Statue of Liberty

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A Guide to the Statue Of Liberty
(5min.com, 2011)
http://www.5min.com/Video/A-Guide-to-the-Statue-Of-Liberty-517023885
A guide to the Statue of Liberty.
We are at the Statue of Liberty in New York to give you a brief guide to this American icon.
What is it?
The Statue of Liberty was given to the United States by France in 1885 as a gesture of allied friendship.
It was agreed that the monument would be completed jointly; the Americans creating the base and the Statue
itself rendered by the French.
French Sculptor Frédéric August Bartholdi and Gustave Eiffel finished the Statue in 1884 and she was reduced
to three hundred and fifty pieces and packed in two hundred and fourteen crates for shipping.
She stands at a hundred and fifty-one feet and weighs two hundred and four tonnes. The pedestal alone is a
hundred and fifty-three-feet tall and weighs twenty-four thousand five hundred tons.
Lady Liberty holds a torch in her right hand and a tablet in her left. The tablet shows the inscription July 4th,
1776, the date of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
One of her feet stands on chains, symbolizing freedom from slavery. You can see the seven spikes in her crown
(that) represent the seven seas and seven continents of the world.
The exterior copper covering of the Statue is less that two pennies thick and the light-green color is the result of
natural weathering.
Where is it?
Lady Liberty is located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, south-west of the southern tip of Manhattan.
For many years, it was the first glimpse of the United States for immigrants and returning servicemen after
ocean voyages from Europe.
Further information:
You can visit the Statue of Liberty by catching a ferry from either Battery Park in New York City or Liberty
Park in New Jersey.
Check out information on schedules, prices and reservations at www.statuereservations.com
Vocabulary
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completed
rendered
crates
for shipping
a hundred and fifty one feet
slavery
spikes in her crown
copper covering
two pennies thick
terminé, achevé
donnée
caisses
pour l’expédition (en bateau)
1 foot = 30,48 cm (151 feet = 4 602,48 cm)
esclavage
pointes de la couronne
couche de cuivre
épaisse comme une pièce de 2 pennies
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10. weathering
11. Harbor
12. first glimpse
13. service men
14. by catching a ferry
15. check out
16. schedules
l’altération du temps
port
premier aperçu
les militaires
en prenant un ferry
regardez, jetez un oeil
horaires