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冀教版（一起）四年级英语下册拓展资料 UNIT 3 My Country and English-speaking Countries Lesson 20 The U.S. About the Star Spangled Banner On September 13, 1814, Francis Scott Key visited the British fleet in Chesapeake Bay to secure the release of Dr. William Beans, who had been captured after the burning of Washington, D.C. The release was secured, but Key was detained on ship overnight during the shelling of Fort McHenry, one of the forts defending Baltimore. In the morning he was so delighted to see the American flag still flying over the fort that he began a poem to commemorate the occasion. Entitled The Star-Spangled Banner, the poem soon attained wide popularity as sung to the tune Ancreon in Heaven. The origin of this tune is obscure， but it may have been written by John Stafford Smitha British composer born in 1750. The Star-Spangled Banner was officially made the National Anthem by Congress in 1931, although already adopted as such by the Army and Navy. Its central theme, our countrys survival through bitter strife, parallels the passing by West Point graduates of their first crucial test in battle. The Star-Spangled Banner has attained a position of reverence, and each time the Corps stands retreat ceremony to its strands it serves as a reminder of our duty to country. 美国自由女神像 美国，自由女神像，文化遗产，1984年列入世界遗产名录。 自由女神像的钢铁骨架由设计巴黎铁塔的埃菲尔设计，雕像由法国雕刻家维雷勃杜克设计，并在巴黎完成。法国政府将这一标志自由的纪念像，作为庆祝美国独立100周年的礼物赠给美国。自从1886年落成以来，它耸立在纽约港的入口。 自由女神像，作为美国象征，位于美国纽约市曼哈顿以西的一个小岛--自由岛上，她手持火炬，矗立在纽约港入口处，日夜守望着这座大都会，迎来了自19世纪末以来到美国定居的千百万移民。1984年，它被列入世界遗产名录。 自由女神像是法国人民赠给美国人民的礼物，是自由的象征，女神像高46米，连同底座总高约100米，是那时世界上最高的纪念性建筑，其全称为自由女神铜像国家纪念碑，正式名称是照耀世界的自由女神，整座铜像以120吨的钢铁为骨架，80吨铜片为外皮，以30万只柳钉装配固定在支架上，总重量达225吨，铜像内部的钢铁支架是由建筑师维雷勃杜克和以建造巴黎埃菲尔铁塔闻名于世界的法国工程师埃菲尔设计制作的。 女神双唇紧闭，戴光芒四射的冠冕，身着罗马式宽松长袍，右手高擎象征自由的几米长的火炬，左手紧握一铜板，上面用罗马数字刻着《美国独立宣言》发表的日期--公元1776年7月4日，脚上散落着已断裂的锁链，右脚跟抬起作行进状，整体为挣脱枷锁、挺身前行的反抗者形象，女神气宇轩昂、神态刚毅，给人以凛然不可侵犯之感。而其端庄丰盈的体态又似一位古希腊美女，使人感到亲切而自然。当夜暮降临时，神像基座的灯光向上照射，将女神映照得宛若一座淡青色的玉雕。而从女神冠冕的窗孔中射出的灯光，又好像在女神头上缀了一串闪着金黄色的亮光，给热闹而喧嚣的大都会平添了一处颇为壮观的夜景。