美国学生世界地理教材 第25期:建于沼泽中的城市(4)

 This other building is called the Treasury¹. 那是财政部。

There is a picture of it on the 10 dollar bill. 10美元上就有它的图案。

In the Treasury is kept money of the United States. 美国的钱都由财政部保管。

We write United States with two letters, U.S.,  我们用U.S.这两个字母表示美国，

and we write the sign for dollars with the same two letters, written one on top of the other, with the bottom of the U cut off—thus, $. 我们同样用这两个字母表示美元，把一个字母写在另一个上面，并把U的底下切掉——这样就变成了美元符号$。

Paper money and postage-stamps are printed in another building. 印制纸币和邮票是在另一栋建筑物里。

You see that man over there turning the handle of that printing-press?  你看到那边那个人在转动印刷机手柄吗？

says the guide who shows you around.He makes a million dollars a day!Whew!  带你参观的导游会这样介绍说，他一天制造一百万美元！哇！

He must be the richest man in the World.Oh, no.He only gets 5 dollars a day. 他一定是世界上最有钱的人了。哦，不。他一天只挣5美金。

The money made out of silver, and gold, and copper² is made in another city—not inWashington—at a place called the Mint³. 银币、金币和铜币是在另外一个城市制造的——不是在华盛顿—而是在一个叫铸币局的地方。

When I was a boy I had an old bookcase which I called my museum. 我小的时候有一个很老的书架，我把它叫做博物馆。

In it I had a starfish, some shells, a bird's nest, a goldrock, and so forth⁴. 里面放了一只海星、一些贝壳、一个鸟窝、一块黄金石等。

In Washington there is a large museum called the National Museum in which there is a huge collection of all sorts of curious and remarkable⁵ things from all over the World. 在华盛顿有一个非常大的博物馆，叫做国家博物馆，里面陈列着从世界各地搜集过来的各种各样稀奇古怪、非同寻常的东西。

There are many white houses in the country,  在全美国有很多白色的房子，

but next door to the Treasury is a White House that is different from any other, for in this house the President lives. 但是要数财政部旁边那个白宫最为与众不同，因为那是总统住的地方。

There is a picture of it on the 20 dollar bill. 20美元上面就有它的图案。

From the back porch⁶ of The White House the latest President of the United States can look across his back yard and see a monument to the First President—Washington. 从白宫后面的走廊上美国在任总统可以看到在他的后院对面有一个纪念碑—此碑是为纪念第一任总统华盛顿而建的。

The Washington Monument is the highest piece of stone work in the World. 华盛顿纪念碑是世界上最高的石方工程。

1 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

2 copper   

n.铜；铜币；铜器；adj.铜(制)的；(紫)铜色的

参考例句：

• The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
• Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。

3 mint   

n.薄荷，铸币厂；vt.铸造（硬币），创造（词）等

参考例句：

• The mint makes coins.铸币厂制造硬币。
• This candy tastes of mint.这糖果有薄荷味。

4 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

5 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

6 porch   

n.门廊，入口处，走廊，游廊

参考例句：

• There are thousands of pages of advertising on our porch.有成千上万页广告堆在我们的门廊上。
• The porch is supported by six immense pillars.门廊由六根大柱子支撑着。