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This other building is called the Treasury.There is a picture of it on the 10 bill.In the Treasury is kept money of the United States.We write United States with two letters, U.S., 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,.Paper money and postage-stamps are printed in another building.“You see that man over there turning the handle of that printing-press?” says the guide who shows you around.“He makes a million dollars a day!”“Whew! He must be the richest man in the World."0h, no.He only gets 5 a day."The money made out of silver, and gold, and copper is made in another city—not inWashington—at a place called the Mint.
那是财政部。10美元上就有它的图案。美国的钱都由财政部保管。我们用U.S.这两个字母表示美国，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的底下切掉一一这样就变成了。“你看到那边那个人在转动印刷机手柄吗？”带你参观的导游会这样介绍说，“他一天制造一百万美元！”“哇！他一定是世界上最有钱的人了。”“哦，不。他一天只挣5美金。”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.In it I had a starfish, some shells, a bird's nest, a "gold"rock, and so forth.In Washington there is a large museum called the National Museum in which there is a huge collection of all sorts of curious and remarkable things from all over the World.
我小的时候有一个很老的书架，我把它叫做博物馆。里面放了一只海星、一些贝壳、一个鸟窝、一块“黄金”石等。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, but next door to the Treasury is a White House that is different from any other, for in this house the President lives.There is a picture of it on the 20 bill.From the back porch 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.The Washington Monument Mis the highest piece of stone work in the World.
在全美国有很多白色的房子，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。20美元上面就有它的图案。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。华盛顿纪念碑是世界上最高的石方工程。
