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　　Hundreds of people lined up at Grand Central Terminal yesterday, but they weren't there to catch a train．They came to New York City's famous railroad station to trade in old dollar bills for the new George Washington Presidential ＄1 coin．

　　The gold-colored coin is the first in a new series by the U．S．Mint(造币厂)that honors former U．S．Presidents．The Mint will issue four Presidential ＄1 coins a year through 2016．Like the popular 50 State Quarters(纪念币)program, which issues coins in the order in which each state joined the Union, Presidential ＄1 coins will come out in the order in which each President served．The George Washington coin is the first to be released．John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison coins will come out later this year．

　　The Presidential ＄1 coins will be the same size and color as the Sacagawea Golden Dollar．However, there is an important difference．For the first time since the 1930s, there is an inscription(题字)on the edge of each coin．Each coin will show a different President on its face, or head side．It will also show the President's name, the order in which he served and his years in office．The other side of the coin will show the Statue of Liberty and the inscriptions“United States of America”and“＄1”．

　　There will be one Presidential ＄1 coin for each President, except Grover Cleveland．He will have two!Cleveland is the only U．S．President to have served two nonconsecutive(不连续的)terms．

　　The last President scheduled to get a coin is Gerald Ford because a President must have been dead for two years before he can be on a coin．

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Beach, Samba, Carnival(狂欢节)

　　It seems that Brazilians are always ready to party．Well, they've got a good reason to party now：Rio de Janeiro(or Rio for short), their second largest city, got the 2016 Olympics on October 2．This is the first time in the 120-year history of the modern Olympics that they will be held in South America．It seems the five Olympic rings make more sense now that they've included another continent．And, just as Beijing got the world's attention after receiving the 2008 Olympic nod(同意)in 2001, Rio de Janeiro's win has put the spotlight on Brazil．

Football

　　The colors green and yellow might make most people think of Brazil's football team rather than the national flag．But football in Brazil is more than sport, it's a way of life．The World Cup brings Brazilians together．Interestingly, the general elections(大选)in Brazil are usually held in the same year as the World Cup．Political parties try to take advantage of the patriotic enthusiasm(爱国热情)created by football and bring it into politics．

Carnival

　　“Live Your Passion(激情)”was the Rio team's slogan(口号)．The carnival is one of the most powerful images of Brazilian enthusiasm．It's held every year across the country, with street parades and exciting music．The parade in Rio is one of the world's biggest carnivals．Every February, tens of thousands of people go there for the event．

The economy

　　The Rio bid(申办)team set up a ＄14.4 billion(98 billion yuan)budget(预算)for the games－the largest of this year's bidding cities．What stands behind the big budget is Brazil's stronger economy．Brazil's is the largest national economy in Latin America, and has experienced a giant leap(飞跃)in the past few years．