Câu 21
Listen and match the script with the appropriate translation to complete the task.
A. Initially, the construction site was proposed to be in three places: one, on the old exam school (now the corner of Le Duan and Hai Ba Trung streets, ie the location of the French consulate), two, in the Kinh Lon area at the old church’s location, now on Nguyen Hue street, the third is the current location. Finally, the current location was chosen.
B. After the design project was selected, Admiral Duperré opened bidding for the construction of the church, and it was this architect who won the contract and directly supervised the work. All the materials from cement, and steel to screws is brought from France. In particular, the outer layer of the building is built with bricks made in Toulouse (France), bare, not plastered, not dusty, but still maintains a bright pink color until today.
C.On October 7, 1877, Bishop Isidore Colombo placed the first stone in front of the Vice-Marshal of Cochin-China, and many high-ranking figures of that time. The church was built in three years. On Easter, April 11, 1880, the dedication and inauguration ceremony was solemnly organized by the late Reverend Colombo in the presence of the Governor of Cochin-China Le Myre de Villers.
D. Currently, on the upper pedestal, inside the church door, there is a marble board near the corridor with the date of commencement, the inauguration date, and the name of the architect. All construction and interior decoration costs were covered by the Cochin-china Marshal with 2,500,000 French francs at the exchange rate at that time.
E. The church was originally called the State church because it was built and managed by the French government. In 1895, the church built two more bell towers, each was 57.6m high and had six large bronze bells. At the top of the tower, there was a cross of 3.50m high, 2m wide, weighing 600kg, the total height from the ground to the top of the tower was 60.5 meters. In the middle of the flower garden in front of the church, in 1903 the French erected a bronze statue of Pigneau de Behaine (also known as Bishop Ba Da Loc or Bishop Adran because he was the titular bishop of Adran).
F. In 1958, priest Joseph Pham Van Thien (later known as bishop of Phu Cuong diocese, now deceased) who ruled Saigon parish at that time, ordered a marble statue of Our Lady of Peace made with Italian white marble, the statue was carved in Pietrasanta, about 500km from Rome. When the statue was completed, it was taken on the Oyanox ship on January 8, 1959 from the port of Genes to carry the statue to Vietnam, and arrived in Saigon on February 15, 1959. Then, the Societe d'Entreprises erected the statue of Our Lady on the stone pedestal in front of the church that had been vacant since 1945
G. The priest himself wrote the prayer "May Our Lady give Vietnam peace" and read it in front of a large number of guests that day
H. The next day, Cardinal Aganianian, who traveled to Saigon from Rome to preside over the closing ceremony of the National Marian Congress, blessed the statue on the afternoon of February 17, 1959.
I. On the pediment of the right entrance, there are Chinese characters, which are actually two parallel sentences: "Church of God is full of grace - Holy Mother Immaculate Conception" and the words refer to the year the house was inaugurated, 1880.