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Money, Real and Counterfeit（真幣和偽幣）

7. Money making is much more complicated now than it has ever been. That's one reason why it's harder to get away with making counterfeit money these days.

7、現(xiàn)在貨幣的制造比以往復雜得多。這也是為什么現(xiàn)在更難制造偽鈔的原因之一。

8. You might think that it would be easy to make a phony dollar bill. Many people have tried, but they haven't been very good at it. There are some good reasons for this. First of all, the pictures on American bills are in the shape of an oval; so if you see a one-dollar bill with the picture of George Washington in a circle, you can be certain that it's not a real bill. Check the eyes on the picture, too. The eyes on the picture of a real bill are sharp and clear; so there's another sign to watch for.

8、你也許會認為制造假美鈔很容易。許多人做過嘗試，但是他們做得并不太好。當然這也有其合理的解釋。首先，美國鈔票上的人像位于一個橢圓形之中。因此如果你看到一張一美元鈔票上喬治·華盛頓的圖案在一個圓形中，你可以肯定這不是一張真鈔票。也可以檢查人頭像上的眼睛。真鈔票圖案上的眼睛銳利清晰，因而這是另一個辨別真?zhèn)蔚奶卣鳌?/div>

9. Some people say that a bank teller can spot a counterfeit bill just by feeling it. If there is reason to believe that a bill is not real, there are other signs to us, though. It takes a close look, but if you check the treasury seal, you'll see that the points on a counterfeit are not quite sharp enough. The serial numbers are a third giveaway. The type use by the United States government cannot be purchased anywhere else. Since they're difficult to copy, the serial number should tip off a counterfeit bill.

9、某些人說銀行出納員可以僅憑感覺就能辨出偽鈔。如果有理由相信這張鈔票不是真的，那么對我們來說必定還有其它辨別的特征。這需要近距離的觀察：如果你檢查鈔票的財政官印章，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)假鈔印章上的點子都不夠銳利，序列號是第三個辨別的特征，美國政府制造序列號的機器類型，不可能在任何其他地方都買到。而序列號又難以復制，因此通過它可以檢驗出假鈔。

10. Perhaps the most interesting part of the real bill is the border. The pattern of thin lines is made by a very special machine. The design of thin lines is so complicated that it's almost impossible to match them. Those who try usually pause some of the lines to run into each other, or else some of them blur or blot.

10、也許真鈔最有趣的部分是它的邊沿。細線的模式由非常特殊的機器制作。細線的設計是如此復雜以至幾乎不可能找到與其相似的。所以那些假鈔上的線總是由于被弄斷而互相交錯，或者其它某些線模糊或有污跡。

11. Now that you know some of the signs of a counterfeit bill, what about the pictures? Thomas Jefferson is on the two-dollar bill, and Abraham Lincoln is shown on the five. If you're not sure of a ten-dollar bill, check the picture of Alexander Hamilton. For a twenty, you should look for the picture of Andrew Jackson, and on a fifty-dollar bill, you'll see a picture of Ulysses Grant. You see, we're like the Greeks and Romans when we put pictures of famous men on our money, too. Actually, it would be ridiculous to expect a counterfeiter to put the wrong picture on a bill.

11、現(xiàn)在你已經(jīng)知道了偽鈔的一些特征，那么關于人頭像呢？托馬斯·杰弗遜的頭像在兩美元鈔票上，亞伯拉罕·林肯的頭像在五美元鈔票上。如果你不確定十美元鈔票的頭像是誰；去看看亞歷山大·哈密爾頓的頭像。在二十美元鈔票上，你看到的是安德魯·杰克遜的頭像。而在五十美元上，你將會看到尤利西斯·格蘭特的頭像。你看，我們也像希臘人和羅馬人—樣也把名人頭像放到了我們的貨幣上。事實上，期望假幣制造者把在鈔票上的頭像印錯是荒謬的。

12. Have you ever seen a counterfeit coin? If a coin feels greasy, that's one of the first signs that it's not real. You can probably hear a fake coin just by dropping it on a hard surface. A counterfeit will sound dull, while a real coin will have a definite ring to it.

12、你是否見過偽造的硬幣？如果一枚硬幣摸上去很粘，這是偽硬幣的第一個特征。你能夠通過聽硬幣落在堅硬表面上的聲音來辨別硬幣。假幣聽起來聲音發(fā)鈍，而真幣會發(fā)出清晰的鈴般的響聲。

13. You don't need to look for trouble ail the time, but if you have reason to think a coin or bill is a counterfeit, perhaps some of these tips will help you out.

13、你不必天天自尋麻煩去辨別真?zhèn)?，但是，如果你有理由認為一枚硬幣或一張鈔票是假的，也許這些小小的提示將會幫助你。

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