时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:美国精神


英语课
Explanation:
    “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” 
    Probably almost all Americans can recite (or say without reading) this pledge (or promise) of allegiance (or loyalty 1). When we say the Pledge of Allegiance, we are promising 2 to be loyal to the United States and its flag, which is a piece of fabric 3 that represents the country. The United States flag has red and white stripes and there is a blue square that has 50 white stars. The Pledge of Allegiance reminds us that we must love our country and should not do anything to hurt it.
    When Americans say the Pledge of Allegiance, they must stand up, look at the flag, and put their right hand over their heart, on the left side of their chest. Let’s look at the words of the pledge of allegiance in more depth (or detail).
    The Pledge of Allegiance begins by saying, “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America…” This means that we promise to be loyal to the United States flag. The Pledge continues, “…and to the Republic for which it stands….” A republic is a country or nation with an elected president and representatives, so we are promising to be loyal not only to the flag, but also to the country that the flag represents – in this case, the United States.
    Then the Pledge says, “…one Nation under God….” This means that our country is one united nation (made of one piece, without many separate parts) and that God is watching over (or taking care of) the country. Then the Pledge says that our nation is “indivisible (or cannot be divided into smaller pieces), with liberty and justice for all.” Liberty is freedom and justice is fairness in the law.
    Most Americans learn to recite the Pledge of Allegiance when they are very young, reciting the Pledge every morning before classes begin in school. As adults, we don’t say the Pledge of Allegiance very often, but it is used for special occasions, like when people from other countries become U.S. citizens.
 
问题:

What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
Answer:
• The United States
• The flag


1 loyalty
n.忠诚,忠心
  • She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
  • His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。
2 promising
adj.有希望的,有前途的
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
3 fabric
n.织物,织品,布;构造,结构,组织
  • The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
  • I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。
学英语单词
A-service area
aerospace craft
augure
base loading
bases on balls
be in league to do
beehler
Bellarmino
cat-ear
catastrophic-illness
chape
cheveron notch
click-bait
closeness of relation
cold junciton
commonizes
complete limit
Conium maculatum poisoning
constantly acting load
continuous production process
critical bearing point
cyclic load-elution test
david gruns
deoxidized steel
developmental norm
differential capstan
dihaploid
dry construction
economics of consumption
edit test
edulious
elephant's ear
emptily
encrustment
entreprenetwork
epizoic
equation of state (EOS)
esophagical
family lactobacteriaceaes
fen-lich
fiber spinning
fit the action to the word
frauen
Galidzga
Ghon complex
goitrogenicity
Hanzi ink jet printer
hard-to-please
honey mouse
hoovers
humane studies
is in agreement with
k-spar (k-feldspar)
know something for a fact
Kogaku
landtied island
Letha Ra.
macromorphology
mammifer
method of spot parameter measurement
microbrachia
multipactor breakdown
nansen ridge
naren
newtons disk
non critical item
nondeterministic nested stack automaton
normal form of vector fields
nsn
osmotic effect
parastasia ferrieri formosana
pearlweeds
phylum cycliophoras
plane of uniform expansion or contraction
poltroon
power points
propyl p-hydroxybenzoate
Putnam.
Quiniluban Is.
ransack one's brain wits
repeat offender
rock soap
skeleton sledding
snapping turtle
spit venom
squooshing
Stephen's spots
stone releaser
sulpho-salt
takt time
theobromide
Thermomonosporaceae
throneroom
Tiroungoulou
tit for tat
utmost vacuum seal
verified copy
wire gauze with asbestos
with regard to
wriggle off the hook
yacoscope
yggdrasils