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Thomas Jefferson was one of the most influential Founding Fathers (meaning he was able to affect other people's opinions) who helped to create the United States.
托馬斯·杰弗遜是最有影響力的國父之一（意思是他能影響他人的主張），他幫助創建了美國。
While he was president, he sent two men named Lewis and Clark to explore the western part of North America.
在擔任總統的時候，他派了兩位名叫路易斯和克拉克的人對北美的西部地區進行勘察。
He also negotiated (or arranged) the Louisiana Purchase, which allowed the United States to buy a lot of land from France.
他還協商了（或商定了）路易斯安那的購買，這讓美國從法國那購買了很多土地。
Thomas Jefferson was born in 1743 and was a Renaissance man, which means he was a man who has a lot of different types of knowledge and knows how to do many different things.
托馬斯·杰弗遜出生于1743年，他是個文藝復興式的人物，也就是說他是個博學多才的人。
He was a gardener, a politician, an author, an architect (or someone who designed buildings), and an inventor (or a person who makes new things that no one else had thought of before).
他是園藝家、政治家、作家、建筑家（或設計建筑物的人）和發明家（或創造出來的新事物是別人從未想到過的人）。
He was the founder of (or the person who started) the University of Virginia.
他是弗吉尼亞大學的創始人（或發起人）。
Thomas Jefferson built a home called Monticello in Virginia.
托馬斯·杰弗遜在弗吉尼亞建了一個名叫“Monticello”的家。
It is still there today, and many people go to visit it and learn more about this great man.
如今，它仍在那里，許多人去參觀它，更深入地了解這位偉人。
At Monticello, people can see his architectural designs and many of his inventions, like automatic doors (or doors that open without being touched) and the swivel chair (or a chair that turns in circles while a person is sitting on it).
在“Monticello”，人們可以看到他的建筑設計和許多的發明，比如自動門（或不用觸碰就會打開的門）和轉椅（或一個人坐在上面時可以轉圈的椅子）。
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