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And clocks and watches—they make millions of them too, though one clock or one watch should last a person a life time—little watches for the wrist and little clocks for mantel pieces and big clocks for clock towers.

And spools of thread—enough thread is made in one mill in a single day to wind round the World—that is, over twenty-five thousand miles of thread in one mill in one day!

Where do you spend your vacation? Do you go to the seashore, to the mountains, or “down on a farm”? New England is the vacation land of many people from other parts of the country, because there are so many lakes, waterfalls, and beautiful spots for camps, streams for fishing, and in the Maine woods places for hunting deer and moose.

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他们还生产各种钟表，数量成千万，有戴在腕上的小手表，也有挂在壁炉架上的小钟，还有挂在钟塔上的大钟，各种品种，应有尽有—尽管一个钟或一块表一个人可用一辈子。

产品还有成卷成卷的线—一家工厂一天所生产的线能绕地球一周，也就是相当于两万五千英里！

你一般在哪里度假呢？去海滩，山上，还是下到农庄？新英格兰是个度假胜地，美国其他地区的很多人都到那儿去度假，因为那里有很多湖泊、瀑布，还有很多风景优美的景点可以野营，有可以钓鱼的小溪流，缅因州的森林里还有鹿和麋可以供人捕猎。