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1、美国国防部五角大楼ThePentagon点击数:155Largeofficebuildingsareoftenasbigassmalltowns.Theyhavetheirowntrains,buses,andshops.Suchbuildingscanbefoundinmostcitiesoftheworld.Whenitwasbuiltin1943,thePentagonwastheworld'slargestofficebuilding.Itisstill—manyyearslater—amongthelargest.（多年以后，仍是最大的之一。）   ThePentagoni

2、sdifferentfromallotherofficebuildings,becauseitisusedbyonlyoneorganization（组织）.ThisistheUnitedStatesDefense（防卫）Department,theheadquarters(HQ)（总部）oftheUnitedStatesmilitary （军事）—thearmy,thenavy,andtheairforce.（陆军，海军，空军）Whenpeoplethinkofthemilitarystrength（力量）oftheUSA,theyusuallythinkofthePentagon

3、.   ThePentagonwasbuiltacrossthePotomacRiverinWashington,D.C.,duringtheSecondWorldWar.IttookonlytwoyearstobuildthePentagoninspiteofthishugesize.（尽管身形巨大，但只用了两年，五角大楼就盖好了）   Builtintheshapeofapentagon—afive-sidedshape，thebuildingconsistsoffivecircles,dividedintotensections.Eachsideoftheoutsidepent

4、agonisabout300meterslong.Inthecenter,thereisalargespaceopentothesky.   Sixstories（楼房）high,thePentagonhasatotalfloorspaceofabouttwomillionsquaremeters.Aroundit,thereareabout45kilometersofroadsthatarepartofthebuilding,andinsidethebuildingitselfthereareover25kilometersofpassages.Inspiteofitsgreats

5、ize,noofficeismorethanasix-minutewalkfromanyotherofficeinthebuilding.（相邻最近的办公室之间也有6分多钟的路程。）ThirteenthousandpeopleworkedonbuildingthePentagon,andaboutthirtythousandpeopleworkinitfortheDefenseDepartment.Itcost$80milliondollarstobuilditin1943—ahugesumatthattime.However,iftheDefenseDepartmenthadtor

6、entsuchabuildingnow,itwouldcostitaround$30millionaday!Thebuildingwas,therefore,abargain.