课外英语-异域风情录 - (EPUB全文下载)

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目录
传统节日
多彩文化
异域揽胜
时尚生活
时尚运动
时尚危害
传统节日
　　Stars and Stripes
　　The United States did not have a standardized flag until 1912. Called the
“Stars and Stripes
” or
“Old Glory
，” the flag is one of the most complicated in the world. No other flag needs 64 pieces of fabric to make. The current flag has 13 red and white alternating stripes representing the original 13 states and 50 stars each star represents one of the states of the Union on a blue background.
　　The American flag has also changed designs more than any other flag in the world. The first flag called the
“Grand Union
” was first flown at the headquarters of the Continent Army on January 1, 1776. Betsy Ross a seamstress is said to have contributed to this design. She had an upholstery business which made flags for navy ships in Pennsylvania. A legend still persists that she showed George Washington how to make a five
pointed star and suggested thirteen stars in a circle for the first flag. Actually she and George Washington never met. George Washington did design the Grand Union.
　　On June 14
，1777 the Continental Congress proposed that the United States have a new national flag instead of the old one. The 13 stars of the flag represented the 13 new states. There were few public ceremonies honoring the Stars and Stripes until 1877 when on June 14 it was flown from every government building in honor of the centennial of the adoption of a national flag. In 1890 North Dakota and New Jersey made a law that required their schools to fly the flag daily. The first official Flag Day was observed in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1893. New York also proclaimed June 14 as Flag Day 1897. Other states were slow to follow. Some people thought that the day was too close to Memorial Day and Independence Day.
　　In August 1949 President Harry S. Truman proclaimed June 14 as Flag Day. Since then the President proclaims the commemoration yearly and encourages all Americans in the country to display the Stars and Stripes outside their homes and businesses. Individual states determine how they will observe the day. In Pennsylvania and American Samoa it is a public holiday. Usually the flag is flown from all public buildings speeches are made in public places and ceremonies take place in towns or cities.
　　美国国旗纪念日
　　美国的国旗直到1912
年才被标准化并确定下来。它被称作“星条旗”或“古老的荣誉”，是世界上设计最为复杂的国旗之一，需用64
块布制成——这在其他国家的国旗里是绝无仅有的。目前美国的国旗上有13
条红白相间的横条，代表美国成立之初时的13
个州；一块蓝色的底色上有着50
颗星，每一颗星代表联盟的一个州。
　　美国国旗在图案设计上也改变过多次，比世界上其他任何一个国家都多 ............

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