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I think a statue is not just a statue.
我認為雕像不僅僅是雕像
I think symbols really matter.
其象征意義才是最重要的
I think they signify, in a big way.
其意義非常深遠
In fact, maybe they do more than reams and reams and reams of legislation and paper and print.
事實上其影響可能要超過成堆成堆的法律條文、報紙和出版物
Now the real work begins.
現在，真正的工作開始了
To hold a statue 150 feet high, the pedestal will be the biggest concrete structure in the world.
要支撐一座高達150英尺的雕像，其基座勢必要做成世上最大的混凝土結構
Over 200 men work through a grueling winter to complete it.
200多人奮戰了一個冬天才建成這個基座
As the last of the cement dries,workers toss in their own silver dollars for good luck.
在最后一塊水泥干透之前 工人們把銀幣丟進去祈福
Next, Liberty's enormous iron skeleton.
下一步，搭起女神像巨大的鐵架
It's designed by Gustave Eiffel,who will build the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris.
由古斯塔夫·埃菲爾設計，他后來還設計建造了著名的巴黎埃菲爾鐵塔
The skeleton is 151 feet tall and with the pedestal,it's the height of a 30-story office block.
這個鐵架有151英尺高，加上基座高度不亞于一座30層高的辦公大樓
Now for the outer layer.
然后是女神像的外層
Wrapping around the skeleton are 60,000 pounds of hand-sculpted copper.
環繞著鐵架需組裝起6萬磅手工雕鑿的銅片
This sandal is 32 times bigger than a human foot,equivalent of the size of 879 shoes.
她腳上的鞋子大小是人腳的32倍，相當于879碼的鞋
It's on the job trailing, often and 300 feet in erect.
通常需要把銅片吊上去高度有300英尺
It's as difficult as it is dangerous.
這項任務困難重重，危險萬分
