2010/07/04

This Day in History July 4… 歷史上的今天 7月4日

Fireworks, cookouts, and parades. It must be Independence Day, commonly called the Fourth of July in the US. On this date in 1776, the original 13 colonies of the US declared independence from Britain. This was also the day the colonies’ government adopted the Declaration of Independence. Americans celebrate this national holiday with food, fun, and flags. They take time to remember their history as well as the people of the past because the freedom they know today had to be fought for.
煙火、野炊還有遊 行,這一定是美國獨立紀念日,在美國常以the Fourth of July稱之。在1776年的今天,美國最初的13個殖民地宣布脫離英國獨立,而殖民地政府也在這天通過《美國獨立宣言》。美國人用食物、歡樂和旗幟來慶 祝這個國慶日(圖,網路照片)。他們花時間來紀念屬於他們的歷史以及過往的人們,因為他們今日所享有的自由是必須經由奮鬥而得來的。

單字片語

˙Fireworks
n.煙火(恆用複數)
set off fireworks放煙火
˙cookout
n. 野炊;野餐(聚會)
˙commonly
adv.普遍地,一般地
˙例:Albert Einstein is commonly regarded as one of the greatest scientists ever.(愛因斯坦普遍被視為有史以來最偉大的科學家之一。)
˙colony
n.殖民地
colonistn.殖民者
˙declare
vt. 宣布,宣告
declarationn.宣言;聲明
˙adopt
vt.正式通過(法案等)
˙例:The legislators adopted the new law after a two-month debate.(經過兩個月的辯論後,立法委員通過了那條新法律。)

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