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1、AFrenchFourthbackgroundThistextistakenfromTheAtlanticMonthly,July/August2001.TheauthorCharlesTrueheartisacorrespondentfortheWashingtonPostbasedinParis.Globalizationmakepeoplecantouchtheirownculturesmoreeasilyandchildrenabroadcanlearnthehistoryoftheirmotherlandfromschool.Theculturedividebetweendi
2、fferentcountriesislessjarring.However,ontheotherhand,peoplearelessthanfullyimmersedinatrulyforeignworldIndependenceDay(美国独立日)IndependenceDayOnJuly4,1776,theUnitedStatesclaimedit'sindependencefromEnglandandDemocracywasborn.EachyearonJuly4th,alsoknownasIndependenceDay,Americanscelebratetheirindepe
3、ndencewithpicnics,barbecues,fireworksandfamilygatherings.AllAmericansareentitledtoIndependenceDayoffwork-althoughsomepeoplehavetowork.(likepolicemenandfiremen).IndependenceDayisconsideredaFamilyDaywithpicnics,barbecues,fireworks,parades,tocelebrateindependenceandfreedom.AmericansproudlyflytheAme
4、ricanflagandspendthedaywiththeirfamilies.CelebrationEarlyindependencedaycelebrationsaremainlydemonstrationsandlectures,andwithsomereligiousovertones.Laterincreasedoutdooractivities,sportscompetitionsandotherprojects.Firecrackers,fireworksactivitieswerealsoverypopular,intwentiethCenturybeforebein
5、gcancelled,topreventtheoccurrenceofdanger.Whydowecelebratethe4thofJuly? (forchildren)byKimMoonThatishowthecolonistsfeltintheyearsleadingupto1776.GreatBritainkepttryingtomakethecolonistsfollowmorerulesandpayhighertaxes.DeclarationofIndependenceDeclarationofIndependenceJuly4,1776,thedeclarationbyt
6、heSecondContinentalCongressinPhiladelphiaapprovedthedayaftertheherebyU.S.IndependenceDay.TheoriginalsoftheDeclarationwassignedbytheContinentalCongressdelegates,andonpermanentdisplayinWashington,DC,NationalArchivesandRecordsDepartment.ThisoneofAmerica'smostimportantfoundinginstrumentsoftheDeclara
7、tion.
