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留学趣闻：美国文化的五大象征（组图） 　　自由女神像，芭比娃娃，《美国哥特式》，野牛镍币和山姆大叔称为美国文化的五大象征。美国人还把“山姆大叔”诚实可靠、吃苦耐劳以及爱国主义的精神视为自己民族的骄傲和共有的品质。 自由女神像 　　自由女神像自从自由女神像于1886年屹立于纽约湾起，它一直是对新到达的移民美国梦的许诺。 是法国在1876年赠送给美国独立100周年的礼物。美国的自由女神像坐落于美国纽约州纽约市附近的自由岛，是美国重要的观光景点。自由女神像重45万磅，高46米，底座高45米，其全称为“自由女神铜像国家纪念碑”，正式名称是“照耀世界的自由女神”。整座铜像以120钢铁为骨架，80铜片为外皮，30万只铆钉装配固定在支架上，总重量达225吨。铜像内部的钢铁支架是由建筑师约维雷勃杜克和以建造巴黎艾菲尔铁塔闻名于世的法国工程师艾菲尔设计制作的。据说塑像美丽的手臂来源于艺术家的妻子，而其沧桑刚毅的脸则取材于艺术家的母亲。Statue of LibertyThe Statue of Liberty is more than a monument（纪念碑）. She is a beloved friend, a living symbol of freedom to millions around the world. These exhibits are a tribute（颂歌） to the people who created her, to those who built and paid for her, to the ideals she represents, and to the hopes she inspires（激发）.　The Statue of Liberty represents a woman holding a torch of fire. It stands on an island at the entrance to the New York City?1 . It is almost?2 meters tall, one of the tallest statues ever built. Its complete name is “Liberty Enlightening the World.” 　　The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the people of the United States from the people of France. 3 　　The idea for the statue came from a 4 history expert in 1865. Six years later, artist Frederic Bartholdi traveled to the United States to 5 support for building the statue. He decided it should stand on an island in New York harbor. 　　Bartholdi began designing the statue when he returned to France. He designed the statue’s face to look like his mother’s. French officials organized a group to raise money and 6 the project. The French people gave four hundred thousand dollars to build the statue. In 7 , the Americans established a similar committee to raise money needed to build the statue’s base. 　　The statue was built in France. Bartholdi had hoped it would be ready on the one hundredth 8 of the American Declaration of Independence in 1876. But it was not. France officially presented the statue to the United States minister to France in Paris on July fourth, 1884. 　　The statue was then taken apart