综合英语 Unit 6 A French Fourth.pptVIP

American Anthem The Star Spangled Banner Oh, say! can you see by the dawns early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming; Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, Oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there: Oh, say! does that star-spangled banner yet wave Oer the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foes haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, oer the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the mornings first beam, In fully glory reflected now shines in the stream: Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh, long may it wave Oer the land of the free and the home of the brave!  And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battles confusion A home and a country should leave us no more? Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps pollution! No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave Oer the land of the free and the home of the brave. Oh, thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the wars desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heavn-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: In God is our trust: And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave Oer the land of the free and the home of the brave Independence Day On I July 4, 1776, the United States claimed its independence from England and Democracy was born. Each year on July 4th, also known as Independence Day, Americans celebrate their independence with picnics, barbecues, fireworks