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HTML
<div id="content">
<div id="menu">
<ul>
<li> haha</li>
</ul>
</div>
<p style="clear:both"></p>
</div>
CSS
#menu li{
width :200px;
}
#menu{
float:left;
background-color:red;
height:200px;
}
#content{
background-color:yellow
}