英语国家概况Chapter6研究报告.pptVIP

Contents ANTHEM A song, a hymn, a march or other musical composition that has been officially adopted by the government and has become accepted as the country’s anthem by popular usage. 6.1 The Star-Spangled Banner The Star-Spangled Banner is a patriotic song written by Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, and officially adopted on March 3, 1931, as the national anthem of the United States of America. 6.1 The Star-Spangled Banner The lyrics come from Defence of Fort McHenry, a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812. 6.1 The Star-Spangled Banner The poem was set to the tune of a popular British song written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men’s social club in London. “The Anacreontic Song”, with various lyrics, was already popular in the United States. Set to Key’s poem and renamed “The Star-Spangled Banner”, it would soon become a well-known American patriotic song. With a range of one and a half octaves(八音度), it is known for being difficult to sing. 6.1 The Star-Spangled Banner Although the song has four stanzas, only the first is commonly sung today, with the fourth (“O! thus be it ever when free men shall stand…”) added on more formal occasions. The fourth stanza includes the line “And this be our motto: In God is our Trust”. The United States adopted “In God We Trust” as its national motto in 1956. 6.1 The Star-Spangled Banner “The Star-Spangled Banner” was recognized for official use by the Navy in 1889, and by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931, which was signed by President Herbert Hoover. 6.2 God Save the Queen (or King) God Save the Queen (King) is the national anthem of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 6.2 God Save the Queen (or Ki