【美國(guó)獨(dú)立日的歷史】

米國(guó)的獨(dú)立日俺就插不上話啦，我們先聽Alison老師是怎么講的吧！

The United States calls its national day “Independence Day” or “The 4th of July”, marking its independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution in 1776. The history of Independence Day in the US might surprise you. Americans celebrate on the 4th of July, but America was actually declared independent by Congress on July 2nd. The official document was indeed written on the 4th, and Americans first celebrated their Independence on the 8th!

美國(guó)把自己的國(guó)慶日稱為“獨(dú)立日”或是“7月4日”，以此紀(jì)念1776年在獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)期間美國(guó)從大不列顛獨(dú)立。美國(guó)獨(dú)立日的歷史可能會(huì)讓你吃一驚，因?yàn)殡m然美國(guó)人在7月4日慶祝國(guó)慶，但其實(shí)國(guó)會(huì)是在7月2號(hào)宣布美國(guó)獨(dú)立的。官方文件記載的獨(dú)立日是7月4日，而當(dāng)時(shí)的美國(guó)人卻又是在7月8日慶祝的！

虎虎插話：原來(lái)大家的國(guó)慶節(jié)由來(lái)都介莫分裂啊…… But anyway，只要開心就好啦，嘻嘻……

Traditionally, the 4th of July includes things like firework displays, baseball games, community and family gatherings, vacations, brass band concerts, parades, patriotic songs and lots of grilled food.

傳統(tǒng)上，國(guó)慶的慶祝包括煙火表演、棒球賽、城鎮(zhèn)和家庭的團(tuán)聚、假期、銅管樂(lè)隊(duì)表演、游行、愛(ài)國(guó)歌曲演唱、還有好多好多燒烤。

A fun fact: In 1916, a hot-dog eating contest started on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City, as a way to test how patriotic new immigrants were!

還有件小趣事兒：1916年在紐約布魯克林的康尼島，人們舉辦了一個(gè)吃熱狗比賽，以此來(lái)檢測(cè)新移民們有多愛(ài)國(guó)！

下期精彩預(yù)告：國(guó)慶必看的煙火表演，敬請(qǐng)期待！

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