凝聚爱心 亿枚美分硬币纽约开展
沈珺 译
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One hundred million pennies on the latest display in Rockefeller Center.
纽约洛克菲勒中心近日展出了1亿枚美分硬币。
Silda Wall Spitzer, wife of Gov. Eliot Spitzer, joined hundreds of public school children on Monday to unveil a mass of $1 million in pennies collected for charity. The display, called the Penny Harvest Field, includes an estimated 100 million pennies - plus a few nickels, dimes and quarters that slipped in by mistake.
周一，纽约州州长艾略特•斯皮尔的妻子希尔达•沃•斯皮尔与数百名公立学校的学生一起为价值100万美元的展品揭幕。由硬币组成的展品为慈善事业而募集。这件名为“硬币丰收场”的展品由约1亿枚硬币组成，由于疏忽，展品中混入了一些5美分、10美分和25美分的硬币。
The exhibit, 30 feet by 165 feet, as long as a city block, is the culmination of the nonprofit organization Common Cents' 17th annual Penny Harvest.
展品长165英尺、宽30英尺，长度堪比一个城市街区，是非赢利性组织“Common Cents”的杰作。该组织每年都举办“硬币丰收”活动，今年已经是第17个年头。
The national educational program is designed to teach children about their contributions to society. Hundreds of thousands of city students from more than 800 schools spent the weeks between Oct. 22 and Thanksgiving going door to door and collecting the pennies, which will be donated to organizations of their choice for causes such as protecting the environment and helping the elderly.
国家教育项目旨在教育孩子为社会作出贡献。来自800所学校的数10万纽约市学生利用10月22日至感恩节期间的几周时间，挨家挨户募集这些硬币。募集而来的硬币将按照捐赠人的意愿捐给不同组织，用于环保及助老等各项事业。
The exhibit was designed by architect James Polshek and will be on display in Rockefeller Center, near the famous Christmas tree, through the end of the year.
展品由建筑师詹姆斯•波尔舍克设计，陈列在洛克菲勒中心著称于世的圣诞树近旁，展出将持续至年底。（沈珺）
