SSC Unit :8 Lesson 3; The Statue of Liberty
The French Sculptor Fredic Auguste Bartholdi was assigned to design and complete a sculpture within 1876, so that it could be a gift for the Americans on the occasion of celebrating the hundred years of the American Declaration of Independence.
āĻĢāĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ° āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ˛āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§ ā§§ā§Žā§ā§Ŧ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ âLiberty Enlighten the Worldâ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻāĻļāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻžā§āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŽā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻž āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻžāĻ° āĻļāĻ¤āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇ āĻāĻĒāĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
The statue was a joint venture between the USA and France. The French people would build the statue and assemble it in the States, and the people of the USA were to build the pedestal for the statue.
āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŽā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨āĻāĻŖ āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŽā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
Raising money for the pedestal was completed in August 1885. The construction of the pedestal was finished in April 1886. In the meantime, France completed the Statue in July 1884.
ā§§ā§Žā§Žā§Ģ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ° āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻš āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤ ā§§ā§Žā§Žā§Ŧ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ ā§§ā§Žā§Žā§Ē āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
They sent it to New York on board the French war ship âIsereâ in While transporting the statue, it was split up into 350 individual pieces and packed in 214 crates.
ā§§ā§Žā§Žā§Ģ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻĢāĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ âāĻāĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻ°â-āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ ā§Šā§Ģā§ĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§ ā§¨ā§§ā§ĒāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¸ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻšā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
It took four months to put the Statue together and place it on the pedestal. Thousands of people saw the unveiling ceremony of the Statue of Liberty on October 28th 1886.
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¸āĻŽā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ā§§ā§Žā§Žā§Ŧ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° ā§¨ā§Ž āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
The Freedom that the Statue stands for is not stationary. The broken chain wrapped around her feet, protruding from the bottom of her robe, symbolizes her free forward movement, enlightening the world with her torch, free from oppression and slavery.
āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§ā§ āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ¨ā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻšāĻā§āĻž āĻĒāĻžā§ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŦā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¨ āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻ° āĻšāĻā§āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻā§ āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°ā§, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻ āĻĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻā§ āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻšāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
The Statue’s original torch was the first part constructed in 1876. It was replaced by a new copper torch covered in 24K gold leaf in 1984. The torch is lighted by flood light at night.
āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻŋ ā§§ā§Žā§ā§Ŧ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§Ē āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§ ā§¨ā§Ē āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻžā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻĄ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
The original torch is currently located in the lobby of the monument. Access to the torch has been closed since 1916. From October 28, 2011, on her 125th anniversary, the Statue of Liberty was named âLiberty Enlightening the World Wide Webâ.
āĻŽā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻļā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ ā§§ā§¯ā§§ā§Ŧ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ā§¨ā§Ļā§§ā§§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° ā§¨ā§Ž āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ° ā§§ā§¨ā§Ģ āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§ Statue of Liberty-āĻāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§ namedâ Liberty Enlightening the World Wide Webâ.
The credit goes to a series of new web cams placed around her torch. Several amazing views will be just a click of a mouse away. On clear days, three cameras provide unobstructed scenes and views.
āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§ā§āĻ āĻ§āĻžāĻĒā§ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻā§ā§āĻŦ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§āĻ āĻāĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻāĻ°āĻŖāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ°āĻž āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
Two cameras provide an ultra wide-angle interactive view of the famous golden torch. The remaining camera looks downwards towards the crown of The Statue of liberty, her face, the tablet she is holding from your computer or smart phone.
āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻš āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ āĻŦāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
So a person can have access to the web camâs live feed of The Statue of Liberty from anywhere in the world.
āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ° āĻ¯ā§-āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĨā§āĻā§ Statue of liberty āĻāĻ° āĻā§āĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ āĻ¨āĻžā§ā§āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤āĻžā§ā§āĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
New Word
1.Sculptor (n) 2.Sculpture (n) 3.Assemble (v) 4.Pedestal (n) 5.Statue (n) 6.Split (v) 7.Crate (n) 8.Unveiling (n) |
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°
1.āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ° 2.āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯ 3.āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻ¨/ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž 4.āĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŋ/ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ 5.āĻŽā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ 6.āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻā§āĻ¤ 7.āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¸/ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¸ 8.āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻ¨ |
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
09. Stationary (adj)
10. Protrude (v) 11. Oppression (n) 12. Slavery (n) 13. Lobby (n) 14. Monument (n) 15. Anniversary (n) |
ā§Ļā§¯. āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ°
ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻšāĻā§āĻž ā§§ā§§. āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤āĻ¨ ā§§ā§¨. āĻĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ ā§§ā§Š. āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ ā§§ā§Ē. āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŽā§āĻ ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ |