VOA常速英语2008年-Former Gateway to America Now Historical Site,

By Paige Kollock
New York
14 March 2008
 

Immigration is a key issue in the U.S. presidential campaign, but immigrants are not new to the United States. It is a nation of immigrants. More than a hundred years ago, the U.S. government set up a station on Ellis Island in New York Harbor to process new arrivals.  Paige Kollock reports for VOA on how the New York landmark¹ is keeping history alive.

1 landmark   

n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标

参考例句：

• The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
• The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。