新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點 第93課(3)

　　The following year, it was taken to pieces and sent to America. By the end of October 1886, the statue had been put together again and it was officially presented to the American people by Bartholdi. Ever since then, the great monument has been a symbol of liberty for the millions of people who have passed through New York Harbour to make their homes in America.

　　句子講解：

　　7、The following year, it was taken to pieces and sent to America.

　　第二年，它又被拆卸成若干小塊運(yùn)到了美國。

　　taken ['teikn, 'teik?n]

　　v. 拿，帶(take的過去分詞)

　　例句:

　　1. Every really good spot is )already taken.

　　每一真的好斑點是)已經(jīng)輪流。

　　語言點 sth. be taken to pieces某物被拆卸成小塊

　　8、By the end of October 1886，the statue had been put together again and it was officially presented to the American people by Bartholdi.

　　officially

　　adv. 正式地;官方地;作為公務(wù)員

　　例句:

　　1. They had officially retired ten years previously .

　　他們在此十年前已正式退休。

　　到1886年10月底，這座雕像重新被組裝起來，由巴索爾地正式贈送給美國人民。 語言點 sth. be presented to sb.某物被作為禮物送給某人

　　9、Ever since then, the great monument has been a symbol of liberty for the millions of people who have passed through New York Harbour to make their homes in America.

　　symbol ['simb?l]

　　n. 象征;符號;標(biāo)志

　　例句:

　　1. Blue symbols sadness and sometimes coarseness.

　　藍(lán)色有時象征沉悶悲哀，有時又象征淫穢。

　　從釋時起，這座偉大的紀(jì)念雕像對通過紐約港進(jìn)入美國定居的千百萬人來說就一直是自由的象征。