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India Unveils World’s Largest Statue
印度揭露世界上最大的雕塑
Thousands of police officers were sent out to guard the world’s largest statue in advance of its official inauguration in India this week. The statue of Sardar Patel, named the Statue of Unity, stands 182 metres high in a remote part of Gujarat state. Patel, the first deputy prime minister of India, is celebrated for unifying the nation after its independence in 1947. In addition to the heavy police presence, drones and helicopters flew over the region to watch for and deter protesters. The Statue of Unity is controversial because nearly 200 families were forced to leave their land in order to make room for it. India’s new statue took over four years to build and is more than twice the size of America’s Statue of Liberty.
本周，世界上最大的雕塑在印度正式揭幕前，數(shù)千名警察被調(diào)去對(duì)其加以保護(hù)。薩達(dá)爾·帕特爾的雕像被命名為“團(tuán)結(jié)雕像”，高182米，坐落在古吉拉特邦的遙遠(yuǎn)角落處。帕特爾是印度第一任副總理，1947年印度獨(dú)立后，人們慶祝他團(tuán)結(jié)了整個(gè)國家。除了派遣警力外，還有無人機(jī)和直升機(jī)在該地區(qū)上空盤旋，留意并阻止抗議者。“團(tuán)結(jié)雕像”引發(fā)了爭議，因?yàn)橛薪?00家人被迫離開家園，為其騰挪空間。印度的這座新雕像建造耗時(shí)四年多，尺寸是美國自由女神像的兩倍多。
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