儿童英语自由女神像（16双语科普）

儿童英语自由女神像（16双语科普）It would be a long time before Laboulaye's dream was realized:但实际上故事在1865年的前二十几年就开始了，那时爱德华·德·拉布拉耶提议法国应该给美国创造一座纪念碑。Officially called "Liberty Enlightening（照耀） the World " the Statue of Liberty was a gift to America from the French in 1886 as a representation of international friendship 自由女神像的正式名称为“自由照耀世界”，是1886年法国为了表示跨国友谊送给美国的礼物。but its story really began more than 20 years earlier in 1

The Statue of Liberty 自由女神像

Located in New York Harbor（港口） the Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world.

自由女神像位于纽约港，是世界上最具标示性的地标之一。

But what is it doing there? And where did it come from?

但是它是做什么的呢？又是从何而来的呢？

Officially called "Liberty Enlightening（照耀） the World " the Statue of Liberty was a gift to America from the French in 1886 as a representation of international friendship

自由女神像的正式名称为“自由照耀世界”，是1886年法国为了表示跨国友谊送给美国的礼物。

but its story really began more than 20 years earlier in 1865 when Frenchman Edouard de Laboulaye（人名） proposed（提议） that France should create a monument（纪念碑） for the United States.

但实际上故事在1865年的前二十几年就开始了，那时爱德华·德·拉布拉耶提议法国应该给美国创造一座纪念碑。

It would be a long time before Laboulaye's dream was realized:

拉布拉耶的想法在很多年后才得以实现。

it wasn't until ten years later that the sculptor（雕塑家） Auguste Bartholdi was commissioned（受委托的） to design the statue.

十多年后，雕塑家奥古斯特·巴索尔地才被委托设计这座雕塑。

The American people agreed to pay for the pedestal（底座） for the statue to stand on while the French people would fund the Statue of Liberty itself but raising enough money was difficult.

美国人民同意为雕塑的底座付钱，但法国人民需要自己集资建造自由女神像，但集资确实不是一件易事。

The statue was completed in France in 1884 almost ten years after it was commissioned but the pedestal wasn't finished for another two years in April of 1886.

这座雕塑于1884年完工，委托后建造了十几年，但是底座又花了两年时间，在1886年4月才完成。

The statue was transported in 350 individual pieces which were packed in 214 separate crates（货箱）.

运输雕像时，它被拆成了350个板块，装成了214个货箱。

Once the pedestal was completed it took four months to reassemble the statue.

底座完成后，总共花了4个多月重组雕像。

Finally on October 28 1886 President Grover Cleveland dedicated（揭幕） the Statue of Liberty an event celebrated by bands parades speeches and fireworks.

最终，在1886年10月28日，格罗弗·克利夫兰总统为自由女神像举行落成典礼，典礼上有乐队、游行队伍、演讲以及烟花。

The Statue of Liberty quickly became a famous landmark.

自由女神像很快就成为一个有名的地标。