英语翻译The Pentagon or the headquarters of the U.S.Department o
英语翻译
The Pentagon or the headquarters of the U.S.Department of Defense is one of the largest office buildings in the world taking up a total land area of 583 avres The five sided structure itself ovcupies an area of 29 acres Each of its outside walls is 921 feet long It has three times the floor space as the Empire State Building or half again as much apace as either of the New York's World Trade Center towers Working inside this huge building are over 25000 employees one half of them being civilians and the other half members of the U.S.armed forces During the last year of the Second World War there were 37000 people both military and civilian working inside the Pentagon The employees are scaterd among hundreds of office that occupy a floor space of 3705 793 square feet While inside the building they tell time by 4200 clocks drink from 685 water fountains utilize 280 rest rooms consume 30000 cups of coffee 6000 tins of milk and 5000 soft drink of various kinds every day.