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97.Why does the flag have 50 stars?
97.美国国旗为何有50颗星？
Answer: Because there is one star for each state; Because each star represents a state; Because there are 50 states
答案：因为每个州对应着一颗星；因为每颗星代表一个州；因为美国有50个州
Explanation: The design (or plan) for the flag of the United States has changed 26 times in the country's short history.
解释：美国国旗的图样（或设计图）在该国短暂的历史中修改过26次。
When the Declaration of Independence was written, the United States didn't have a flag.
当《独立宣言》写好了的时候，美国还没有国旗。
The first flag was adopted (or chosen to be used) on June 14, 1777.
第一面国旗是在1777年6月14日被采用的（或被选用的）。
Now we commemorate (or remember) that day by celebrating June 14 as Flag Day every year.
如今，我们把每年的6月14日作为国旗日庆祝来纪念（或记住）这一天。
Most Americans are taught and believe that a woman named Betsy Ross designed and sewed (or made from fabric) the first U.S. flag.
大多数美国人都被教导并且认为一位名叫贝齐·罗斯的妇女设计并缝制了（或由布料制成）第一面美国国旗。
Most historians think that she actually didn't do this, but it has become a popular story among Americans.
大多数历史学家认为她其实没做过这事，但是这一故事在美国是家喻户晓。
The story is so commonplace (or popular and easy to find) that the first U.S. flag is usually called "the Betsy Ross flag."
这个故事是如此普遍（或流行且容易找到），以至于第一面美国国旗通常被称为“贝齐·罗斯旗”。
The Betsy Ross flag had the same 13 red and white horizontal stripes (or lines that run from left to right) as the U.S. flag does today.
贝齐·罗斯旗和现在的美国国旗一样有相同的13道红白相间的横条（或从左至右的线条）。
But it had fewer stars.
但它的星星数更少。
In 1777, when the flag was made, there were only 13 states, so the flag had only 13 stars, with one for each state.
1777年，当国旗做好了的时候，美国只有13个州，所以该旗只有13颗星，每个州对应着一颗星。
The stars were in a circle on top of the blue part of the flag.
这些星星围成一个圈，位于该旗蓝色部分的顶部。
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