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    Updated: 2004-04-02 01:00

    Statue of Liberty set to reopen - in part

    “自由女神”今夏重新開放 “王冠”部分仍是禁區

    Visitors will be able to enter the base of the Statue of Liberty again this summer, but they'll need a reservation, and they won't be able to go where they'd probably like to - the crown.

    Interior Secretary Gale Norton said that the statue, closed since the 9/11 attacks, will reopen in July after completion of work to make the pedestal secure for visitors.

    But an international tradition - the long steep climb from the ground to the crown's observation deck - apparently has become a victim of terrorism fears.

    "Safety of our citizens and preservation of the statue are our main goals," said Norton, who called the statue "an attractive terrorist target."

    There is none more attractive, according to security experts: The statue is a relatively fragile, world-famous symbol in the middle of New York Harbor.

    The observation area atop the statue's pedestal will reopen, but not the crown, which is reachable only by spiral staircases inside the statue that cannot be evacuated easily or quickly.

    The statue is the only major national landmark that has remained closed since 9/11.

    Norton said the statue has remained closed because it had too many potential fire and security problems and too few exits. New exits, additional screening procedures and a reservation system to shorten waits will be implemented once the 118-year-old monument reopens.

    Visitors will be able to see the interior of the statue through the pedestal's new glass ceiling.

    Liberty Island, the statue's home, reopened three months after 9/11. Visitors are screened by metal detectors before they board ferries to the island from Lower Manhattan. Visits are down at least 40%. Tourism analysts agree that's largely because people want to go inside the statue.

    While many visitors were happy to hear the statue was partly reopening, others lamented the loss of access to the crown.

    (Agencies)

    今年夏天,自由女神像的底座部分將重新向游客開放,但是游客需要事先預約,而且不能登臨他們向往的自由女神像的“王冠”部分。

    內政部部長蓋爾·諾頓說自從9·11恐怖襲擊事件發生以來,自由女神像一直沒有對外開放。今年7月,自由女神像底座的安全修護工作完成后,將重新對公眾開放。

    從地面攀登一段狹長陡峭的臺階到達自由女神像王冠部分的觀景平臺是一個世界性的傳統,而這一傳統顯然已經成為恐怖主義威脅的犧牲品。

    “保護美國人民的人身安全和自由女神像是我們的主要目標,”諾頓說,他稱自由女神像為“引人注目的恐怖襲擊目標”。

    據安全專家稱,沒有什么比自由女神像更具吸引力了:自由女神像矗立在紐約港入口處,它很容易被破壞,而它又是世界聞名的標志性建筑。

    自由女神像底座上方的觀景區將重新對外開放,但是“王冠”部分仍將關閉,因為只有通過自由女神像內部的旋轉樓梯才能到達“王冠”部分,而旋轉樓梯內無法簡易、快速地疏散人群。

    自由女神像是9·11事件發生后仍然關閉的唯一一座國家級標志性建筑。

    諾頓說自由女神像之所以一直關閉是因為消防和安全隱患太多,而且出口太少。這座有著118年歷史的紀念塑像重新對外開放后,將增加新的出口和安全檢查程序,并實行預約制來縮短排隊等候的時間。

    旅游者們可以通過底座中新建的玻璃天花板欣賞自由女神像的內部。

    自由女神像的所在地--自由島,9·11事件3個月后重新對外開放。游客們從下曼哈頓擺渡到自由島之前都要經過金屬探測器的檢查。游客數量下降了至少40%,旅游分析家們一致認為這在很大程度上是因為人們想要到自由女神像里面去看看。

    當許多游客聽說自由女神像將部分重新開放時很高興,但也有一些人為不能進入“王冠”部分而感到遺憾。

    reservation: 預約
    spiral staircases:旋轉樓梯

    (中國日報網站譯)

     
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