Flag Day June 14
National flags are not merely symbols of a country. Their colors and designs convey past history and future goals. Flags have powerful connotations. They speak to the people and politicians. People of one country will burn the flag of another with whose politics they do not agree. To show their anger, students display their own nations flags with the design altered or cut out completely. Dictators fly flags; dissidents rip them down. In every country of the world, the treatment of a flag displays an opinion or statement.
Americans take the treatment of their flag seriously and in the 20th century this has become an important issue. Included in the code of ethics are such rules as the national flag cannot be used for advertising. It cannot cover a monument or any ceilings. It must not be folded while being displayed. No one should write on an American flag. Ships can lower their flags slightly in greeting each other, but otherwise should not be dipped for any other object or person.
In the late 1960s, American students wore small flags sewn to the back of their jeans, symbolically insulting the American government and protesting its involvement in the Vietnam War. They burned the American flag in front of the Capitol Buildingin Washington as a statement of protest. In the early 1990s, senators suggested an amendment to the Constitutionthat would make this treatment of the flag illegal. The propositionwas opposed because many others felt that this change would be a violation of Americans constitutional rights to express their opinions freely.
For all the controversy it is interesting to point out that the United States did not even 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 alternatingstripes and 50 stars 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 upholsterybusiness 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. Her descendants claimed that she offered the design. Actually, she and George Washington never met! George Washington did design the Grand Union.
2010年1月23日3G考试预测(14日适用)
8月29日雅思作文YU测:俞伟国
2009年12月19日雅思听力预测(贾若寒)
2009年9月12日3G雅思考试预测
叶毅斌12月03、05雅思全面预测
周丹:09年11月份雅思写作预测
2009年9月26日翡翠冰糖雅思考试预测
April老师:10月31日雅思口语预测
张圆圆:2009年10月雅思写作预测
2009年10月8/10日翡翠冰糖雅思考试预测
April老师的12.5雅思口语预测
2009年9月雅思预测范围
2009雅思口语下半年趋势预测
无忧雅思2009年12月19日雅思预测
郑庆利:12月19日雅思写作预测(A类雅思)
叶毅斌09年10.8/24雅思听力权威预测
2010雅思趋势预测及备考指导:移民类议论文
09年9.12/17/26,10月雅思预测
邹建辉:12月19日雅思考试写作预测(适用A、G)
2009年11月21日3G雅思考试预测(19日适用)
2009年10月24日翡翠冰糖雅思考试预测
2010雅思趋势预测及备考指导—口语
2009年9月17日及26日3G雅思考试预测
7月11日雅思听力预测——Minnie 吴艳版
Minnie吴艳:雅思10月24日听力预测
2009年8月8+29日雅思考试预测(听力部分)
2009年9月17日翡翠冰糖雅思考试预测
2010年3月27日3G雅思预测
2009年7月11日3G雅思考试预测
2009年8月22日、29日雅思写作最新预测——颜炜
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |