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1、Canada---alandofmapleleaf李晚露201403071104法学院法英班Asthesecondlargestcountryintheworld,CanadaislargerthantheUSAandreachesnearlyaquarterofthewayroundtheearth.Withmorethan35millionpeople,thedistancefromitseasttowestisover5,500kilometersandthecountrycoverssixoftheworld's24timeareas.Differentfromotherfo
2、reigncountries,therearetwoofficiallanguagesinCanada——FrenchandEnglish.IntheoriginalhistoryofCanada,thefirstbatchoftravelersarrivedfromEnglandin1497.Later,settlersfromFrancereachedCanadain1534.Fortwocenturies,EnglishandFrenchsettlersstruggledagainsteachotherinordertocontrolthecountry.Today,onepr
3、ovinceofCanadaisFrench-speaking---notonlytheTVandradioprograms,butalsotheteachinginschools.However,despitethevastterritoryandculturaldiversityofCanada,there’sonesimplethingthatrunsthroughalmosteveryaspectoflifeinCanada---themapleleaf.NextI’mgoingtointroducethemapleleaffromtwomainaspects:1.Origi
4、nsofthemapleleafAtthebeginningoftheeighteenthcentury,thesettlementslocatedin NewFrance hadattainedapopulationofabout18,000.Bythistime,themapleleafhadbeenadoptedasanemblembythe FrenchCanadians alongthe SaintLawrenceRiver.ItspopularitywithFrenchCanadianscontinuedandwasreinforcedwhen,attheinaugura
5、lmeetingofthe SociétéSaint-Jean-Baptiste in1834, themapleleafwasoneofnumerousemblemsproposedtorepresentthesociety.Speakinginitsfavor, JacquesViger,thefirstmayorof Montreal,describedthemapleas"thekingofourforest;...thesymboloftheCanadianpeople."andin1848,theMapleLeaf,anannualTorontoliteraryrevie
6、w,declaredthemapleleaftobetheemblemofCanada.2.ThepopularityofmapleleafI.PoliticAmongthoseobjectswithmapleleaf,themostrecognizableonemustbethenationalflag.SomepeopleevenregardCanadaasmapleleafstatesinceitsnationaltreeandfloweraremapleandmapleleaf.Themapleleaffinallybecamethecentralnationalsymbol
7、withtheintroductionofthe Canadianflag (suggestedby GeorgeF.G.Stanley andsponsoredbyM.P. JohnMatheson)in1965,whichusesahighlystylizedeleven-pointedmapleleaf,referringtonospecificspeciesofmaple.ThemapleleafhasbeenacommonsymbolofCana
