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The Statue of Liberty from VOA
The Statue of Liberty may be one of the most often photographed ...........................(1) of art in the world. A French sculptor, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, designed the statue in the ...........................(2) 1800s. Today the monument continues to present a beautiful sight on the New York ...........................(3). But it came close to never arriving in the United States. The materials required for building the Statue of Liberty were ...........................(4) lost at sea. In 1885, the ship carrying those materials almost sank in ...........................(5) seas. Bartholdi’s dream of a huge sculpture might never have been fulfilled. Luckily, the ship survived the ...........................(6) seas. It arrived safely in June of 1885. By the next year, the Statue of Liberty had arisen on what was then called Bedloe’s Island. The statue was ...........................(7) opened that year. Many years later, the island was given a new name: Liberty Island.
The Statue of Liberty has survived ...........................(8) caused by time, visits by millions of people and the weather. It stood firm during a ...........................(9) storm, Hurricane Sandy, which struck the East Coast in October of 2012. But Liberty Island suffered damage, requiring major ...........................(10). “Lady Liberty”, as many people call the statue, was a gift from the people of France. Its full name is “Liberty ...........................(11) the World.”
The United States and France have been friends and ...........................(12) since the American Revolution. France helped the American colonial armies defeat British ...........................(13). The war officially ended in 1783. A few years later, the French rebelled ...........................(14) their king. A French historian and political leader, Edouard-Rene Lefebvre de Laboulaye, had the idea for the statue. In 1865, he suggested that the French and the Americans build a monument ...........................(15) to celebrate freedom. Bartholdi agreed to design it. In 1875, the French established an organization to raise money for Bartholdi’s creation. Two years later, an American group was formed to raise money to pay for a pedestal. American architect Richard Morris Hunt was chosen to design this support structure. The pedestal would stand 47 meters ...........................(16).
In France, Bartholdi designed a model of the Statue of Liberty. Then he built a series of larger copies of the very small model statue. Workers created a ...........................(17) form covered with plaster for each part. They placed 300 pieces of copper on the forms. The copper skin was about two and a half millimeters thick, the same as two American pennies placed ...........................(18) to-back. The statue also needed a structure that could hold its ...........................(19), more than 200 tons. French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel created the new technology. Later, he designed the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris. Eiffel and others worked in Paris to produce a strong support system for the statue. The design also had to have the ...........................(20) to move a little in strong winds. Lady Liberty has continued to stand during many a storm, including Hurricane Sandy.
The Statue of Liberty may be one of the most often photographed ...........................(1) of art in the world. A French sculptor, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, designed the statue in the ...........................(2) 1800s. Today the monument continues to present a beautiful sight on the New York ...........................(3). But it came close to never arriving in the United States. The materials required for building the Statue of Liberty were ...........................(4) lost at sea. In 1885, the ship carrying those materials almost sank in ...........................(5) seas. Bartholdi’s dream of a huge sculpture might never have been fulfilled. Luckily, the ship survived the ...........................(6) seas. It arrived safely in June of 1885. By the next year, the Statue of Liberty had arisen on what was then called Bedloe’s Island. The statue was ...........................(7) opened that year. Many years later, the island was given a new name: Liberty Island.
The Statue of Liberty has survived ...........................(8) caused by time, visits by millions of people and the weather. It stood firm during a ...........................(9) storm, Hurricane Sandy, which struck the East Coast in October of 2012. But Liberty Island suffered damage, requiring major ...........................(10). “Lady Liberty”, as many people call the statue, was a gift from the people of France. Its full name is “Liberty ...........................(11) the World.”
The United States and France have been friends and ...........................(12) since the American Revolution. France helped the American colonial armies defeat British ...........................(13). The war officially ended in 1783. A few years later, the French rebelled ...........................(14) their king. A French historian and political leader, Edouard-Rene Lefebvre de Laboulaye, had the idea for the statue. In 1865, he suggested that the French and the Americans build a monument ...........................(15) to celebrate freedom. Bartholdi agreed to design it. In 1875, the French established an organization to raise money for Bartholdi’s creation. Two years later, an American group was formed to raise money to pay for a pedestal. American architect Richard Morris Hunt was chosen to design this support structure. The pedestal would stand 47 meters ...........................(16).
In France, Bartholdi designed a model of the Statue of Liberty. Then he built a series of larger copies of the very small model statue. Workers created a ...........................(17) form covered with plaster for each part. They placed 300 pieces of copper on the forms. The copper skin was about two and a half millimeters thick, the same as two American pennies placed ...........................(18) to-back. The statue also needed a structure that could hold its ...........................(19), more than 200 tons. French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel created the new technology. Later, he designed the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris. Eiffel and others worked in Paris to produce a strong support system for the statue. The design also had to have the ...........................(20) to move a little in strong winds. Lady Liberty has continued to stand during many a storm, including Hurricane Sandy.