高级英语第五课SpeechonHitler’sInvasionofthe.ppt

Lesson 5 Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R. By Winston S. Churchill union jack为什么是英国国旗的意思？ 联合王国国旗(英国国旗) union jack Jack是海军用语,指悬挂在舰首的旗帜,英国军舰舰首都悬挂国旗,因而得名。 The issue of whether it is acceptable to use the term Union Jack is one that causes considerable controversy. Although it is often asserted that Union Jack should only be used for the flag when it is flown as a jack (a small flag flown at the bow of a ship), it is not universally accepted that the Jack of Union Jack is a reference to such a jack flag; other explanations have been put forward [1]. The term possibly dates from the early 1700s, but its origin is uncertain. The word Jack may have come from the name of the James VI, King of Scots who inherited the English crown, causing the flag to be designed, that is Jac from Jacobus, Latin for James. The size and power of the Royal Navy internationally at the time could also explain why the flag was nicknamed the Union Jack considering the navy was so widely utilized and renowned by the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries it is possible that the term Jack did occur due to its regular usage on all British ships using the Jack Staff (a flag pole attached to a ship on the bow). Even if the term Union Jack does derive from the jack flag (as perhaps seems most likely), after three centuries, it has appeared in official usage, and remains the popular term. The BBC website disregards the term union flag because of its great potential for confusion, preferring union jack . [2] The term “Union Flag”, on the other hand, is the term preferred in official documents by vexillologists.旗帜学家 Full name: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) His names testify to the richness of his historic inheritance: Winston, after the Royalist family with whom the Churchill married before the English Civil War; （Winston）是古英语中的一个词，其意思是“开心的石头”和“胜利的村庄”，还有“战斗用的石头”的意思。 Leonard, after his remarkable grandfather, Leonard Jerome of New York; Spencer, the ma