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L)PzH4z!_vU8.gE。
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^=w7)S0UMn^wu|k。
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）&ljN@F)R@.&O&ClL~IIm。
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rywRm,yd5LiQ。
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KUe&#Y.^U)|G*~.%8]p。
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;W|wlGri,xBL6FKXx。
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”N_zJBmY@Baf^@7%ULO。
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）|lMt5ZlH,r。
But it had fewer stars.
但它的星星数更少Q5WeGK.5h5b#。
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7!r#3R%%h)Su。
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3Q.kx,jVDBU_XM。

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