However, Hong Tao is not in vain, he finally figured out the Pentagon's architectural model. To put it simply, this Pentagon is not a pentagonal building at all, but 5 pentagonal buildings together, the smaller the inside, from the outermost circle of buildings, all the way to the central garden, a total of five circles of buildings, and then each building is five floors high, plus five corners, that is, three five, Hong Tao seems to understand the origin of the name of the "three five brand" cigarettes, maybe that is the Pentagon's three production.

Anyway, this Pentagon is also a scenic spot, and just looking at it will definitely not satisfy the desires of tourists, so after visiting the pentagonal garden in the center, I went to one of the souvenir shops in the building to buy some souvenirs to take home. Hong Tao watched it for a long time, but he didn't see anything good, nothing more than some small Pentagon models, cup pads, medals and the like.

But we finally came here once, and we didn't even have a photo, so we can't go back empty-handed, so who can believe you when you go back to China, who will believe you if you say that you have been in the Pentagon. In order to prove that he had been here, Hong Tao spent $4.8 to buy 4 armbands of the US Department of Defense, but he regretted it before 5 minutes.

It turned out that the last stop of this visit was the press conference hall of the Ministry of National Defense, where the spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense would announce the order signed by the president, such as the US military attack on Iraq and the dispatch of troops to Afghanistan. The hall is very simple, with a crimson velvet curtain hanging on one wall, presumably behind it is a map or projection screen or other equipment, and in front of the curtain is a small podium, where the general speaker will stand and answer questions from reporters.

It was only then that Hong Tao understood why the GIs had not taken away the tourists' mobile phones and cameras, which had turned out to be the only place where photographs were allowed in the entire Pentagon, including the surrounding area. But Hong Tao was clever enough to put his camera and cell phone in the car, and could only watch the other visitors pose behind the podium to act as a press officer for the U.S. Department of Defense.

But there are advantages to abiding by the rules, and a military tour guide probably saw the difficulties of Hong Tao and Irene. took the initiative to ask the two of them why they didn't take pictures, and when they learned that they didn't bring their mobile phones or cameras, they immediately ran to the souvenir shop to borrow a stand-up photo, and helped Hong Tao and Erin also pretend to be the spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense once, and there was no charge, which was a friendly gift.

The whole tour took a full hour, no more, no less, and by the time Hong Tao and Erin returned to their cars, it was already 3 p.m., now that the White House, the Capitol and the Pentagon had taken pictures. Then Washington had nothing to be nostalgic for, so the two of them turned around and headed north along Highway 70 to Pittsburgh, the capital of Pennsylvania and the former steel capital.

The rest of the journey will not be described here one place at a time, because there is a suspicion of flooding, if you want to see the tourist attractions in each city, then download a set of "Walk Around the United States" to see, not only to practice English listening, but also to read as a travel brochure.

Hong Tao and Erin shared 21 days. I drove the used car to Seattle. In addition to the 16 home states of North and South Dakota, Montana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Michigan, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Arizona, Maine and the two enclaves of Alaska and Hawaii, the remaining 32 states have basically all been transferred.

In total, less than $10,000 was spent, most of which was for food and lodging, and just over $900 for gas. No wonder Americans can be called a nation on wheels, they only pay a little more than $3 a gallon of 93 gasoline, which is less than a dollar a liter when converted into liters. Compare Americans' wages with those of Chinese, even without considering the ratio of currencies. Directly according to one dollar is equal to one yuan, if China's gasoline can also be a dollar a liter, then Chinese with a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan dare to live on wheels.

Of course. And the damn highway tolls, Hong Tao and Erin ran nearly 10,000 kilometers and only paid $1.25 in highway tolls. Once I took the wrong road near Pittsburgh and didn't know how to get to the toll freeway, and I was charged 50 cents; Another time was from Texas to the west, and I came across a toll gate and paid 75 cents.

There are unattended and manned highway toll gates in the United States, but no invoices will be given, and it is estimated that the United States will have no place to reimburse. Unattended people generally charge 50 cents, 75 cents, or a dollar, and there is an iron funnel in front of the railing, and the driver throws change into it, and the railing automatically lifts. If you really can't find the change, it's okay, you wait in front of the railing for a few dozen more seconds, and the railing will also give you a beating, probably someone is monitoring.

Since he has walked so many places, Hong Tao has to gain something, but let's not talk about the big road goods, just talk about the details that no one usually pays attention to, and the right is a drunken nonsense.

Let's talk about newspapers first, yes, newspapers! Although the United States is a country with a high degree of technological development, there is still a very conservative aspect of the United States, whether it is a big city or a small town, there will always be a variety of newspapers. If you want to know about an American city, you'd better find a newspaper here, which has everything from world peace and international events to rent-seeking information and ant fights. And the price of the newspaper is very cheap, with a weekday edition of a typical daily newspaper for 50 cents and a weekend edition for $1.5 a copy.

Let's talk about trucks, which are the kind of big trucks that pull long containers. Because he has to run on the highway every day, the most common ones are cars, and the ones that impressed Hong Tao the most were those big trucks. No matter what they are loaded, they all have a special personality, which is reflected in the decoration of the front and body of the car by those drivers.

Some trucks are very cartoonish, some are very muscular, some are very sci-fi, some are very obscene, anyway, you see, none of them are what they look like when they left the factory, and even the fire trucks have special markers made by the driver. From this point, it can be seen that those big truck drivers are very happy, at least not sad, otherwise they would not be in the mood to spend time and money to decorate their partners.

So why are they happy? Hong Tao couldn't help but sum it up, and it turned out to be the damn oil price and highway toll problem! Americans' gasoline is cheap and the highway is free, so they don't have to worry about gasoline money and tolls for transportation, so the price of goods in the United States is much lower than in China, so these drivers can earn money regardless of whether they work hard or not! So they are happy! So they sing and drive on the highway, rarely speeding, let alone overloading, and they don't bully those little cars.

In addition, these truckers have a powerful organization to help them fight for the benefits they deserve, and that is the National Truckers Union. In the eyes of American politicians, all kinds of trade unions are their food and clothing, and they must not be offended. Because these unions have tens of millions of direct votes for American workers, derived from their families, relatives, friends, and neighbors, and the number of votes is even larger, neither the state nor the federal government dares to bully these truck drivers casually, let alone impose fines at will, and go on strike if they are not fined.

Speaking of which, by the way, I would like to mention the trade union organization in the United States, according to Hong Tao's understanding, this Nima is a combination of the underworld and the political party. The more well-known trade unions in the United States include the Truckers' Union, the National Rifle Association, the Service Employees Union, the Actors Union, and so on.

In this respect, China's trade unions are a little too simple, in the past, they used to distribute labor protection supplies, organize and organize workers' games, and so on, but later changed to issue movie tickets and drink tickets, and later organized veteran cadres to travel.

Okay, let's get down to business, talking about newspapers and big trucks, let's talk about something more humanistic, such as Americans, specifically the body of Americans. As the saying goes, only when you see more, can you know widely, Hong Tao is about to turn around the whole United States this time, even if he eats and drinks stupidly all day long, but as long as he is not blind, he will definitely see a lot of big fat people in the United States.

American fat people are not specific to a certain race, a certain region, or a certain part, they are fat for the whole people, all races, and all directions. There are both black fat people, yellow fat people and white fat people, as well as various hybrid fat people; There are both small fat people, medium fat people and old fat people; The ratio of fat men to fat women is about the same. And they are very well-proportioned, some have beer bellies, some twist big PP, some have arms thicker than Hong Tao's legs, and some have legs thicker than Hong Tao's waist, basically except for hair, that part of the body is fat.

Unlike in China, these fat people are all energetic, with no one in their eyes, and they can't see what ideological burden they have, let alone drooling at snacks and dare not eat, the more fat they are, the more delicious and edible they are. Hong Tao once saw a big fat driver with more than 200 pounds in the sales window of a car hot dog shop, and he bought 3 hot dogs and 2 drinks alone.

You must know that hot dogs in the United States are generally large, especially in the central region, the bread is longer than Hong Tao's size 44 shoes, and the meat sausage rolling pin inside is the thickness of the rolling pin, which must be exposed at both ends, and it must be sandwiched with various vegetables and a lot of sauces. Usually Hong Tao and Erin can eat a hot dog for half a day, but this fat uncle can do 3 by himself, and God won't agree if he is not fat! (To be continued......)

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