The Pentagon
五角大楼
美国号称世界头号军事大国,其武力干涉几乎渗透到全球,有人开玩笑说:“只要五角大楼打个喷嚏,整个地球都会震动。”五角大楼是什么? 让我们揭开它神秘的面纱,好好地认识一下这座建筑的运作职能吧。
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.五边形;五角大楼 civilian n.平民
military n.军人 scatter v.分散
utilize v.利用;应用 consume v期待的
complacent adj. 自满的 idly adv. 无效地;懒洋洋地
stout n. 烈性黑啤酒 gratuity n. 小费
egalitarian n. & adj. 平等;平均主义(的)
Which statement is true?
A. The British bar staffs dislike people who make up their minds immediately.
B. They like people who can wait in line.
C. They hope people who want to have another drink ring the bell hanging behind the counter.
D. If you offer them a drink to express your tips, they will feel happy.
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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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