National Flower 國花

About one hundred countries in the world have their national flowers and treat them as the symbols of friendship，happiness，peace and so on.From the national flower，we can not only enjoy the beauty，but also feel the uniqueness of the country.Now，let us enjoy some national flowers.

Firstly，China is the only one in big countries which has not established its national flower，because there are two different points in the establishment.Many people say peony deserves to be the national flower，but some others support plum blossom.Personally speaking，both pony and plum blossom are characteristic.

As is known to all，F(xiàn)rance is a romantic place.But except for romance，F(xiàn)rance is also famous for flowers and its capital Paris has the reputation of“flower city”.Its national flower is Iris，which is very similar to lily，so many people may be confused.

The Soviet Union loved sunflower very much and took it as their country flower，now the Russian still regard it as national flower. Sunflowers are of great values，they devote themselves to human beings.Moreover they can also give people a feeling of great hopes.

Holland is the so-called“garden of flower”，when it comes to Holland，we could not help mentioning its national flower，namely tulip.In Holland，tulip represents the nice，graveness，luxury and success.

譯文

世界上有一百多個國家有本國的國花，國花代表著友誼、幸福、和平，等等。國花，我們不僅可以看到花的美，還能感受到不同國家的不同特點?，F(xiàn)在讓我們看看各國的國花吧。

首先，中國的國花。中國是唯一在這些大國中沒有設(shè)立國花的，因為國花的設(shè)立上有兩種不同的觀點。一些人認(rèn)為牡丹花應(yīng)該為國花，但是其他人認(rèn)為梅花是國花。對于我個人來說，牡丹花和梅花都是很有特點的。

眾所周知，法國是一個浪漫的國度。除了浪漫，法國還因花而著名，法國首都巴黎有“花的王國”的美稱。法國的國花是鳶尾花，它看起來和百合花很像，很多人都會分不清它們倆。

蘇聯(lián)非常喜歡向日葵并將它作為國花，現(xiàn)在俄羅斯仍然將它作為國花。向日葵有很大的價值，向日葵將自身貢獻(xiàn)給了人類。除此之外，它還給人類帶來希望。

荷蘭被稱為“花園”，當(dāng)我們提到荷蘭時，我們情不自禁地提到了他們的國花——郁金香。在荷蘭，郁金香代表美好、重大、奢華、成功。

◎劉昊//譯

注釋

national國家的

symbols象征 代表

not only...but also不僅......還......

uniqueness唯一；特殊的

establish建立

peony牡丹花

deserve to值得

plum blossom梅花

characteristic特征；特點

reputation名聲；聲望

iris鳶尾花

lily百合花

confuse迷惑

the Soviet Union蘇聯(lián)

sunflower向日葵

Holland荷蘭

tulip郁金香

represent代表

graveness重大