关于纽约的Ellis Island,知道的进好啦,懂英语的更好~求大神帮助

关于纽约的Ellis Island,知道的进好啦,懂英语的更好~求大神帮助
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Ellis Island in New York Harbor was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States as the site of the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 to 1954.Prior to that,the much smaller original island was the site of Fort Gibson and later a naval magazine.The island was greatly expanded with landfill between 1892 and 1934.Since 1990,restored buildings on the island host a museum of immigration run by the National Park Service as part of Statue of Liberty National Monument.A 1998 United States Supreme Court decision found most of the island to be part of New Jersey.The federal immigration station opened on January 1,1892 and was closed in 1954,with twelve million immigrants processed there by the US Bureau of Immigration.After the Immigration Act of 1924 was passed,which greatly restricted immigration and allowed processing at overseas embassies,the only immigrants to pass through the station were displaced persons or war refugees.Today,over 100 million Americans - one third of the population - can trace their ancestry to the immigrants who first arrived in America at Ellis Island before dispersing to points all over the country.In the 35 years before Ellis Island opened,over eight million immigrants had been processed by New York State officials at Castle Garden Immigration Depot in lower Manhattan,just across the bay.It is estimated that 10.5 million immigrants departed for points across the United States from the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal across a narrow strait.Others would have used one of the other terminals along the North River (Hudson River) at that time.The peak year for immigration at Ellis Island was 1907,with 1,004,756 immigrants processed.The all-time daily high occurred on April 17,1907,when 11,747 immigrants arrived.Writer Louis Adamic came to America from Slovenia in southeastern Europe in 1913 and described the night he and many other immigrants slept on bunk beds in a huge hall.Lacking a warm blanket,the young man "shivered,sleepless,all night,listening to snores" and dreams "in perhaps a dozen different languages".The facility was so large that the dining room could seat 1,000 people.Generally,those immigrants who were approved spent from two to five hours at Ellis Island.Arrivals were asked 29 questions including name,occupation,and the amount of money carried.Those with visible health problems or diseases were sent home or held in the island's hospital facilities for long periods of time.More than three thousand would-be immigrants died on Ellis Island while being held in the hospital facilities.Some unskilled workers were rejected because they were considered "likely to become a public charge." About 2 percent were denied admission to the U.S.and sent back to their countries of origin for reasons such as having a chronic contagious disease,criminal background,or insanity.Ellis Island was sometimes known as "The Island of Tears" or "Heartbreak Island" because of those 2% who were not admitted after the long transatlantic voyage.The Kissing Post is a wooden column outside the Registry Room,where new arrivals were greeted by their relatives and friends,typically with tears,hugs and kisses.During World War I,the German sabotage of the Black Tom Wharf ammunition depot damaged buildings on Ellis Island.The repairs included the current barrel-vaulted ceiling of the Main Hall.