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本文由清风与孤海贡献 The Statue of Liberty Out of all of Americas symbols, none has proved more enduring or evocative than the Statue of Liberty. This giant figure, torch in hand and clutching a stone tablet, has for a century acted as a figurehead for the American Dream; indeed there is probably no more immediately recognizable profile in existence. Its worth remembering that the statue is - for Americans at least - a potent reminder that the USA is a land of immigrants: it was New York Harbor where the first big waves of European immigrants arrived, their ships entering through the Verrazano Narrows to round the bend of the bay and catch a first glimpse of Liberty Enlightening the World an end of their journey into the unknown, and the symbolic beginning of a new life. 自由女神像被雷击 9月22日晚，菲恩端 着照相机在暴风雨中度过近 2小时，拍了80多张照片， 之后，8:45分他拍到这张特 别的 闪电照。菲恩先生40多 年来一直希望拍到这一时刻， 现年58岁的他表示，看到这 张照片自己惊呆了。他 说： “我留意过天气预报，所以 我知道暴风雨要来，那就像 是一个重要机会。我准备好 等待着，闪电终于 来了，我 拍了81张照片，最后拍到这 一张。意识到发生了什么事 之后我惊呆了。运气真的是 太好了，这是 一生一次的机 会。它是那种我有生以来第 一次看到的照片。” Barbie This year is the fiftieth birthday of Barbie. The doll first appeared at the toy fair in New York on March ninth, nineteen fifty-nine. Its creator was Ruth Handler, an American businesswoman. She and her husband Elliott along with Harold Matt Matson started the toy company Mattel. She named the new doll after their daughter Barbara. She based the design on a German doll named Bild Lilli. The first Barbie wore a black and white swimsuit and had her hair in a ponytail. She looked and seemed very grown up. But any concerns that parents would not want to buy it for little girls were soon proved wrong. Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars. Today, a fifty year-old Barbie in good condition might cost more than twentyseven thousand dollars. file:///G|/Documents and Settings/Lch/桌面/百度文库下载/Download/建筑/大学英语3 自由女神-芭比-野牛硬币-哥特