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高中英语Unit3Themeaningofcolour教学资源Flags牛津版选修9.doc

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用心爱心专心 Flags MeaningandHistory ARGENTINATheArgentinaRepublicTheemblemcustomarilyappearinginthecentreoftheArgentinianflagisknowastheSunofMay,anditrepresentsthesunthatshonethroughthecloudson25May1810whenthepeople'sfirstdemonstrationsagainstSpanishrulebegan,Atoraboutthesametime,thedemonstratorsadoptedthecoloursblueandwhite. AUSTRIATheRepublicofAustria Legendhasitthatthered-white-redstripesoftheAustrianflag,hadtheiroriginduringtheThirdCrusadeof1189-92whenDukeLeopoldVofAustria(1157-94),foughtsobloodilyattheBattleofAcre(1191)thattheonlypartofhiscostumetoremainwhitewasabandroundhismiddlewherehisbelthadbeen.Thecolourshavebeeninusesinceatleast1230;theytooktheircurrentformasthenationalflagin1918,withthedissolutionoftheAustro-HungarianEmpire. BRAZILTheFederativeRepublicofBrazil WhenBrazilgainedtheindependencefromPortugalin1821,theirflagwasliketheactualbutwiththeroyalarmsatthecentre.Thecurrentdesignwasadoptedwhenthecountrybecamearepublic.Themotto,OrdemeProgresso,means"OrderandProgress". CANADA Thepresentmapleleafflagwasadoptedin1965.BeforethatCanadamadeuseoftheBritishRedEnsignwiththeCanadianarms.Theprimeminister,LesterPearson,believedthatthiswasnotsufficientlydistinctive,orrepresentativeofCanadaasamultiethnicnationandalongandcomplexpoliticalstruggleensuedtodesignanewflagthatwouldbeaccepted,inthefaceofoppositionfromthosewhowantedtokeeptheRedEnsign.Thedesignattaineditspurpose:tobeofauniquelyCanadiancharacter,showingnoaffinitiestoeitherFranceortheUK. CHINAThePeople'sRepublicofChina Thisflagwasintroducedin1949onthedeclarationofthePeople'sRepublicofChinabythetriumphantcommunists.RedandyellowaretraditionalcoloursofChinaand,ofcourse,redisalsothecolourofcommunism.Thelargefive-pointedstarrepresentstheCommunistParty'sprogramme,whilethefoursmalleronesareforthefoursectionsofsocietythat,itwasclaimed,wouldbeunitedbyandwouldunitetocarrythroughthatprogramme;thefourclasseswerethepeasantry,theworkers,thebourgeoisieandthosecapitalistswhowouldparticipateintheon-goingrevolution. FRANCEThe