国外媒体:自由女神像7月重新对游人开放

5月8日，美国内政部长肯·萨拉萨尔宣布，自 “9·11”恐怖袭击事件后关闭的纽约自由女神像的头冠部分将于今年7月4日美国独立日重新对公众开放。为配合头冠部分的重新开放，纽约公园局将采取加高旋梯扶栏、增加值班人员等安全措施。

If you were watching the Today Show this morning, then you saw the most dramatic opening segment we can remember in quite a while. There they all are, our friends from the Today Show family in the crown of Lady Liberty to announce some big news concerning that statue. Our reports tonight from NBC's Mike Taibbi.

Our gift from France was always one of those vertical¹ man-made wonders, like the Washington monument, the Eiffel Tower, that entice² kids to say" Can we climb to the top?" "yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah." and parents to say" I guess if you really want to". Well, maybe some grown-ups still like the idea.

"I would walk every single stair to see the top."

"I think it's awesome³, it's about time."

But to Today Show's Matt Lauer got this scoop⁴ from Interior Secretary Ken⁵ Salazar this morning that track to the top suspended since 911 are on again.

"Today we are announcing that on the 4th of July, we will open up the crown of the Statue of Liberty here in New York and New Jersey⁶ to the entire people of America."

If you ever do get up there as I did in 1984 when Lady Liberty got a facelift for her septennial party, you will never forget it. Not everybody who wants to. You take the boat on to Liberty Island will get to visit the crown. That will be a lottery⁷, a maximum of 30 people at a time. These Brooklyn six graders were so excited, they didn't notice my crown was on wrong.

"How many would you wanna climb all the way up to the top?"

The statue was so huge. It arrived from France in 350 individual pieces in 214 crates⁸ that took 4 months to assemble. And your climb to the crown would be 250 feet up and 346 winding⁹ steps. Also be aware that the statue is designed to bend in a brisk wind, several inches, meaning you can feel like moving.

" I probably feel woozy, coz it sways back and forth¹⁰."

But the point is as at July 4th, if you want, you can feel like moving even as it moves you. Mike Taibbi, NBC News, New York.

美国的象征——自由女神像

在美国纽约市海港内有一座称被为自由岛的小岛。岛上矗立着一座巨大的雕像，当地华人称她为“自由女神”像 (Statue of liberty) 。其全称为“自由女神铜像国际纪念碑”，正式名称是“照耀世界的自由女神”。

1 vertical   

adj.垂直的，顶点的，纵向的；n.垂直物，垂直的位置

参考例句：

• The northern side of the mountain is almost vertical.这座山的北坡几乎是垂直的。
• Vertical air motions are not measured by this system.垂直气流的运动不用这种系统来测量。

2 entice   

v.诱骗，引诱，怂恿

参考例句：

• Nothing will entice the children from television.没有任何东西能把孩子们从电视机前诱开。
• I don't see why the English should want to entice us away from our native land.我不明白，为什英国人要引诱我们离开自己的国土。

3 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

4 scoop   

n.铲子，舀取，独家新闻；v.汲取，舀取，抢先登出

参考例句：

• In the morning he must get his boy to scoop it out.早上一定得叫佣人把它剜出来。
• Uh,one scoop of coffee and one scoop of chocolate for me.我要一勺咖啡的和一勺巧克力的。

5 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

6 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

7 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

8 crates   

n. 板条箱, 篓子, 旧汽车 vt. 装进纸条箱

参考例句：

• We were using crates as seats. 我们用大木箱作为座位。
• Thousands of crates compacted in a warehouse. 数以千计的板条箱堆放在仓库里。

9 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

10 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。