Nationalflags,coloursandculturesAshortfilm:TheshortfilmisaboutaChineseceremonyofsalutingtothenationalflag.Thefive-starredflagisournationalflagwithwhichwearefamiliarandwecanseeitalmosteveryday.1.What’sournationalflaglike?Canyoudescribeit?2.WhatdocolorsandthestarsonthenationalflagofChinasymbolize?Discussion:1.Thecoloroftheflagisred.Itisrectangularinshape.Theproportionbetweenthelengthandheightisthreetotwo.Intheupperleftcorneroftheflag,therearefivefive-pointedstars,yellowincolor.Oneofthemisbiggerandislocatedinthetopleft-handedcorner.Theotherfoursurroundthebiggerstartoitsright.Five-starredflag2.Theredcoloroftheflagrepresentstherevolutionarymartyrs.Thecolorofthefivestarsisyellow,whichsymbolizesthebrightfuture.Amongthefivestars,thebiggeronestandsforthecommunistpartyofChinawhiletheotherfourrepresentthedifferentgroupsofpeopleinChinawhoareallunitedbehindthePartyAbriefintroductionofnationalflagsAnationalflagisaflagthatsymbolizesacountryandthatcanusuallybeflownbycitizensofthatcountry.Bothpublicandprivatebuildingssuchasschoolsandcourthousesoftenflythenationalflag.Insomecountries,thenationalflagsareonlyflownfromnon-militarybuildingsoncertainflagdays.Therearethreedistincttypesofnationalflagforuseonland,andthreeforuseatsea,althoughmanycountriesuseidenticaldesignsforseveralofthesetypesofflag.Somenationalflagshavebeenparticularlyinspirationaltoothernations,countries,orsubnationalentitiesinthedesignoftheirownflags.Thefollowingarenationalflagsofsomecountries;trytotellwhichcountryeachflagbelongto.CanadaFranceUSAIndonesiaEnglandGermanAustraliaKoreaSingaporeFastreading:Gothroughthepassageasquicklyaspossibleandtrytofindanswerstothethreequestions.1.WhatistheFrenchnationalflagsometimescalled?2.HowmanystarsarethereonthenationalflagoftheUSA?3.WhatcolorsistheIndonesiaflag?The‘Tricolore’(tricolour).FiftyRedandwhiteDetailedreading:Let’sreadthepassageasecondtimeandcompletePartsC1andC2onpage36.C1:1.Theyoftensymbolizetheoriginofthecountry,alongwithitsvalues,beliefsandculture.2.Liberty,equalityandfraternity.3.Becauseitwassuccessfulinriddingsocietyofinequality,whichhadagreateffectonmanyothercountries,particularlythoseinEurope.4.Becausetheycouldn’ttoleratethebureaucraticwaythatBritainruledthecountryandtheydesiredindependence.5.ThefiftystarsrepresentthefiftystatesandthethirteenstripesrepresenttheoriginalthirteenstatesthatjoinedtogethertofightforindependencefromBritain.6.Ithadnineredandwhitestripes.7.Themostcommonexplanationisthatredstandsforblood,orthingsthatarephysical,whilewhiterepresentthespiritual.Anothersuggestionisthatredresemblesthecolorofsugarandwhitelookslikerice.OtherpeoplesayredstandsforthebraveandconsideratenatureoftheIndonesiapeople.ItcanalsosymbolizethefirethatcomesfromIndonesia’svolcanoesorthefactthattheequatorgoesthroughthecountry.Whiteisregardedasasymbolofpurity.FranceTheUSAIndonesiaRedWhiteC2:bravery,revolution,strengthandbloodoftheFrenchstrengthandbraverybloodorthingsthatarephysical;thecolourofsugar;thebraveandconsideratenatureofIndonesiapeople;fire;thefactthattheequatorgoesthroughthecountryPeaceandhonestypurityandinnocencethespiritual;rice;purityGothroughthetextquicklyandpayattentiontothemeaningandusageofsomewords.Thenfinishthefollowingvocabularyexercise.PartDandPartE.D:1.b2.g3.i4.a5.d6.c7.e8.j9.h10.fE:(1)colours(2)represent(3)blue(4)bravery(5)liberty(6)revolution(7)Britain(8)indep...
