美国国旗介绍.pptxVIP

美国国旗介绍会计学第1页/共20页About the U.S. FlagStructure of the United States flagHistory of the United States flagThe production of the United States flagThe United States flag hanging manner of releaseAmericans oaththe U.S. Flag around usStructure of the United States flag第2页/共20页美国国旗是星条旗（the Star-Spangled Banner），旗面左上角为蓝色星区，区内共有9排50颗白色五角星，以一排6颗、一排5颗交错。星区以外是13道红白相间的条纹。50颗星代表美国50个州，13道代表最初北美13块殖民地。据华盛顿说：红色条纹象征英国，白色条纹象征脱离它而获得自由。更普遍的说法认为，红色象征勇气，白色象征自由，蓝色则象征忠诚和正义。 History of the United States flag--1第3页/共20页National flags are not merely symbols of a country. Their colors and designs convey past history and future goals. Flags have powerful connotations（内涵）. 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（持不同政见者） rip them down. In every country of the world, the treatment of a flag displays an opinion or statement.History of the United States flag--2第4页/共20页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. History of the United States flag--3第5页/共20页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 Building（国会大厦）in Washington as a statement of protest. In the early 1990s, senators suggested an amendment to the Constitution（宪法）that would make this treatment of t