世界各国的国庆节
作者：邱婕
来源：《新高考·高一英语》2012年第10期
为了纪念中华人民共和国的成立，我们把10月1日定为我们的国庆节。但是，世界各国确定国庆节的依据却是不一样的。有些国家以建立的时间为国庆节，有些国家以国家独立日为国庆节，有些国家以武装起义纪念日作为国庆节，另有一些国家以重大会议日为国庆节，还有一些以国家元首的生日为国庆节。有些国家的国庆日甚至并不固定在一年中的哪天，如英国的国庆日为每年6月份的第二个星期六，牙买加的国庆日是每年的第一个星期一等。不仅如此，各国庆祝国庆节的形式也不相同，下面就让我们来看一看其他国家的国庆日吧。
The USA
The National Day in America is also called Independence Day. It is one of the main legal holidays， on the date of July 4th each year to commemorate the July 4， 1776 when Continental Congress formally adopted in Philadelphia the Declaration of Independence.
At that time， the people of the 13 British colonies located along the eastern coast of what is now the United States were involved in a war over what they considered unjust treatment by the king and parliament in Britain. The war began in 1775. As the war continued， the colonists realized that they were fighting not just for better treatment； they were fighting for freedom from England’s rule. The Declaration of Independence， signed by leaders from the colonies， stated this clearly， and for the first time in an official document the colonies were referred to as the United States of America.
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