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Australia Day is celebrated annually on January the 26th. It is an official national holiday and most Australians take the day off work. All schools close. Australia Day commemorates the creation of the first British settlement in Australia in 1788. Captain Arthur Phillip, the very first Governor of New South Wales, set up a community to run a prison in what is now Sydney. The earliest records of Australia Day date back to 1808. Not all Australians celebrate this day. Many Aboriginal Australians do not like the idea of a dayto celebrate the British landing. Aborigines have dubbed the 26 January as "Invasion Day" or "Survival Day". The latter name celebrates the fact that the Aboriginal peoples and culture have not been wiped out.
澳大利亞國慶日定于每年的1月26日慶祝。國慶日是官方假期，絕大部分澳大利亞人會在這一天休息。所有學校放假。澳大利亞國慶日慶祝的是1788年英國在澳大利亞建立了第一個殖民區。新南威爾士州首任總督亞瑟·菲力浦在如今的悉尼建立了監獄。最早的澳大利亞國慶日記錄可以追溯到1808年。并不是所有的澳大利亞人都慶祝這一節日。許多澳洲土著居民并不喜歡慶祝英國人登陸的日子。土著人將這一天稱之為“侵略日”或是“生存日”。這些名字說明土著人和土著文化依然存在。
The Prime Minister announces the Australian of the Year on the eve of Australia Day. This goes to the Australian who has made a "significant contribution to the Australian community and nation and is an inspirational role model for the Australian community". There are many other celebrations across the country, including many spectacular fireworks displays. The biggest one is in Perth, capital of Western Australia. Sydney holds a tall ships race in its world famous harbour. Other state and territory capitals hold their own celebrations. Australia’s Prime Minister usually makes a speech to the nation and talks about what being an Australian means and how proud Australians should be of their country.
首相宣布澳大利亞年度獎將在澳大利亞國慶日前夕公布。獎項將頒給為澳大利亞社區和國家做出過卓越貢獻的人，以及那些成為澳大利亞社區精神模范的人。全國將為國慶節將舉辦多種慶祝活動，包括盛大的煙火表演。其中最大的煙火表演在西澳洲的首都佩斯。悉尼將在世界著名的海港舉辦高桅橫帆船比賽。其他州和地區首都也將擁有自己的慶祝方式。澳大利亞首相經常會在這一天進行演講，并談論關于成為澳大利亞人的意義，以及澳大利亞人應該為生活在這個國家感到驕傲等話題。
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