Meredith is showing Henry a book about flags that she's been reading:

　　Meredith: Check out all these flags!

　　 Henry : The colors are so vivid.1

　　Meredith: Which one is your favorite?

　　 Henry : I like Kenya's flag. The two spears and shield look very cool.

　　Meredith: Those ancient weapons symbolize Kenya's traditional culture.

　　 Henry : What about the flag of Liberia? It really resembles2 the American flag.

　　Meredith: That's right. Freed slaves founded Liberia, and they wanted to show they shared the same values as the United States.

　　 Henry : I see South Korea's flag has a yin-yang symbol.

　　Meredith: That symbol tells us how much the Korean people value3 harmony.4

　　 Henry : Nepal's flag isn't very conventional.5 It's not rectangular like all the other flags.

　　Meredith: The flag is actually made up of two pennants. Each pennant represents one of the two branches of Nepal's royal family.

　　 Henry : Look at that sunset on Kiribati's flag! It's so pretty!

　　Meredith: I agree. The sea bird and ocean waves make me want to go to the beach!

　　 Henry : It would be wonderful if someday all these countries could live together in peace.

　　Meredith: I know how you feel. There are so many countries, but we all call the same earth home.

　　 Henry : Maybe one day, the flag of the United Nations will unite6 all of us in brotherhood.

　　梅芮狄丝正给亨利看一本她最近在读的国旗相关书籍。

　　梅芮狄丝：看看这些国旗！ 　　

　　 亨利：颜色好鲜艳啊。

　　梅芮狄丝：你最喜欢哪一面？

　　亨利：我最喜欢肯尼亚的国旗。那两支长矛和盾牌看起来超酷。

　　梅芮狄丝：那两种古代的武器象征着肯尼亚的传统文化。

　　亨利：那利比里亚的国旗呢？看起来好像美国国旗喔。

　　梅芮狄丝：没错。当年被解放的黑奴成立了利比里亚共和国，他们想表现他们和美国有相同的价值观。

　　亨利：我看到南韩的国旗有阴阳的太极图象征。

　　梅芮狄丝：由此可知韩国人民有多重视和谐。

　　亨利：尼泊尔的国旗很特别。它不像其他国旗一样都是矩形的。

　　梅芮狄丝：事实上，它是由两面三角旗组成的，代表尼泊尔皇室家族的两个分支。 　　亨利：你看基里巴斯共和国国旗上的落日！好美喔！

　　梅芮狄丝：我也这样觉得。看到那上面的海鸟和海浪，让我很想去海滩一游呢。

　　亨利：如果有一天，所有的国家都能和平共处该有多好。

　　梅芮狄丝：我了解你的意思。虽有这么多不同的国家，但地球是我们共同的家。

　　亨利：或许有一天，联合国的旗帜会将全人类结合在一起，四海之内皆兄弟。

　　Vocabulary

　　1. vivid adj. colorful; bright 鲜明的；鲜艳的

　　

　　In the tropics, you'll see a lot of flowers and birds with vivid colors.

　　在热带地区，你会看见许多色彩鲜艳的花和鸟。

　　2. resemble v. to look like sb./sth. else 和…相似

　　
　　My brother resembles our mother, but I look more like our father.

　　我的哥哥比较像妈妈，但我长得比较像爸爸。

　　3. value v. to think sb./sth. is very important; to treasure 重视；珍惜

　　Teddy really values his stamp collection, so he takes good care of it.

　　泰迪相当珍视所收藏的邮票，所以将它们保存得很好。

　　4. harmony n. a state of balance; peace 和谐

　　Our family lives in harmony, so we rarely have arguments.

　　我的家人相处和睦，因此我们很少吵架。

　　5. conventional adj. normal; usual 常见的；依惯例的

　　The conventional way to travel from Taiwan to Hong Kong is by air.

　　从台北到香港最常见的交通方式是搭飞机。

　　 6. unite v. to bring together; to make as one 统一

　　sb./sth 敬礼；向 … 表示敬意

　　

　　The politicians were arguing about whether South Korea should unite with North Korea.

　　政治人物正为南韩是否该与北韩统一而争论不休。