National Day around the World

同学们都享受了国庆节假期吧，你对中国的国庆节了解有多少呢？你知道世界上其他国家的国庆节是什么时候吗？本期的最·专题就让我们一起了解各地的国庆节吧！

National Day has a long history and goes back to ancient times. Therefore, the countries around the world have1)establishedthe National Daybizarre［怪诞的］.

According to2)statistics, countries all over the world to establish the time of the country’s National Day is 35. For example, China establish the3)foundingof the National Day on October 1, 1949.4)Occupyingthe capital of the day as the National Day are Cuba, Cambodia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Some of the country’s Independence Day is the National Day of the counties. January 1, 1804, the Haitian people annihilated［消灭］the Napoleonic expedition to the 60,000troops［军队］in Port-au-Prince to5)declareindependence, and then put the National Day on January 1. Mexico, Ghana and other countries as well. Some countries establish thearmed uprising anniversary［武装起义纪念日］as a national holiday. France regards the date marked by the6)destructionof the autocratic period as the National Day.

Some countries have a great day as the National Day. July 4, 1776 the United States7)adoptedthe date of publishing “Declaration of Independence” for the National Day. Canada is July 1, 1867 when the BritishParliament［国会］passed the “British North America Act” as the National Day.Japan is the birthday of Emperor Hirohito of Japan for the National Day. There is thehead［元首］of state’s birthday a national holiday, such as Nepal, Thailand,Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and other countries.

1) establish [ɪ'stæblɪʃ] v. 建立

2) statistic [stә'tɪstɪk] n. 统计数字

3) found [faʊnd] v. 建立，成立

4) occupy ['ɒkjupaɪ] v. 军事占领

5) declare [dɪ'kleә(r)] v. 声明，宣布

6) destruction [dɪ'strʌkʃn] n. 彻底摧毁

7) adopt [ә'dɒpt] n. 采用

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国庆节历史悠久，源远流长。所以，世界各国把国庆节定得千奇百怪。

根据统计，全世界以国家成立的时间为国庆节的国家有35个，如中国10月1日为国庆节。而将进入首都的日期定为国庆日的有古巴、柬埔寨、捷克共和国和斯洛伐克。有一些国家将独立日作为国家的国庆日。1804年1月1日，海地人民歼灭了拿破仑远征队前往太子港的6万名官兵，宣布独立，从而将每年的国庆节定为1月1日。墨西哥、加纳等国亦是如此。也有一些国家将武装起义纪念日作为国家节日。如法国则将摧毁专制时期的标志日期作为国庆日。

还有一些国家把一个特殊的日子作为国庆节。如美国将“独立宣言”发表的日期7月4日定为国庆节。加拿大是将英国国会通过《英国北美法案》的当天7月1日作为国庆节。日本国庆日定在裕仁天皇的诞辰，尼泊尔、泰国、瑞典、荷兰、丹麦、比利时等国国家元首的生日是全国性的节日。