国庆节英语_十一国庆节

国庆节英语

the national day is a designated date on which celebrations

mark the nationhood of a country. often the national day will be

a national holiday.

the national day is often taken as the date on which a state

or territory achieved independence. other dates such as the

country's patron saint day, or a significant historic date are

sometimes ud. most countries have a single national day per

year, though a few, for example, india and pakistan, have more

than one. besides that, each of the two special administrative

regions of the people's republic of china, namely hong kong and

macao, celebrate the day of the establishment of the special

administrative region, as well as the national day of the people's

republic of china.

the importance attached to the national day, and the degree

to which it is celebrated, vary enormously from country to

country. in france, for example, national day is 14 july and is

known as bastille day. it is widely celebrated and the french

tricolour is much in evidence, while the president of the republic

attends a military parade on the champs-élysées of paris. in the

united states, the fourth of july celebrations are widely celebrated

with fireworks and barbecues. in the republic of ireland, st.

patrick's day, march 17, has been the national day and a public

holiday for many years, and in recent years it has been obrved

as a full public holiday in northern ireland too. however, in the

rest of the united kingdom the constituent countries' patron

saints' days are low-key affairs.

most countries have a fixed date national day, but some have

movable dates. an example here is jamaica, which celebrates its

national day on the first monday in august. this commemorates