自由女神像最初是古铜色

New York’s iconic, blue-green statue of liberty wasn’t always green.

纽约的标志性蓝绿色自由女神像并不一直都是绿色的。
When the statue was gifted to the US from France in 1885, she was actually a shiny copper1 color.

A new video reveals the chemical reactions involving oxygen and even air pollution that led to her color change from copper to liberty green.

The statue of liberty was a gift from France to the US as a way of commemorating2 the US’s fight for independence, as well as their own aspiration3 for democracy.

A video, published by the American Chemical Society, explains that the 305-foot (93 meter) statue was built over nine years in sections of copper skin on top of an iron skeleton.

According to the National Park Service, the statue is made of thirty tons of copper – enough to make 435 million pennies.

‘In her first few decades in the Big Apple, the statue slowly turned from that shiny copper color to a dull brown and the, finally, to the blue-green, or as they’d say back in France, ‘verdigris4′ we see today,’ said the video’s narrator.

When it changed color, some officials suggested restoring her back to her original color, but after the public protested against this decision, she was left the way she is.

The statue’s color change was as a result of oxidation reactions between copper and the air.

1 copper HZXyU

n.铜;铜币;铜器;adj.铜(制)的;(紫)铜色的
参考例句:
The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。
2 commemorating c2126128e74c5800f2f2295f86f3989d
v.纪念,庆祝( commemorate的现在分词 )
参考例句:
He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements. 他被授予一幅卷轴,以表彰其所做出的成就。 来自《简明英汉词典》
The post office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers. 邮局发行了一个纪念美国著名演艺人员的系列邮票。 来自互联网
3 aspiration ON6z4
n.志向,志趣抱负;渴望;(语)送气音;吸出
参考例句:
Man’s aspiration should be as lofty as the stars.人的志气应当象天上的星星那么高。
Young Addison had a strong aspiration to be an inventor.年幼的爱迪生渴望成为一名发明家。
4 verdigris Fi9wN
n.铜锈;铜绿
参考例句:
His pockets are full of red lead and verdigris.他的衣袋里装满铅丹和铜绿。
Verdigris has spread all over that abandoned copper pot.那把已经废弃的铜壶上长满了铜锈。

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