VOA慢速英语 自由女神像前庆祝独立日

　　Celebrating July Fourth at the Statue of Liberty

　　自由女神像前庆祝独立日

　　VOICE ONE:

　　Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.

　　VOICE TWO:

　　And I'm Barbara Klein. Later this week, Americans will celebrate the nation's Independence Day. On July fourth, seventeen seventy-six, colonial leaders approved the final Declaration of Independence for the United States.

　　This year, the city of New York will also celebrate the opening of part of an important symbol of America that has been closed to the public for the past eight years.

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　　VOICE ONE:

　　The Statue of Liberty has stood in New York Harbor for more than one hundred years. It was a gift from the people of France in eighteen eighty-four. Its full name is "Liberty Enlightening the World".

　　The Statue of Liberty is forty-six meters tall from its base. It is made mostly of copper. Throughout history, images of liberty have been represented as a woman. The statue is sometimes called "Lady Liberty."

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