查德 莫里斯 亨特
Atlantic
I see. Who was it designed by? I guess it must have been a French designer. You're right. It was designed by Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, but the interior framework was designed by Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, also designer of the Eiffel Tower. So, it was an entirely French project, then? Not entirely, the pedestal was designed by an American architect, Richard Morris Hunt. But many people on both sides of the Atlantic put money into her construction. Perhaps it is fitting that hundreds of thousands of ordinary people contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to her construction and that millions more contributed millions of dollars to ensure her continued existence. Yes, she may have been created by the genius of a few visionaries, but the concept she represents speaks to the hearts and minds of ordinary men and women everywhere. I hope that one day I can visit the museum at her base and see her for real.