Stars and Stripes

Stars and Stripes. Written by Mary Beth Bolz. Illustrated by Peter Bull.

《星条旗》。作者：玛丽·贝丝·博尔茨。绘者：彼得·布尔。

Our flag has a story. The 13 colonies that formed our country all had different flags.

我们的国旗有一段故事。 最初组建我们国家的13个殖民地，都有各自不同的旗帜。

We needed one flag for all of the United States. We made a flag that had 13 bright stars and 13 bold stripes.

我们需要一面属于整个美利坚合众国的统一旗帜。 我们制作了一面印有13颗亮星和13道醒目条纹的旗帜。

We made our new flag in red, white, and blue. We called our flag the Stars and Stripes.

我们用红色、白色和蓝色来制作这面新旗帜。 我们把这面旗帜叫做“星条旗”。

Our country grew, so we added two new stars and two new stripes. A famous song was written about this flag.

我们的国家不断发展，所以我们新增了两颗新星和两道新条纹。 还有一首关于这面旗帜的著名歌曲创作完成了。

Our country grew more and more. We needed to change our flag again.

我们的国家发展得越来越快， 我们需要再次修改我们的国旗。