national symbols

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1、NationalSymbolsUSAThecolorsandshapesthatareintheUSAflagconveydifferentmeaningsandsymbols.The50starsoftheUSAflagrepresentthe50differentstates.Ontheotherhand,the13redandwhitestripesaretheUSA'soriginal13colonies.Thecolorsalsohavesomemeaningsintheflag.Thecolorredisthesymbolofcourage,enthusiasm,valor

2、（勇猛）,bloodandlife.Thenthecolorbluerepresentstheazure（天蓝色）skyandsymbolizestherespectforGod.ThewhitecolorintheUSAflagontheotherhandmeanspurityandpeace.Fromthepicture,wecanseeaneaglewithoutspreadwings.OntheGreatSealoftheUSAandmanyplaceswhichareexponents(代表者）ofthenation'sauthoritywecanseethesameembl

3、em.Theeagle,fulloftheboundlessspiritoffreedom,livingabovethevalleys,strongandpowerfulinhismight,hasbecomethenationalemblemofacountrythatofferfreedominwordandthoughtandanopportunityforafullandfreeexpansionintotheboundlessspaceofthefuture."TheStar-SpangledBanner"Witharangeofoneandahalfoctaves（八度音）

4、,thesongisknownforbeingdifficulttosing.Althoughthesonghasfourstanzas（节）,onlythefirstiscommonlysungtoday,withthefourthaddedonmoreformaloccasions.UKTheUnionFlag,popularlyknownastheUnionJack,isthenationalflagoftheUnitedKingdom.ItistheBritishflag.ItiscalledtheUnionFlagbecauseitsymbolizestheadministr

5、ativeunionofthecountriesoftheUnitedKingdom.ItismadeupoftheindividualFlagsofthreeoftheKingdom'scountriesallunitedunderoneSovereignty---thecountriesof“England”，“Scotland”and“NorthernIreland”.WaleswasnotaKingdombutaPrincipality(封邑）andcouldnotbeincludedintheflag.ThenationalemblemoftheUnitedKingdomis

6、thesymbolofUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.ThelionwiththecrownrepresentstheEngland.Theunicorn(独角兽）holdingtheellipseshield（椭圆形盾牌）ofcrownstandsfortheScotland.Intheupperleftcorner,andinthelowerrightcornerwithintheellipsearethreelionsstandingforEngland,intheupperrightcorneristheredlion

7、representingScotland,inthelowerleftcornerisaharp(竖琴）standingforIreland.Aroundtheellipseiswritten"HONISOITMALYPENSE"inFrenchwhichmeans"Shamonhinwhothinksevilofit"(恶有恶报）.Underitiswritten"DIEUETMONDROIT"inFrenchwhichmeans"Godan