要英文的,不要太长的,一小段就好了,

要英文的,不要太长的,一小段就好了,
In English

国旗的意义在英文正文的2、3两段
“The Union Flag”,also known as the “Union Jack”,is the national flag of the“ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”.Historically,the flag was used throughout the former British Empire.It retains an official or semi-official status in some Commonwealth Realms,e.g.in Canada,where it is known as the Royal Union Flag.The current design dates from the Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801.
SINCE 1801
The current Union Flag dates from 1 January 1801 with the Act of Union 1800,which merged the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.The new design added the red saltire cross of St Patrick's Flag for Ireland.This saltire is overlaid on the saltire of St Andrew,but still beneath the cross of St George.The Irish saltire is arranged counterchange with the saltire of St Andrew,so the white is always on the clockwise side of the red.The arrangement has introduced a requirement to display the flag "the right way up"; see specifications for flag use,below.The additional white stripe is added (as with the St George's cross) to prevent "colour next to colour",a heraldic imperative.
This Saint Patrick's cross is problematic in several ways.Firstly,the symbol does not have much emotional resonance since its history is so thin and hard to find; some believe that it was essentially 'invented' for the purposes of inclusion in the Union Flag.One possible origin is from the arms of the Fitzgerald family (Dukes of Leinster) who were sent by Henry II of England to aid Anglo-Norman rule in Ireland and has rarely been used as an emblem of Ireland by the Irish; a harp,a Celtic cross,a shamrock,or latterly an Irish tricolour have been more common.However,the exact origin of the flag is unknown,with evidence of saltires being present on ancient Irish coins and maps.The St Patrick's saltire flag has been used in more recent times for St Patrick's Day in Northern Ireland and by both state and civil organisations wishing to avoid the sectarianism that may be implied by the use of either the tricolour or symbols of Unionism,including the recently formed Police Service of Northern Ireland.
The current flag is blazoned Azure,the Crosses Saltire of St Andrew and St Patrick,quarterly per saltire,counterchanged Argent and Gules,the latter fimbriated of the second,surmounted by the Cross of St George of the third,fimbriated as the saltire.
Campaigns for a new Union Flag
In 2003,Nigel Turner started a private campaign – dubbed "reflag" or "union black" – to interpret the Union Flag as racial and introduce black stripes in it; the proposal was rejected as "ridiculous tokenism [that] would do nothing to stamp out racism".
Wrexham’s Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Ian Lucas said,on 27 November 2007 in a House of Commons debate that the Union Flag should be combined with the Welsh flag to reflect Wales’ status within the UK,and that the Red Dragon should be added to the Union Flag's red,white and blue pattern.He said the Union Flag currently only represented the other three UK nations,and Culture minister Margaret Hodge conceded that Mr Lucas had raised a valid point for debate.She said "the Government is keen to make the Union flag a positive symbol of Britishness reflecting the diversity of our country today and encouraging people to take pride in our flag".This development sparked design contests with entries from all over the world; some of the entries incorporated red dragons,St David's Cross and anime characters into the Union Flag.