Five Famous Symbols of American Culture The Statue of Liberty In the mid-1870s, French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was working on an enormous project called Liberty Enlightening the World, a monument celebrating US independence and the France-America alliance. At the same time, he was in love with a woman whom he had met in Canada. His mother could not approve of her son’s affection for a woman she had never met

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1. frustrate [ frQs5treit ] 1)阻止(某人)做某 事；破坏(to prevent from achieving an objective) 2) 使沮丧(to cause feelings of discouragement ) The weather frustrated our plans. 天气破坏了我们的计划。 two hour's frustrating delay

1. retract [ ri5trAkt ]缩回,收回(to take back or withdraw) A cat can retract its claws. 猫能缩回爪子。 to retract an offer 收回提议

1. toil [ tCil ]苦干, 跋涉, 费力地做 (to do work that requires a lot of effort) [搭配用法] toil over (task, manuscript, corrections) = work hard and continuously at sth 例 toiling over the mountains. 艰难地跋涉于山岭之间

Word List 1. ban [bAn] (banned; banning)禁止, 取缔 (书刊等) (to prohibit esp. by legal means or social pressure.) Smoking is banned in school. 在学校禁止吸烟

w•1. defraud [ di5frC:d ]欺骗(to take something from by fraud; swindle; deceit) w•be defrauded of (one's estate) w被骗去(财产)

integrate [ 5inti^reit ]使成整体(to make into a whole or make part of a whole) [搭配用法] integrate(building, river, college) with (setting, canal system, university) ＝make sth. An essential part of sth.; cause sth. To form a whole (with sth)

1. abandon [ E5bAndEn ] 1)放弃, 遗弃(to give up completely)2)n.放任, 狂热 [搭配用法](writer, artist)abandon oneself to (grief, despair)=give way to ◼ He abandoned his wife and went away with all their money