巴托尔迪耳闻这一事实,心情久久不能平静。从此这位高攀火炬的勇敢姑娘就成为他心中自由的象征。
1865年,巴托尔迪决定塑造一座象征自由的塑像,作为法国政府送给美国政府庆祝美国独立100周年的礼物。
不久后,巴托尔迪在一次婚礼上邂逅了美丽端庄的姑娘让娜,于是选择了让娜来做自由神像的模特。在雕塑过程中,他们之间产生了纯洁的爱情,终于结为夫妻。
1869年,巴特尔完成了自由女神像的草图设计。1874年造像工程开工,到1884年完全竣工,前后历时十年。
The Power of Charity: Past events of the Goddess 美国人民的慈善力量——女神往事
On July 4, 1884, France handed officially the Statue of Liberty to the United States ambassador in Paris. However, the U.S. government did not know where to put the Goddess.
In 1876, when Bartholdi participated in the celebration of Independence in Philadelphia at the 100th anniversary of Expo, the hand that holds the torch was on show. It caused a sensation. Statue of Liberty became an American desire to enjoy the art treasures, but the main body of this precious gift has been left in France.
Public Welfare Foundation raise a $ 150,000, would like to build the statue in the Bede Island on the other side of Manhattan. The money was not enough. If financial resources were cut off, the whole project will stop.
At this time, Pulitzer, the one that held World Newspaper in New York, launched a building fund-raising campaign and ordered to expand the influence and express their admiration for the goddess.
Pulitzer said that the goddess is homeless, for the American people, is a disgrace! The only way to save the goddess was raise funds as soon as possible. He also said, “We do not expect a millionaire to pay money, the Statue of Liberty is not a French millionaire to a U.S.millionaire, but all the French people gave gifts to the American people.”
Pulitzer donated $ 250 to take the lead himself, and appointed his subordinate Ray Weiss to be responsible for fundraising. His sincere and generous impressed the American people. The American people are donations activety.
In June 1885, the French “Ye Celeste” transport ship carried the 210 main pieces of the statue arrived in the United States, They were welcomed by the U.S. fleet and the“Emmons” leased by Pulitzer.
World News raised $ 101,090 for the Statue of Liberty. It’s enough to ensure the smooth installation of the statue. 75 workers participated in installation and the assembly work took six months. Eiffel, the architect of the Eiffel Tower in Paris designed 4 feet within the tower-type support structure to make the statue stand firmly by the sea.
Statue of Liberty was a brilliant project. The kind American people will always remember Pulitzer and the World News.
On October 26, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was unveiled. Since then, it stands high in the New York Harbor.
1884年7月4日,法国正式把自由女神像交给美国驻巴黎大使。但是,美国政府不知道把女神像放在什么地方。
1876年巴托尔迪参加在费城举行的庆祝独立100周年博览会时,便把自由女神执火炬的手在博览会上展出,引起一场轰动。自由女神成为美国人渴望欣赏的艺术珍品,然而这件珍贵礼物的主体却一直还留在法国。
一家公共福利基金会筹集了15万美元,想在曼哈顿对岸的贝德洛岛上建立起塑像的基座。但这些钱还不够。如果财源断绝,整个工程就要停顿。
这时,拥有纽约《世界报》的普利策为了扩大报纸的影响和表达自己对女神的敬仰,发动了一场自由女神像基座建筑的募捐运动。
普利策说:“女神像无处安身,对于美国人民来说,是一种耻辱!唯一的拯救女神的办法就是尽快筹款。”他还号召说:“我们不要期待百万富翁出这笔钱,自由女神不是法国百万富翁送给美国百万富翁的礼物,而是全体法国人民送给全体美国人民的礼物。”
普利策自己带头捐了250美元,并委派他的得力下属雷维斯负责筹款。他的恳切与慷慨打动了美国人民。美国人民踊跃捐款。
1885年6月,法国?“叶塞莱”号运输船载着210箱塑像主件抵达美国,受到美国船队和《世界报》租用的“埃蒙斯”号的欢迎。
《世界报》为自由女神像筹集到10,109万美元,足够的资金保证了塑像的顺利安装。75名工人参加安装,组装工作用了半年时间。建造巴黎铁塔的埃菲尔设计了一座有4脚支立的铁塔型内撑结构,使神像牢牢地矗立海边。
自由女神像是一项光辉的工程,普利策与《世界报》的功劳,善良的美国人民永远牢记在心。
1886年10月26日,自由女神像揭幕,从此高高矗立在纽约港口。
22. Hollywood:The Famous Movie City in the World闻名世界的电影之城——好莱坞
Hollywood is a dream factory for the stars of television and entertainment, the fashion birthplace of the world, and a world-renowned city as the movie!
好莱坞,影视娱乐明星梦工厂,全球时尚发源地,一座因为电影而享誉全球的城市!
The World Famous Movie City 闻名遐迩的世界影都
Hollywood means “holly trees” in English. It is located in the outskirts of Los Angeles, California U.S. West Coast, which is a scenic place. It is the first location to search by photographer found about the early 20th century, where they attracted a lot of photographers, and then some control of the company in order to avoid patents of small companies and independent producers are coming one after another, gradually a film center. Before the First World War and after a period of time, Griffith and Chaplin and some film masters for the United States won the world fame, the big Wall Street financial groups intervene film industry, Hollywood film city is rising rapidly, precisely adapted to rapid economic development in the United States during this period, the film was add further into the economic mechanisms, as part of making a profit, abundant capital, the increase of film production, to ensure that the U.S. film market in the world, dumping, a small village in the outskirts of Los Angeles finally became a huge film city, Hollywood films are virtually synonymous with the United States.
Hollywood is not only the birthplace of the fashion world, is the heart of world’s music and the film industry, with the entertainment industry and the world’s top luxury brands, leading and representing the highest level of global fashion, Dream factory, Disney, 20th Century Fox, Columbia, Sony, Universal, WB (Warner brothers), and so on, the film giants were lived there. Where fashion and technology interlinked development, with natural not artificial, has a strong fashion heritage and majestic support the technology to do, has been imitated around the world.
Now, the prosperous city has become a tourist resort because of the rising of the film. The people from all over the world scramble to see the birth place of the U.S.’s classic films.
好莱坞,在英语中意为“冬青树林”,位于美国西海岸加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的郊外,这是依山傍水,景色宜人的地方。它最先是由摄影师寻找外景地所发现的,大约在20世纪初,这里便吸引了许多拍摄者,而后,一些为了逃避专利公司控制的小公司和独立制片商们纷纷涌来,逐渐形成了一个电影中心。在第一次世界大战之前以及之后的一段时间内,格里菲斯和卓别林等一些电影大师们为美国赢得了世界名誉,华尔街的大财团插手电影业,好莱坞电影城迅速兴起,恰恰适应了美国在这一时期的经济飞速发展的需要,电影进一步纳入经济机制,成为谋取利润的一部分,资本的雄厚,影片产量的增多,保证了美国电影市场在世界上的倾销,洛杉矶郊外的小村庄最终成为一个庞大的电影城,好莱坞也在无形中成为美国电影的代名词。