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位于纽约市华盛顿高地上的一座宫殿式建筑里,有着美国最显赫、最排外、但也最不为外人所知的俱乐部——美国艺术文学协会。它的250名成员无需缴纳会费,不过,要想参加这个协会却并非易事,因为挑选成员的程序极为复杂。然而,要与它那更小的姐妹组织——美国艺术文学学会相比,这个250人的俱乐部就似乎全是些由平民百姓组成的了。学会只有50名成员,全部由大协会精选而来,享受终身会员制。
Located in a palace-style building on Washington Heights in New York City, it has one of the most prominent and exclusive but most untouchable clubs in the United States, the American Society of Art and Literature. Its 250 members do not have to pay membership dues, but joining the association is not easy because the process of selecting members is extremely complicated. However, compared to its smaller sister organization, the American Society of Art and Literature, the 250-member club seems to be made up entirely of ordinary people. Learn only 50 members, all selected by the big association come and enjoy life membership system.