Name: 這枚一分錢不只是貨幣！它更是美國的象徵！🇺🇸 (The Penny Is More Than Just Currency, It's A Symbol Of America)
Uploaded: 2026-03-12T16:57:42.000Z
Duration: 5 min 38 s

Give one for Louis Cator, the great big joy machine.

給路易斯·凱特，那個快樂製造機。

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Folks, so many beloved cornerstones of American life are disappearing, like the Kennedy center, the East Wing of the White House, and

各位，好多我們喜愛的美國生活基石都消失了，像是甘迺迪中心、白宮東廂，還有

And now another American classic has bitten the dust.

Because last year we learned that by executive order and citing the fact that a penny costs more to make than its actual value, the United States government would stop production of the penny.

因為去年我們知道，透過行政命令，並以鑄造一美分硬幣的成本超過其面值為由，美國政府將停止生產一美分硬幣。

Yes, making this the worst thing to ever happen to Abraham Lincoln's head.

沒錯，這讓林肯總統的頭像變成了史上最糟的。

You can laugh, you can't applaud that one.

Our penny was the brainchild of the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, a fact covered in the smash hit Broadway musical, Hamilton 2.

我們的「美分」是第一任財政部長亞歷山大·漢密爾頓的構想，這點在紅遍百老匯的音樂劇《漢密爾頓2》裡有講到。

The original penny design featured a woman with flowing hair symbolizing liberty in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence.

最初的「美分」設計，是以獨立宣言的精神，呈現一位頭髮飄逸的女性象徵自由。

The chief among our riots are life, liberty and the pursuit of beachy waves that stay bouncy between washes.

我們暴動的根源，主要是追求生命、自由，以及洗後依然蓬鬆的漂亮捲髮。

It's woven into our very language and culture.

它已經融入我們的語言和文化裡了。

And older audience members might remember back in the day, you could fix a blown fuse by sticking a penny in the socket, which to this day remains the most cost effective way to burn your house down.

以前的長輩可能還記得，以前保險絲燒斷時，可以在插座裡塞一顆「美分」來解決，到現在這仍然是燒毀你家最省錢的方法。

Also, say goodbye to the iconic Take a penny, leave a penny tray.

還有，跟那個標誌性的「拿一顆「美分」，留一顆「美分」」的盤子說再見吧。

I gotta confess, as a kid, when the clerk's back was turned, I would sometimes eat a whole handful.

我得承認，小時候，趁店員不注意，我會一次抓一把來吃。

But no one seems to be talking about the biggest loss of all, and

但似乎沒有人在談論最大的損失，而

that's the penny press machine, an American institution.

那是「美分」壓印機，是美國的代表。

Well, for just 51 cents, you could have an oblong, flattened memento of Myrtle beach, or the sunset in Petoskey, Michigan, or the great blue heron of South Carolina.

只要 51 美分，你就可以擁有一個扁扁的紀念品，上面印著的可能是海灘、密西根州佩託斯基的日落，或是南卡羅來納州的蒼鷺。

then you'd never be able to look down from heaven as your grandkids rummage through that little tray on your dresser and say, wow.

那樣你就無法從天上俯瞰孫子們翻找你梳妝臺上那個小託盤，然後說：「哇。」

爺爺以前去過辛辛那提動物園。

Penny presses were introduced at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893, which sounds dull today, but

「美分」壓印機是在 1893 年芝加哥世界博覽會上推出的，聽起來現在有點無聊，但

in the 19th century, the only two pastimes were pressing pennies or delicately coughing blood into a kerchief.

在 19 世紀，僅有的兩種消遣就是壓印「美分」或是小心翼翼地對著手帕咳血。

And to this day, penny presses are built right here in America, folks.

而且到今天，美分壓印機都還是在美國這裡製造的喔。

Like at the Penny Press Machine Company in Little Canada, Minnesota.

就像在明尼蘇達州小加拿大鎮的 Penny Press Machine Company。

There are up to 300 billion pennies still in circulation right now.

現在市面上流通的硬幣高達三千億枚。

And more than ever, people are going to need somewhere to crush them.

而且比以往任何時候都更需要有人來處理它們。

So I commissioned the folks at the Penny Press Machine Company to build us a custom made late show penny press.

所以我委託 Penny Press Machine Company 的各位，為我們打造一臺客製化的 Late Show 美分壓印機。

Mr. President, thank you so much for coming back from the dead to do jokes about pennies.

總統先生，非常謝謝您從死裡復活回來，講關於美分的笑話。

這是 Late Show 美分壓印機，先生。

Mr. President, we would love you to press the very first pen.

總統先生，我們很希望您來壓下第一枚美分。

您願意為我們做這個榮譽嗎，先生？

Mr. President, what image was pressed onto your penny?

總統先生，您的美分壓印了什麼圖案呢？

The design options are me, the band, the Ed Sullivan Theater, or a tiny image of a penny on this penny commemorating the fact that there will be no more pennies.

設計選項有我、樂團、艾德·蘇利文劇院，或是這枚美分上一個小小的美分圖案，用來紀念以後不會再有美分了。

This penny press machine will be in the lobby of the Ed Zolvan Theater until now, until the end of the show, when it will be shoved off the Triborough Bridge.

這臺紀念幣機將在艾德·蘇利文劇院大廳，直到表演結束，然後就會被推下橋。

Until then, our audience members can make their own late show penny.

在那之前，我們的觀眾可以自己製作晚間秀的紀念幣。

And everyone here is going to go home with one tonight.

而且今晚在場的每個人都會帶一個回家。

我們馬上回來，和克拉麗莎一起。