华盛顿纪念碑

浙江省绍兴市树人中学 张祖平选译

华盛顿纪念碑

浙江省绍兴市树人中学 张祖平选译

The 555foot tallobelisk2is the tallest building in the District of Columbia and by law,no other building in Washington D.C.is allowed to be taller.

It is open from 9:00 a.m.to 10:00 p.m.during the summer months and from 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m.for the rest of the year.

Construction3work stopped half way due to lack of money.

Inside the Washington Monument are an elevator and an 897step stairway.

The outer walls are made of whitemarble4blocks from Maryland and Massachusetts.The obelisk is also made ofgranite5,and sandstone.

The inner walls of the Monument contain 193 memorial stones on its east and west inner walls.The memorial stones start at the 30foot level and continue to the 450foot level.

The Monument was made and was placed in therotunda6in 1841,but later removed into the east park of theCapitol7.

Views from the top of the structure are over 30 miles.The total area covered by the monument is 106.01acres8.

It is the world’s tallest stonestructure9and the world’s tallest obelisk.

555英尺高的方尖碑是哥伦比亚特区最高的建筑。按照法律，华盛顿特区不允许别的建筑物超过它的高度。

夏季月份中，华盛顿纪念碑开放时间为9:00至22:00；其余月份开放时间为9:00至17:00。

由于资金短缺，纪念碑的建造曾中途停止。

纪念碑内部有一部电梯和897级台阶。

纪念碑的外墙是由来自马里兰州和马萨诸塞州的白色大理石块砌成。这座方尖碑则是由花岗岩和沙岩做成。

内墙包括装在东墙和西墙的193块纪念石。这些纪念石砌在30英尺到450英尺的高度之间。

1841年，纪念碑做好后被安置在圆形大厅内，但最后被移进了国会大厦的东方公园。

塔顶的视野超过30英里。纪念碑总占地面积是106.01英亩。

华盛顿纪念碑是世界上最高的石质建筑，也是世界上最高的方尖碑。

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