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NCE 2 L 93
Vocabulary
noble
adj. 高尚的,壮丽的
eg:It’s very noble of you to spend all your weekends helping the old folk.
你心地真好,所有周末都用来帮助老人。
monument
n. 纪念碑
eg. the Monument to the People’s Heroes
人民英雄纪念碑
statue
n. 雕像
词组:a marble statue 大理石雕像
扩展:the Statue of Liberty 自由女神像
liberty
n. 自由
词组:be at liberty to do sth. 有权做某事;获准做某事;可随意做某事
翻译:你大可以畅所欲言。
You are at liberty to say what you want.
present
v. 赠与
词组: present sth. to sb. 将某物赠与某人
eg. The professor presented the scholarship to the good students.
教授把奖学金颁发给好学生。
sculptor
n. 雕刻家
派生:sculpture n.雕像;雕刻术
eg. a sculpture of an elephant
一座大象雕塑
actual
adj. 实际的,真实的
eg. I’m not joking. Those were his actual words.
我不是在开玩笑。那都是他的原话。
copper
n. 铜
eg. Copper conducts electricity well.
铜是电的良好导体。
扩展:各种各样的金属
金gold 银silver 铁iron 钢steel
support
(1)v. 支持,支撑
eg. I need a friend who can support me forever.
我需要一个永远支持我的朋友。
(2) n.支持,赞同
eg. There was widespread support for the war.
人们普遍支持这场战争。
framework
n. 构架,框架
eg. The war shook the old social framework.
这个战争震颤了旧的社会制度。
transport
vt. 运送
搭配:transport sth. to sp.把某物运送到····
eg. The sculpture was transported to London.
雕塑被运送到了伦敦。
派生:transportation n. 运输;交通
site
n. 场地
eg. the site of the air crash
飞机失事的地点
pedestal
n. 底座(柱子或雕像的)
Summary writing
The Statue of Liberty, which was presented to the United States of America by the French people in the 19th century, was designed by Bartholdi and built on a metal frame constructed by Eiffel.
The site chosen for it was an island at the entrance of New York Harbour, where a pedestal was built.
The statue was erected in Paris in 1884 and re-erected two years later in America. It was officially presented in October, 1886.
Composition
Now our ship is sailing into New York Harbour between Long Island and Staten Island. The first thing that catches my eye is the great monument of the Statue of Liberty, standing firmly at the entrance of N. Y. Harbour. It is 151 feet tall, and it looks so grand and charming that I was deeply impressed by it. As a symbol of liberty. the statue has attracted millions of people to New York, and to America as well.
I have a first glimpse of New York City from Manhattan, which is one of the five boroughs of the city. There are many skyscrapers towering into the sky. The most striking ones are the Empire State Building and the United Nations Building. Great ships are busy sailing into or out of the harbour. Besides, there are long bridges with a lot of cars, buses and trucks, and many people are walking on the pavements.