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英语翻译
The postage stamp
Before the invention of the postage stamp,it was difficult to send a letter to another country.The sender paid for the letter to travel in his or her own country.Then the person in the other country paid for that part of the trip.If a letter a crossed several countries,the problem was worse.
Rowland Hill,a British teacher,had the idea of a postage stamp with glue on the back.The British post office made the first stamps in 1840.They were the Penny Black and the Twopence Blue.A person bought a stamp and put it on a letter.The post office delivered the letter.When people received letters,they didn't have to pay anything.The letters were prepaid.Postage stamps became popular in Great Britain immediately mail.Other countries started making their own postage stamps very quickly.There were still probiems with international mail.Some countries did not want to accept letters with stamps from another country.Finally,in 1874,a German organized the Universal Postal System.Wach country in the UPS agreed to accept letters with prepaid postage from the other members.Today,the pffices of the UPS are in Switzerland.Almost every country in the world is a member of this organization.It takes care of any international mail problems.Today,post offices in every country sell beautiful stamps.Collecting stamps is one of the most popular hobbies in the world,and every stamp collector knows about the Penny Black and the Twopence Blue.
邮票
在邮票发明之前,把信发给另一个国家是困难的.发件人在他或她自己的国家为所要邮寄的信件付款,另一个国家的收件人要为那部分旅行付款,如果一封信要经过好几个国家,这个问题就会变得更糟.
罗兰·希尔,一位英国教师,想到了背面有胶水的邮票,1840年英国邮局制出了第一个邮票,他们是便士黑和两便士蓝,一个人买了一张邮票,把它粘在一封信上,邮局递送书信,当人们收到信,他们不必花任何的钱,信已经被预付过钱了,邮票很快在大不列颠立即流行起来,其他国家开始迅速地制造自己的邮票,但国际间邮递仍有问题,某些国家不愿意接受来自另一个国家的带邮票的信件.最后,在1874年,德国组织国际邮政系统(UPS),在UPS的每个国家同意接受来自与其他成员国的预付邮资的信件.今天,UPS的办公室是在瑞士,几乎世界上每个国家都是这个组织的一员,它关注着任何的国际邮寄问题,今天,在每一个国家的邮政局都出售漂亮的邮票,集邮成了世界上最流行的爱好之一.每个集邮者都知道便士黑和两便士蓝.
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