英文演讲The Statue of Liberty.pptxVIP

The Statue of Liberty 1.Opening Out of all of Americas symbols, none has proved more enduring or evocative than the Statue of Liberty. 2.general situation “Liberty Enlightening the World “(La liberté éclairant le monde), known more commonly as “the Statue of Liberty”, bronze statues, 47 meters high pedestal, like high 46 meters, 93 meters high total, 229 tons. 3. Designers The sculptor was Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the designer of the Eiffel Tower, engineered the internal structure. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel Frederic Auguste Bartholdi 4. Position The statue is located in Liberty Island in New York Harbor 5.Traffic Tourists aboard a Circle Line ferry bound for Liberty Island. Each half an hour there is a ferry from the city to the liberty island 6.Appearance The statue represents a woman, standing upright, dressed in a flowing robe and a spiked crown, holding a stone tablet close to her body in her left hand and a flaming torch high in her right hand. The statue is made of copper with the exception of the flame of the torch, which is coated in gold leaf. The interior of the pedestal contains a bronze plaque inscribed with the poem The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus. 7.History The statue was given to the United States by France in 1885, The copper statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the United States and is a gesture of friendship between the two nations. One source believed that the stern face belonged to Bartholdis mother, Charlotte Bartholdi ,with whom he was very close. National Geographic magazine also pointed to his mother. Charlotte Bartholdi (1801-1891) 8.Construction in France The first model, on a small scale, was built in 1870. This first statue is now in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. On June 30, 1878, at the Paris Exposition, the completed head of the statue was showcased, while other pieces were on display. Back in America, the site, authorized in New York Harbor by Act of Congress, 1877,