新西兰将公投决定是否改变国旗图案
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New Zealand is to hold a referendum on whether to change the national flag, Prime Minister John Key has announced.

新西兰总理约翰·基宣布,将就是否改变国旗图案一事举行全民公决。
Mr Key said that the current flag represented a
Mr Key said that the current flag represented a "post-colonial era" that had passed
 
Mr Key, who on Monday called an election for 20 September, said the vote would be held within three years. 
 
The current flag shows the Southern Cross constellation1 and includes the Union Jack2 - the UK's national flag - in one corner. 
 
Mr Key said the flag represented a period of history from which New Zealand had moved on. 
 
"It's my belief... that the design of the New Zealand flag symbolises a colonial and post-colonial era whose time has passed," he said in a speech at Victoria University. 
 
"The flag remains3 dominated by the Union Jack in a way that we ourselves are no longer dominated by the United Kingdom."
 
"I am proposing that we take one more step in the evolution of modern New Zealand by acknowledging our independence through a new flag."
 
Mr Key said that he liked the silver fern - popularised by national teams including the All Blacks - as an option, saying efforts by New Zealand's athletes gave "the silver fern on a black background a distinctive4 and uniquely New Zealand identity".
 
But he said he was open to all ideas and that retaining the current flag was "a very possible outcome of this process".


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1 constellation CptzI     
n.星座n.灿烂的一群
参考例句:
  • A constellation is a pattern of stars as seen from the earth. 一个星座只是从地球上看到的某些恒星的一种样子。
  • The Big Dipper is not by itself a constellation. 北斗七星本身不是一个星座。
2 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
参考例句:
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
3 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
参考例句:
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
4 distinctive Es5xr     
adj.特别的,有特色的,与众不同的
参考例句:
  • She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
  • This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。
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