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1、1.自由钟 The Liberty Bell, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an American bell of great historic significance. The Liberty Bell is perhaps one of the most prominent symbols associated with early American history and the battle for American independence and freedom. Its most famous ringing, on Ju
2、ly 8, 1776, summoned citizens for the reading of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress. Previously, it had been rung to announce the opening of the First Continental Congress, in 1774, and the Battle of Lexington and Concord, in 1775. The bell was not officially known as
3、 the Liberty Bell until 1837, when it became a symbol of the abolitionist movement. Its cast inscription from Leviticus 25:10 states, Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof. The Liberty Bell is one of the most familiar symbols of independence and nationhood within
4、the United States, second only to the Statue of Liberty; strangely perhaps, given its widespread use within the country, the Liberty Bell is hardly recognized outside of the US, and far less well known as a symbol of America than either the Statue of Liberty or the Stars and Stripes. 2.自由女神 the Stat
5、ue of Liberty Liberty Enlightening the World, known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty, is a statue given to the United States by France in 1885, standing at Liberty Island in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans. The
6、copper statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the United States and is a gesture of friendship between the two nations. The sculptor was Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Gustave Eiffel, the designer of the Eiffel Tower, engineered the internal structure. Eugne Viollet-le-Du
7、c was responsible for the choice of copper in the statues construction and adoption of the Repouss technique. The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable icons of the U.S. worldwide,1 and, in a more general sense, represents liberty and escape from oppression. The Statue of Liberty was, fr
8、om 1886 until the Jet age, often the first glimpse of the United States for millions of immigrants after ocean voyages from Europe. Its said that il Sancarlone or the Colossus of Rhodes inspired it. 3.华盛顿碑 The Washington Monument The Washington Monument usually refers to the large white-colored obel
9、isk at the west end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. It is a United States Presidential Memorial constructed for George Washington, the first President of the United States and the leader of the revolutionary Continental Army, which won independence from the British following the American Re
10、volutionary War. Other monuments to honor Washington, also known as the Washington Monument, are in Baltimore and Washington County, Maryland. The monument is made of marble, granite, and sandstone. It was designed by Robert Mills, a prominent American architect of the 1840s. The actual construction
11、 of the monument began in 1848 and was not completed until 1884, almost 30 years after the architects death, due to lack of funds and the intervention of the American Civil War. A difference in shading of the marble (visible approximately 150 feet up) clearly delineates the initial construction from
12、 its resumption in 1876. It is generally considered fortunate that the Greek Doric rotunda Mills planned for the base of the monument was never built.1 The Washington Monument at duskIts cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1848; the capstone was set on December 6, 1884, and the completed monument was de
13、dicated on February 21, 1885. It officially opened to the public on October 9, 1888. Upon completion, it became the worlds tallest structure at 169 m, a title it inherited from the Cologne Cathedral and held until 1889, when the Eiffel Tower was finished in Paris, France. The Washington Monument ref
14、lection can be seen in the aptly named Reflecting Pool, a rectangular pool extending westward in the direction of the Lincoln Memorial.4大峡谷 The Grand Canyon The Grand Canyon is a very colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved by the Colorado River, in northern Arizona, USA. It is largely contained within
15、the Grand Canyon National Park one of the first national parks in the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of the Grand Canyon area, visiting on numerous occasions to hunt mountain lions and enjoy the scenery. The canyon, created by the Colorado River cutting a channel o
16、ver millions of years, is about 277 miles (446 km) long, ranges in width from 0.25 to 15 miles (0.4 to 24 kilometers) and attains a depth of more than a mile (1,600 m). Nearly two billion years of the Earths history has been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut through layer after layer of sediment as the Colorado Plateaus have uplifted. The first recorded sighting of the Grand Canyon by a European was in 1540
