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Today the railroads go all the way across the continent,
如今，鐵路遍及整個大陸，
and only in the far-off corners of the mountains or in Alaska does mail have to go by snowshoes or dog sleds.
只有在邊緣的叢山拐角或是阿拉斯加，信件還需要郵遞員或是雪橇進行傳送。
Sometimes not even the bravest or cleverest man on earth can take your letters where you want them to go,
即使是最勇敢或最聰明的人都無法將信件送達你想去的地方，
because you have not written the address so that anyone can read it, or you have left off part of it.
因為你沒有寫寄送地址，或者遺留了一部分。
Do you know what Uncle Sam does then? He sends it to the Dead Letter Office in Washington, D.C.,
你知道當時的山姆大叔是如何做的嗎？他將信件送到華盛頓的死信辦公室，
where skillful people try to find out where to send it or to return it to the sender.
那里的技術人員試圖找到寄送地址，或是返回發信人。
Another thing that Uncle Sam does for you is to protect your money in the mails, and this is the way it is done.
另一件山姆大叔為你做的事情是保護信件中的金錢，下面講述如何操作。
If you wish to send money to anyone, you go to the post office and buy a money order for the amount that you wish to send.
如果你想為某人寄錢，你會前往郵局，購買相應錢數的匯票。
This money order is a slip of paper that can be sent in a letter,
匯票是一張紙，并可以通過信函寄送，
and the person to whom it is sent can take it to the post office in his town and get the money that you sent him.
收信人可以手持匯票前往當地郵局，獲得相應金錢。
In this way no money can be lost or stolen. Before Uncle Sam arranged this way of sending money,
通過這種方法，金錢不會丟失或被盜，在山姆大叔使用這種方法之前，
there were hundreds of dollars lost every year.
每年會丟失數百美金。
By means of the post office Uncle Sam also helps people to save money.
通過郵局，山姆大叔還幫助你節省資金。
If you wish to save a little money every week, ask your postmaster about Uncle Sam's way of doing it.
如果你希望每周都可以省錢，詢問郵政局張山姆大叔是怎么做的。
He will be glad to tell you. In fact, the post office is your closest connection with Uncle Sam in your town.
他一定會很高興地告訴你，事實上，郵局是你與山姆大叔聯系最緊密的紐帶。
The United States flag floats over it to show that it belongs not to the town,
上面飄揚的美國國旗證明，它不屬于這個城鎮，
not to the county, not to the state, but to the whole United States,
不是這個郡縣，不是這個大州，而是屬于全美國，
and the great central post office is in Washington, D. C., the capital of our nation.
中央郵政局在首都華盛頓。
So whenever you go into your post office, you are in Uncle Sam's special property.
所以你無論什么時候前往郵局，你都在山姆大叔的特殊財產中。
