the Penny
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Hi, let me introduce myself!
嗨,让我自我介绍一下!
I’m a United States coin.
我是美国硬币。
My friends call me “Penny.”
我的朋友叫我"小宝贝" “
My name comes from a German word, pfennig (FEN-nig), which means “coin.”
我的名字来自一个德语单词pfennig(FEN-nig),意思是“硬币”。
You might have other coins that look like me in your pocket.
你口袋里可能有其他像我一样的硬币
We are each worth one cent.
我们每个人都值一分钱。
That’s 1/100 of a dollar.
这是1美元1100美元。
That means it takes exactly one hundred of me and my friends to equal one dollar.
这意味着我和我的朋友需要一百人 来换取一美元
Ten groups of ten pennies or four groups of twenty-five pennies–each makes $1.
十组十便士或四组二十五便士 1块.
I was born when the United States first became a country.
我在美国刚成为一个国家的时候出生的
In 1792, the U.
1792年,吴人.
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government created the U.
政府创建了U.
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Mint.
薄荷酱.
A mint is a factory where coins are made.
薄荷是铸币厂.
One of the first coins the government made was me, the one-cent coin!
政府最早铸造的硬币之一是我,一分硬币!
In 1787, my good friend Ben Franklin suggested how I should look.
1787年,我的好友本·富兰克林(英语:Ben Franklin)建议我应该如何相貌.
But over the years, my look has changed several times.
但是这些年来,我的外观发生了好几次变化.
For a while, I carried a picture of Lady Liberty wearing a Native American headdress.
有一阵子,我带着一张自由女神身穿美国原住民头像的照片。
This picture appeared on my obverse, or my face.
这张照片出现在我的斜面或我的脸。
My back is called—you guessed it—my reverse.
我的背部被称作——你猜的——我的倒数。
You probably call it “heads” and “tails!”
你可能称之为"头"和"尾"!
In 1909, I got an important makeover.
1909年,我得到了一个重要的改造.
America decided to honor President Abraham Lincoln by putting his picture on me.
美国决定通过将亚伯拉罕·林肯总统的照片放在我身上来表彰他.
On my reverse, you could see stalks, or stems, of wheat.
反之,你可以看到小麦的茎或茎。
Some folks called me “the wheat penny.”
有人称我为"小麦一分钱"。 “
Look at all the pennies in your pocket.
看看你口袋里的钱
You might find an old wheat penny.
你可能会找到一分麦子
In 1959, I got the Lincoln Memorial on my back.
1959年,我背着林肯纪念馆.
A memorial is a building or statue used to remember someone.
纪念馆是用来纪念某人的建筑物或雕像.
If you look closely at my reverse, you can see a teeny-tiny statue of Lincoln inside the memorial.
如果你仔细看看我的反面, 你可以看到林肯的一尊小小的雕像 在纪念馆里。
All pennies are made at the U.
所有硬币都是在U制造的.
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Mint.
薄荷酱.
First, the mint asks an artist to draw pictures for the coin’s front and back.
首先,薄荷要求一位艺术家为硬币的正面和背面画相.
When the drawings are perfect, the artist carves them into a sculpture called a relief.
画作完美后,艺术家将画作刻入被称作解脱的雕塑.
A machine uses a model of the relief to carve the drawing into a hard steel stamp.
一台机器使用解脱模型将图纸刻入硬钢印章.
Each coin starts off as a cut blank, or coin-shaped piece of metal.
每枚硬币起先为被切割的空白,或硬币形状的金属片.
Blanks are plain and flat, with no pictures or words.
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Penny blanks used to be made of 100 percent copper.
佩妮的空白曾经是100%的铜制.
Today they are made of copper and zinc.
今天它们由铜和锌制成.
Penny’s Birthday In 2009, the U.
Penny的生日 2009年,美国.
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Mint celebrated the 100th birthday of the Lincoln penny with a new design.
明特用新的设计来庆祝林肯一分钱的100岁生日.
The Lincoln penny was first used in 1909.
林肯一分钱最早使用于1909年.
The year 2009 was also the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth.
2009年也是亚伯拉罕·林肯诞辰200周年.
The cut blanks are heated until they become soft.
被割去的空白被加热到变得柔软.
Then they go through a washer and dryer.
然后他们通过洗衣机和干燥机。
Next, a machine pushes up a rim around the edge of each blank.
接下来,一台机器把每个空白的边缘 推上一圈
Look closely at a penny.
仔细看看一分钱。
It has a raised edge around it.
它周围有上升的边缘。
Then, each blank is struck.
然后,每个空白被击中。
The hard stamp with the artist’s relief on it slams into the blank.
画家解脱的硬印被打入了空白.
It presses the pictures and words right into the metal.
它把照片和文字压入金属中
Then, a worker uses a magnifying glass to check the pennies.
然后,一个工人用放大镜检查硬币.
The finished pennies are counted, put into bags, and sent to banks around the United States.
成品便士被计算,放入袋中,送到美国各地银行.
Today, the U.
今日乌.
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师曰.
Mints in Denver and Philadelphia make all the coins in the United States, including me.
丹佛和费城的薄荷糖 包括我在内 在美国制造出所有的硬币
They make billions of pennies each year.
他们每年赚上亿分文
Can you guess how much it costs to make one penny?
你能猜到赚一分钱要多少钱吗?
4 cents!
四分钱!
It costs more than a penny to make a penny!
赚一分钱要花一分钱
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
So that’s my story.
这就是我的故事。
I’ve been around a long time.
我在这附近待了很久。
Some people don’t think I’m important.
有些人认为我并不重要。
But if you get a bunch of us together, we can do a lot.
但如果你让我们在一起 我们可以做很多事
By the way, if you find me, it’s good luck, so I hope you find a lot of my friends.
顺便说一句,如果你找到我,那是好运,所以我希望你能找到我的许多朋友。
Just remember to put a few of us away for a rainy day.
记得带几个人去雨天