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本期节目讲述自由女神的建造过程和历史背景，适合练习历史、文化、工程类词汇，了解美国象征的由来。
What's up, sunshine?
怎么了，我的小太阳？
I'm koi wire.
我是由金属线制成的（类似“锦鲤丝”这样的材质）。
This is CNN 10 where I simply
这里是 CNN 10，我只想简单地说……
tell you the what letting you decide what to think today is your word Wednesday So listen close one of you helped us write today's show.
告诉你们吧：今天我们并没有直接告诉你们该相信什么或该怎么想，而是让你们自己来决定。这就是我们“周三”节目的核心理念。所以，请仔细听好了——今天节目的内容其实有一部分是你们自己帮忙完成的哦！
Let's get smarter and rise up.
让我们变得更聪明一些，勇敢地站起来吧。
It is October 28th 140 years ago today,
今天是140年前的10月28日。
America welcome one of its most iconic symbols the Statue of Liberty The landmark was a gift of friendship from the people of France.
美国欢迎自己最具象征意义的标志之一——自由女神像。这座地标性建筑是法国人民赠送的友谊礼物。
It was officially dedicated on October 28th
它于10月28日正式落成启用。
1886 by president Grover Cleveland nearly 150
1886年，由格罗弗·克利夫兰总统签署（该法案的通过时间约为150年前）。
years later Lady Liberty still stands tall
多年过去了，自由女神像依然屹立不倒。
in New York Harbor as an enduring
纽约港中的这一景象，将成为永恒的纪念……
symbol of America's storied past But her
她是美国辉煌历史的象征……
origin is no overnight success story It
起源”（Origin）并非一个一夜之间取得成功的案例。
took more than two decades to design
设计这个产品花费了二十多年的时间。
build and transport the green goddess across
建造并运输这座“绿色女神”雕像（或相关设施），并将其运送到指定地点。
the Atlantic Ocean Though technically copper then
大西洋……虽然从技术角度来看，当时的材料确实是铜……
oxidized goddess our Richard quest takes us behind the scenes for more on lady liberties past and the ingenious engineering making her possible
这位被“氧化”的女神……我们的理查德（Richard）的探索之旅将带我们走进幕后，深入了解那些过去被视作“僭越行为”的举动，以及那些让这些行为成为可能的巧妙工程技术。
The Statue of Liberty is a universal
自由女神像是一个具有普遍意义的象征。
symbol So I think the thing that fascinates me the most is that it means so many things to so many different people
符号……我认为最让我着迷的是：同一个符号对不同的人来说意味着完全不同的东西。
The aura was not immediately recognized when the statue arrived here from France in
当这座雕像从法国运到这里时，人们并没有立即察觉到它所散发出的那种特殊“气场”（或：那种神秘的能量、氛围）。
1885 The French sculptor Fred Oric Auguste Bartoldi designed the statue and sent it to the United States as a gift from his country
1885年，法国雕塑家弗雷德·奥里克·奥古斯特·巴托尔迪设计了这座雕像，并将其作为法国的礼物送到了美国。
Oh the pedestal by the way that wasn't included
哦，顺便说一下，那个基座（用于放置雕像的支架）并没有包含在产品中。
It had to be built and paying for it was a typical American problem Many Americans were like wait,
这个项目必须建成，而为其筹集资金则是一个典型的美国式问题。许多美国人当时都在想：“等等……
France wants to give us what so
法国想把某些东西给我们。
there was this idea that we need
有一种观点认为我们需要……
to get Americans Excited about the project
为了让美国人对这个项目感到兴奋（或：激发美国人对这个项目的兴趣）
and there's a newspaperman Joseph Pulitzer who
还有一位名叫约瑟夫·普利策的记者……
owns a number of papers including here
拥有多家报纸，包括这家。
in New York City And he said
在纽约市，他说……
this is kind of a disgrace The
这简直是一种耻辱。
only thing we were supposed to do
我们唯一应该做的事情
was build a pedestal for her and
人们为她树立了一个“高高的 pedestal”（象征她地位崇高或值得崇拜的形象）；
when all of the copper pieces arrive
当所有的铜币都到货的时候……
here on this island The pedestal was
就在这个岛上，那个基座（或雕像的底座）原本是……
not ready So he starts a crowd funding campaign to get people to donate money so that we can raise funds and put the pedestal up
还没有准备好。因此，他发起了一场众筹活动，希望人们能够捐款，这样我们就能筹集到所需的资金来建造那个基座。
over time lady liberty of course Was embraced by New York as more and more immigrants arrived on their way to Ellis Island
随着时间的推移，越来越多的移民抵达埃利斯岛，自由女神像自然也被纽约人民所接纳。
Seeing its neoclassical design.
从它的新古典主义设计风格来看……
It was a sign.
这是个征兆。
They'd made it to the new world The elegance of its engineering evident as I made my way to the crown
他们终于抵达了新大陆；那里的工程技术之精湛显而易见。而我，正朝着王冠的方向前行……
This is where the technical majesty really
正是在这里，技术的卓越之处真正得以展现。