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1、Unit3AustraliaTHEFLAGSOFAUSTRALIAJuneisgivingatalkaboutAustralianflagsandwhattheytellpeopleaboutthehistoryandcultureofAustralia.Goodafternoon，everyone.Myhobbyiscollectingflagsfromallovertheworld.Iloveflagsfortworeasons.Thefirstisthattheyarebeautifulandthesecondisthat

2、youcanlearnalotaboutthecultureandhistoryofacountrybystudyingitsflags.TodayI'dliketoshowyousomeAustralianflagsanddiscusstheirsignificance.Now，thisoneistheofficialAustralianflag.Itwaschosenin1901followingacompetitiontodesignaflagespeciallyforAustralia.BeforethatdateAus

3、traliahadthesameflagasGreatBritain.TheBritishflagisnowinthetopleftquarteroftheAustralianflagtoremindpeopleofAustralia'shistoricaltieswithGreatBritain.ThefivestarsrepresenttheSouthernCrosswhichisanimportantgroupoffivestarsinthesouthernhemisphere.NavigatorsusetheSouthe

4、rnCrosstoshowthemthedirectionoftheSouthPole.TheotherbigstarundertheBritishflagrepresentsthesixstatesandthecombinedterritoriesofAustralia.ThisflaghasbeentheofficialAboriginalflagsince1995.TheblackinthetophalfoftheflagsymbolizestheAboriginalpeoplethemselves，whilethered

5、atthebottomsymbolizestheearthandtheAboriginalpeople'sspiritualconnectiontotheearth.Theyellowcircleinthemiddlerepresentsthesun，thegiveroflife.Thisnextflagwasfirstflownin1854ataplacecalledEurekawhereagroupofgoldminersrebelledagainstthegovernment.Theincidentisseenbymany

6、asthebeginningofthemovementtowardsdemocracyinAustralia.ThefivestarsrepresenttheSouthernCrossandthelightbluebackgroundisbelievedtorepresenttheblueshirtsthatmanyofthegoldminerswore.Althoughnotanofficialflag，itisrecognizedandlovedbymostAustralians.Thisisanotherflagthaty

7、ouoftenseeinAustralia，especiallyatsportingevents.ThekangarooisrecognizedastheunofficialanimalemblemofAustraliaandgreenandgoldarethecolourswornbymanyAustraliansportingteamswhentheytraveloverseas.Theflagfirstbecamepopularin1983whenitwasflownonAustralia'sentrytotheAmeri

8、ca'scup－afamousyachtracewhichAustraliawonthatyear.SomepeoplefeelitistimetochangeAustralia'sofficialflagbecauseitisnolongerappropria