美元上的偉人

As is known to everyone， there are the pictures of the Presidents of the United States or great men on front of various denominations of dollar bills. Do you know who they are？ In fact， they play a very important role in American history.

眾所周知，各種面額的美元紙幣正面上都印有美國總統或著名人物的頭像，你知道他們是怎樣的人嗎？事實上，他們在美國歷史上都扮演著非常重要的角色。

The picture of George Washington is on the one-dollar bill. He served as Americas first president from 1789 to 1797. President Washington has been considered as the “Father of His Country” from generation to generation.

一美元紙幣上印的是喬治·華盛頓的頭像。他于1789至1797年間擔任美國第一位總統。華盛頓被世世代代尊為“國父”。

The third president of the United States， Thomas Jefferson， is on the two-dollar bill. He was the main drafter of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Jefferson was one of the most influential of the nations Founding Fathers. He was also a plant expert， architect， musician and inventor.

美國的第三任總統——托馬斯·杰弗遜的頭像被印在兩美元紙幣上。他是1776年《獨立宣言》（Declaration of Independence）的主要起草人，也是最有影響力的開國元勛之一，同時他還是位園藝師、建筑師、音樂家和發明家。

Another of Americas greatest presidents， Abraham Lincoln， is on the five-dollar bill. He served as the sixteenth president from 1861 until 1865. He successfully led the country through the Civil War， saved the Union and ended slavery.

亞伯拉罕·林肯是另外一位偉大的美國總統，其頭像被印在五美元紙幣上。他任職于1861至1865年間，是美國的第16任總統。他成功地領導了美國南北戰爭，拯救了聯邦政府，廢除了奴隸制度。

The picture of Alexander Hamilton appears on the ten-dollar bill. Although Hamilton was never elected president， he was the first Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers， and he was also an economist and political philosopher.

在十美元紙幣上印的是亞歷山大·漢密爾頓的頭像。雖然漢密爾頓沒當過總統，但他是第一位美國財政部長，也是開國元勛之一，同時他還是一位經濟學家和政治哲學家。

Andrew Jackson was the seventh president， whose picture appears on the twenty-dollar bill. He served from 1829 to 1837， and he supported popular democracy and individual liberty. He had a great ability to bring people together， so he was beloved and trusted by people all over the country.

安德魯·杰克遜是美國第七任總統，他的頭像出現在二十美元紙幣上。他任職于1829至1837年間，他支持大眾民主和個人自由。由于他擁有非凡的能力將人們團結在一起，因此受到全國人們的愛戴。

Another president， Ulysses Simpson Grant， is on the fifty-dollar bill. Ulysses Simpson Grant served from 1869 to 1877. Before serving as president， Grant was the military commander of Union forces during the Civil War. Under his command， the Union Army defeated Confederate forces.

印在五十美元紙幣上的是另外一名總統——尤利西斯·辛普森·格蘭特。他于1869至1877年間擔任美國總統，而在此之前，格蘭特是南北戰爭時期聯邦軍的一位司令，在他的指揮下，聯邦軍打敗了同盟軍。

So who do you think is on the one hundred-dollar bill？ It is Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was never elected president， but was one of the Founding Fathers. He was also a great writer， politician， scientist， inventor， and diplomat.

那么，你認為誰的頭像會在一百美元紙幣上呢？他就是本杰明·富蘭克林。雖然他不是美國總統，但他是一位美國開國元勛，同時也是一位偉大的作家、政治家、科學家、發明家和外交家。

These American statesmen are on front of the one， two， five， ten， twenty， fifty and one hundred dollar bills. The backs of the notes show images from the nations history or famous places. In order， they are the Great Seal of the United States， the signing conference hall of the Declaration of Independence and the Lincoln Memorial， the Treasury Building， the White House， the Capitol building and Independence Hall.

這些美國政治家的頭像均在1美元、2美元、5美元、10美元、20美元、50美元和100美元紙幣的正面上。紙幣的背面是美國歷史或著名景點的圖案，按順序，它們分別是美國國璽（Great Seal of the United States）、《獨立宣言》簽字會場、林肯紀念堂（Lincoln Memorial）、美國財政部大樓（the Treasury Building）、白宮（the White House）、國會大廈（the Capitol building）和獨立大廳（Independence Hall）。