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The Pentagon
五角大樓
美國號稱世界頭號軍事大國,其武力干涉幾乎滲透到全球,有人開玩笑說:“只要五角大樓打個噴嚏,整個地球都會震動。”五角大樓是什么? 讓我們揭開它神秘的面紗,好好地認識一下這座建筑的運作職能吧。
The Pentagon,or the headquarters of the US Department of Defense,is one of the largest office buildings in the world,taking up a total land of 583 acres.The five-sided structure itself occupies an area of 29 acres.Each of its five outside wails is 921 feet long.It has three times the floor space as the Empire State Building or half again as much space as either of the New York's World Trade Center towers.
Working inside this huge building are over 25 000 employees,one half of them being civilians and the other half members of the U.S. armed forces.During the last year of the Second World War there were 37 000 people,both military and civilian,working inside the Pentagon.In the Korean and Vietnam War periods,31 000.The employees are scattered among hundreds of offices that occupy a floor space of 3705793 square feet.
While inside the building they tell time by 4 200 clocks,drink from 685 water fountains,utilize 280 rest rooms,consume 30 000 cups of coffee,6 000 tins of milk and 5 000 bottles of soft drinks of various kinds every day,with a total staff of 600 persons preparing and serving food and drinks to the Pentagon employees,daily.
Notes
Pentagon n.五邊形;五角大樓 civilian n.平民
military n.軍人 scatter v.分散
utilize v.利用;應(yīng)用 consume v.消耗
Comprehension question
The building is called “the Pentagon ”because________.
A.it is the largest building in the world
B.it lies in the U.S.A.
C.it has five sides
D.it is a secret place
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