CNN News: 華盛頓紀念碑

10 Second Trivia . Which of these U.S. landmarks was completed in 1884? Mount Rushmore, Washington Monument, Statue of Liberty or Transcontinental Railroad. At the time it was completed in 1884, the Washington Monument was the tallest building in the world.

10秒快速問答。以下哪個美國地標是在1884年完成的?拉什莫爾山、華盛頓紀念碑、自由女神像或橫貫大陸鐵路。1884年竣工時，華盛頓紀念碑是世界上最高的建筑。

At 555 feet and 5 inches tall, the Washington Monument was opened to the public a few years later. It's been closed multiple times since then.

華盛頓紀念碑高555英尺5英寸，幾年后對公眾開放。從那以后，它已經(jīng)關閉了多次。

Sometimes for restoration. Sometimes for natural events like an earthquake that struck Virginia in 2011. That caused 150 cracks in the monument. And sometimes it's been closed because of its elevator. It broke down 24 times between 2014 and 2016. The monument was closed again at that time while renovations, a new visitor's center and a brand new elevator were installed and on the day after it reopened last Friday, the new fully automated elevator broke.

有時是因為要恢復。有時是因為自然事件，比如2011年發(fā)生在弗吉尼亞州的地震。導致紀念碑出現(xiàn)150條裂縫。有時會因為電梯而關閉。2014年至2016年間，它曾24次崩潰。在翻修、新游客中心和新電梯安裝期間，紀念碑再次關閉。上周五重新開放后的第二天，新的全自動電梯壞了。

No one was in it at the time but some visitors were stranded for an hour at the top stop in the monument. Workers don't know why the lift malfunctioned but they did get it moving and when it does that it's pretty fast. Takes just over a minute to ferry visitors up 500 feet.

當時沒有人在電梯里面，但一些游客在紀念碑的頂部停留了一個小時。工人們不知道電梯為什么會出故障，但他們確實讓它動了起來，而且速度很快。只需要一分鐘多一點就可以把游客送到500英尺高的地方。

The original elevator was powered by steam and that ride took more than 10 minutes.

最初的電梯是由蒸汽驅(qū)動的，整個過程耗時超過10分鐘。