National Day around the World

同學們都享受了國慶節假期吧，你對中國的國慶節了解有多少呢？你知道世界上其他國家的國慶節是什么時候嗎？本期的最·專題就讓我們一起了解各地的國慶節吧！

National Day has a long history and goes back to ancient times. Therefore, the countries around the world have1)establishedthe National Daybizarre［怪誕的］.

According to2)statistics, countries all over the world to establish the time of the country’s National Day is 35. For example, China establish the3)foundingof the National Day on October 1, 1949.4)Occupyingthe capital of the day as the National Day are Cuba, Cambodia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Some of the country’s Independence Day is the National Day of the counties. January 1, 1804, the Haitian people annihilated［消滅］the Napoleonic expedition to the 60,000troops［軍隊］in Port-au-Prince to5)declareindependence, and then put the National Day on January 1. Mexico, Ghana and other countries as well. Some countries establish thearmed uprising anniversary［武裝起義紀念日］as a national holiday. France regards the date marked by the6)destructionof the autocratic period as the National Day.

Some countries have a great day as the National Day. July 4, 1776 the United States7)adoptedthe date of publishing “Declaration of Independence” for the National Day. Canada is July 1, 1867 when the BritishParliament［國會］passed the “British North America Act” as the National Day.Japan is the birthday of Emperor Hirohito of Japan for the National Day. There is thehead［元首］of state’s birthday a national holiday, such as Nepal, Thailand,Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and other countries.

1) establish [?'st?bl??] v. 建立

2) statistic [st?'t?st?k] n. 統計數字

3) found [fa?nd] v. 建立，成立

4) occupy ['?kjupa?] v. 軍事占領

5) declare [d?'kle?(r)] v. 聲明，宣布

6) destruction [d?'str?k?n] n. 徹底摧毀

7) adopt [?'d?pt] n. 采用

參考譯文

國慶節歷史悠久，源遠流長。所以，世界各國把國慶節定得千奇百怪。

根據統計，全世界以國家成立的時間為國慶節的國家有35個，如中國10月1日為國慶節。而將進入首都的日期定為國慶日的有古巴、柬埔寨、捷克共和國和斯洛伐克。有一些國家將獨立日作為國家的國慶日。1804年1月1日，海地人民殲滅了拿破侖遠征隊前往太子港的6萬名官兵，宣布獨立，從而將每年的國慶節定為1月1日。墨西哥、加納等國亦是如此。也有一些國家將武裝起義紀念日作為國家節日。如法國則將摧毀專制時期的標志日期作為國慶日。

還有一些國家把一個特殊的日子作為國慶節。如美國將“獨立宣言”發表的日期7月4日定為國慶節。加拿大是將英國國會通過《英國北美法案》的當天7月1日作為國慶節。日本國慶日定在裕仁天皇的誕辰，尼泊爾、泰國、瑞典、荷蘭、丹麥、比利時等國國家元首的生日是全國性的節日。