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如果这个国是加拿大呢？
很奇怪这里的人也没有学习政治这门课，为什么每年到71的时候，满街人们挥舞着国旗，穿着国旗颜色的衣服，脸上洋溢着欢乐、幸福的表情~~~ 那么他们爱不爱这个国家呢? 他们爱这个国家的理由是什么呢~~~
可能我们这些一代移民受的基础教育不同,所以盲目,所以不理解, 但是看了下面google 出来的139条原因,觉得爱国的原因其实很简单\直接\纯朴\实在~~
1. The toque. For inventing hat hair, Canuck-style.
2. Joni Mitchell. The Prairie priestess of poetry. For singing Butterbox Babies and A Case of You.
3. Tim Hortons. For brewing coffee that tastes as good as it smells. And for chocolate sour cream Timbits.
4. Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Because he could do handsprings, and drove a gull-wing Mercedes roadster. Because he made us think about what our country means to us.
5. Polar bears. Big, white, beautiful.
6. The anti-gun rack. In which our pickup trucks carry umbrellas, not automatic weapons.
7. McIntosh apple. That sweet crunch was brought to you by Ontario's Johnny (Appleseed) McIntosh, in 1796.
8. Wayne Gretzky. You don't have to be a hockey fan to call the pride of Brantford a great athlete, and one classy guy.
9. Salmon. Our iconic survivor.
10. Greenpeace. For raising global environmental consciousness, and for saving whales.
11. Paul Anka. From Puppy Love to (You're) Having My Baby, the smooth Ottawa-born crooner has done it his way.
12. Agnes McPhail. Here's to the leader of the pack: The first woman elected to Parliament, in 1921.
13. Bill Reid. World-renowned Haida artist and touchstone of a vibrant, cherished native culture.
14. Perogies. Smothered with butter, fried onions and sour cream. Thank you, old country.
15. The Canadian Shield. Impenetrable and massive, this central Canadian layer of igneous rock and coniferous forest is our protective shell.
16. Snow. Because we can't control it. And can't stop talking about it.
17. Cindy Klassen. Speed skater extraordinaire, her six Olympic medals are the most won by a Canadian.
18. The Maple Leaf. Our flag, bold and graphically spare, makes the heart swell.
19. Finola Hackett. Because she's gracious and can spell poiesis. And she's 14, giving us hope for the next generation.
20. Arthur Erickson. He lives in a backyard Eden, but his buildings are all business, stark and purposeful.
21. Melting pot. Our ethnic soup does not always make for a smooth multicultural mix, but mostly it works.
22. Alice Munro. The best short-story writer on the planet. Period.
23. Bay Street. Because Wall Street needs an evil twin.
24. Tilley Endurables. It's rain and sun repellent, has a secret pocket and operator's manual. And it's just a hat.
25. Cougar. King of the Canadian jungle.
26. Howie Mandel. Obsessive-compulsive, bald, funny. The real deal.
27. The Carmanah Giant. Because no one grows trees like we do.
28. Emily Carr. Eccentric and brilliant, from The Book of Small to the Kitwancool totem, the quintessential West Coast artist.
29. Canola. Good for us, and good for the Prairies.
30. Canadian bacon. Make fun if you will, as long as you serve it crisp.
31. Bonnie Fuller. Exclusive! The globe's No. 1 tabloid trash queen.
32. Quiet pride. We wear patriotism on our backpacks, where it should be.
33. Hudson's Bay point blanket. Warm, fuzzy symbolism for 226 years.
34. Beer. There are just some things we do better.
35. Michael Smith. He's gone, but the legacy of his biotechnical UBC work and his Nobel Prize for chemistry live on.
36. The Laurentians. Our coat of many colours.
37. In Flanders Fields. The heartrending poppy poem was penned in 1915 by Ontario surgeon John McCrae, on the battlefield of Ypres.
38. Nellie McClung. One of The Famous Five suffragettes, we still hear her feminist roar.
39. Ben Mulroney. Because he makes his dad seem human, and because he makes more money than Peter Mansbridge.
40. Red serge. Our cops, from the musical ride to that sexy uniform, are standouts.
41. Newfoundland. Cod, screech, seal pups, that third official language. We love the Rock.
42. Narwhal. Think about it. A unicorn. In the ocean. Awesome.
43. William and Harry. Because they are real royalty, and hotties to boot.
44. Kim Campbell. Our first and only female prime minister. Swished her hips and took no prisoners.
45. Prairie wheat. The staff of life. Picturesque cash crop. For miles and miles.
46. Conrad Black. For marrying smart, and loving newspapers.
47. Celine Dion. Forget the wedding, the husband and all that fromage. It's the voice that counts.
48. Maple syrup. Without which pancakes would just be a stack of fried flour.
49. Jimmy Pattison. For being a bashful billionaire, and buying the Chairman of the Board's house.
50. The White Spot. Here's to Nat Bailey, and his Triple-O cheeseburger.
51. Rideau Canal. Ice, skates, twinkle lights, hot chocolate. Norman Rockwell lives.
52. Anne of Green Gables. A multimillion-dollar industry, but still our pig-tailed P.E.I. scamp.
53. Robert Munsch. We love him, and his children's books, forever.
54. Bushes and boulders. Deserts, glaciers, sea shores, tropical forests, rivers, mountains, lakes, plains. Talk about having it all under one roof.
55. Todd McFarlane. He illustrated Spider-Man, spawned Spawn and bought that Mark McGwire baseball.
56. Giant pumpkins. Nova Scotia's Howard Dill had an idea. It grew to 1,446 pounds.
57. Canada Dry Ginger Ale. Invented by Toronto chemist John A. McLaughlin in 1907.
58. Manners. Some call us conservative. We call us polite.
59. Terry Fox. For still giving cancer a run for the money, 25 years on.
60. Water. We have it. Crisp, clean, cold. Lots of it.
61. 32 Million. Because we could all move to California, and there'd still be room to roam.
62. Grey Owl. The controversial self-adopted native Indian redeemed himself with a devotion to conservation.
63. Niagara Falls. Spectacular doesn't begin to describe them.
64. Poutine. French junk food. The real reason we put up with Quebec's familial hissy fits.
65. Alex Trebek. Who is that sophisticated, stalwart Jeopardy wrangler?
66. Sandra Schmirler. Pride of Saskatchewan, she'll always be our curling Queen of Hearts.
67. Kurt Browning. Magic on ice, part two.
68. Weekly Scoop. It didn't survive the tabloid wars, but gave good gossip while it lasted.
69. Smokey Smith. Pte. Ernest Alvia Smith. Late Victoria Cross recipient. Canadian hero.
70. Trivial Pursuit. In which two Canadian journalists turn question-asking into early retirement.
71. Leonard Cohen. For having a way with words, and lyrics. For Suzanne.
72. Michael J. Fox. Dignity in the face of debilitation.
73. Lynn Johnston. For turning an ordinary Canadian family, for better or for worse, into a world-famous cartoon.
74. William Shatner. Earth to Captain Kirk: you rock our world.
75. Eh. Say it loud. Say it proud.
76. Norman Bethune. The original doctor without borders.
77. Francophones. There'd be no Canada without them.
78. Pysanka. Vegreville's giant roadside Ukrainian Easter egg, proof positive that we have a sense of humour.
79. Paul Watson. Modern-day pirate. For making environmental waves.
80. Toronto Blue Jays. For putting world in the World Series.
81. Spotted owl. For shining a light on the creatures in the trees. And because we think Jack Munro once ate one for breakfast.
82. The border. An 8,891-kilometre room divider.
83. Stuart McLean. The original fireside chatter, his stories unwrap our collective soul.
84. Lake of the Woods. 14,542 islands, 65,000 miles of shoreline. Now that's cottage country.
85. Glenn Gould. Our troubled musical genius, with the unforgettable keyboard hunch.
86. The Bricklin. Which taught us to leave the car business to the big boys in Detroit.
87. Peter Gzowski. Proof that a journalist can attract more flies with honey than vinegar.
88. Sour toe cocktail. And you think it was gold that put the Yukon on the map.
89. Belinda Stronach. For dumping Peter and befriending Bill. For being interesting.
90. Mike Holmes: For those biceps and for teaching us the meaning of home renovation caveat emptor.
91. The Friendly Giant. Before Bert and Ernie, there was Jerome and Rusty and that little chair to rock in.
92. Grizzly bear. Big, brown and beautiful.
93. Farley Mowat. The Dog Who Wouldn't Be. Never Cry Wolf. The Boat Who Wouldn't Float. A Whale For The Killing. 'Nuff said.
94. Nunavut. For being there, quiet and self-contained, the crown of a nation.
95. Burton Cummings. For American Woman. And These Eyes. And because this is my list, and he's my crush.
96. The Rockies. Because every country needs a backbone.
97. Frank Gehry. From the
Bilbao Museum to the Music Experience, his cool, curvy architecture is the new modernism.
98. Ken Read. For carving the path to Olympic downhill dominance, and for putting the crazy in Canuck.
99. Angus Reid. For turning navel-gazing into a national sport.
100. Bob and Doug McKenzie. For making hosers, and the Great White North, totally hip.
101. Steve Nash. Here's to the little guy who made it in the basketball bigs.
102. David Foster. The master musician and pop producer is there for our sick kids.
103. Maureen Forrester. The voice that roared, her contralto has charmed the symphonic world.
104. Winnipeg. Mosquitoes, wind, sub-zero winters and pancake horizon, yet 700,000 of us seem to like it.
105. Barenaked Ladies. If we had a million dollars, we'd send them a thank-you note just for being sassy.
106. Shania Twain. Country siren in a leopard coat.
107. Canadian brain: From plastic garbage bags to goalie masks, from basketball to the Jolly Jumper, we have given the world more than one million inventions.
108. Blue $5, purple $10. No monochromatic greenbacks for us. Our money is funny.
109. Blame Canada. Terrorists. Blackouts. Social liberalism. Thanks, South Park. It's fun to be the scapegoat.
110. Sturgeon. That last of the living dinosaurs.
111. Que Pasa. North of the border, these Vancouver-made tortilla chips are simply the best.
112. Newt Suit. When you're safe and dry, 1,000 feet under the sea, tip your tank to Vancouver's Phil Nuytten.
113. Four Seasons. From sea to shining sea, a lovely ever-changing national mood swing.
114. Democracy. One free vote. Priceless.
115. Simon Fraser. For charting our borders, and taking on those rapids.
116. Beaver. Because, as a national symbol, the eagle is just so obvious.
117. CBC. It's bad, but we just can't seem to quit it.
118. Canadarm. Twenty-five years ago, on the space shuttle, we reached out and touched the world.
119. Moose. Improbable forest titan. With quite the rack.
120. Inukshuk. Rock's best balancing act, and our ubiquitous answer to Stonehenge.
121. Zed. Because we're alphabet purists, and Zee just won't do.
122. Ken Taylor. His Canadian caper while ambassador in Iran -- securing the release of six U.S. hostages from Tehran in 1979 -- still carries bragging rights.
123. Karen Kain. Tiny dancer, amazing grace under nutcracking pressure.
124. Highway signs. Green and white and read all over. Easily.
125. Donovan Bailey. 1996 Olympics. 100 metres. 9.84 seconds. Faster than wind.
126. Alanis Morissette. Her 30 million Jagged Little Pills proved there's no fury like a pop singer scorned.
127. Honest Ed Mirvish. For driving a hard bargain, for enriching Canadian theatre and for giving back to the community.
128. Tar sands. The other Alberta oilers.
129. Timothy Eaton. Canada's first shopaholic opened that flagship department store way back in 1869 in Toronto.
130. Brent Carver. For his Broadway turn, and his Tony, in Kiss of the Spider Woman.
131. Dinosaurs. No, not Ralph Klein, but the paleontological pile of bones in Drumheller's Royal Tyrrell Museum.
132. Ken Thomson. For his business smarts, and for donating $300-plus million worth of art to our museums.
133. Elaine Tanner. The Vancouver-born Mighty Mouse swam her way to the Olympic podium three times in 1968.
134. Louis Riel. Because every nation needs a rebel with a cause.
135. Roberta Bondar. For going where no Canadian girl had gone before -- into space.
136. Larry Walker. A Maple Ridge natural, he set the Major League Baseball standard for rookies like Jess Francis.
137. Jim Carrey. Must be something in the water, because we breed the funniest comedians. Ever.
138. Canada. It's easy to spell. It means village. What's not to like?
139. 139 candles. Because our future is so bright we should be wearing shades.
很奇怪这里的人也没有学习政治这门课，为什么每年到71的时候，满街人们挥舞着国旗，穿着国旗颜色的衣服，脸上洋溢着欢乐、幸福的表情~~~ 那么他们爱不爱这个国家呢? 他们爱这个国家的理由是什么呢~~~
可能我们这些一代移民受的基础教育不同,所以盲目,所以不理解, 但是看了下面google 出来的139条原因,觉得爱国的原因其实很简单\直接\纯朴\实在~~
1. The toque. For inventing hat hair, Canuck-style.
2. Joni Mitchell. The Prairie priestess of poetry. For singing Butterbox Babies and A Case of You.
3. Tim Hortons. For brewing coffee that tastes as good as it smells. And for chocolate sour cream Timbits.
4. Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Because he could do handsprings, and drove a gull-wing Mercedes roadster. Because he made us think about what our country means to us.
5. Polar bears. Big, white, beautiful.
6. The anti-gun rack. In which our pickup trucks carry umbrellas, not automatic weapons.
7. McIntosh apple. That sweet crunch was brought to you by Ontario's Johnny (Appleseed) McIntosh, in 1796.
8. Wayne Gretzky. You don't have to be a hockey fan to call the pride of Brantford a great athlete, and one classy guy.
9. Salmon. Our iconic survivor.
10. Greenpeace. For raising global environmental consciousness, and for saving whales.
11. Paul Anka. From Puppy Love to (You're) Having My Baby, the smooth Ottawa-born crooner has done it his way.
12. Agnes McPhail. Here's to the leader of the pack: The first woman elected to Parliament, in 1921.
13. Bill Reid. World-renowned Haida artist and touchstone of a vibrant, cherished native culture.
14. Perogies. Smothered with butter, fried onions and sour cream. Thank you, old country.
15. The Canadian Shield. Impenetrable and massive, this central Canadian layer of igneous rock and coniferous forest is our protective shell.
16. Snow. Because we can't control it. And can't stop talking about it.
17. Cindy Klassen. Speed skater extraordinaire, her six Olympic medals are the most won by a Canadian.
18. The Maple Leaf. Our flag, bold and graphically spare, makes the heart swell.
19. Finola Hackett. Because she's gracious and can spell poiesis. And she's 14, giving us hope for the next generation.
20. Arthur Erickson. He lives in a backyard Eden, but his buildings are all business, stark and purposeful.
21. Melting pot. Our ethnic soup does not always make for a smooth multicultural mix, but mostly it works.
22. Alice Munro. The best short-story writer on the planet. Period.
23. Bay Street. Because Wall Street needs an evil twin.
24. Tilley Endurables. It's rain and sun repellent, has a secret pocket and operator's manual. And it's just a hat.
25. Cougar. King of the Canadian jungle.
26. Howie Mandel. Obsessive-compulsive, bald, funny. The real deal.
27. The Carmanah Giant. Because no one grows trees like we do.
28. Emily Carr. Eccentric and brilliant, from The Book of Small to the Kitwancool totem, the quintessential West Coast artist.
29. Canola. Good for us, and good for the Prairies.
30. Canadian bacon. Make fun if you will, as long as you serve it crisp.
31. Bonnie Fuller. Exclusive! The globe's No. 1 tabloid trash queen.
32. Quiet pride. We wear patriotism on our backpacks, where it should be.
33. Hudson's Bay point blanket. Warm, fuzzy symbolism for 226 years.
34. Beer. There are just some things we do better.
35. Michael Smith. He's gone, but the legacy of his biotechnical UBC work and his Nobel Prize for chemistry live on.
36. The Laurentians. Our coat of many colours.
37. In Flanders Fields. The heartrending poppy poem was penned in 1915 by Ontario surgeon John McCrae, on the battlefield of Ypres.
38. Nellie McClung. One of The Famous Five suffragettes, we still hear her feminist roar.
39. Ben Mulroney. Because he makes his dad seem human, and because he makes more money than Peter Mansbridge.
40. Red serge. Our cops, from the musical ride to that sexy uniform, are standouts.
41. Newfoundland. Cod, screech, seal pups, that third official language. We love the Rock.
42. Narwhal. Think about it. A unicorn. In the ocean. Awesome.
43. William and Harry. Because they are real royalty, and hotties to boot.
44. Kim Campbell. Our first and only female prime minister. Swished her hips and took no prisoners.
45. Prairie wheat. The staff of life. Picturesque cash crop. For miles and miles.
46. Conrad Black. For marrying smart, and loving newspapers.
47. Celine Dion. Forget the wedding, the husband and all that fromage. It's the voice that counts.
48. Maple syrup. Without which pancakes would just be a stack of fried flour.
49. Jimmy Pattison. For being a bashful billionaire, and buying the Chairman of the Board's house.
50. The White Spot. Here's to Nat Bailey, and his Triple-O cheeseburger.
51. Rideau Canal. Ice, skates, twinkle lights, hot chocolate. Norman Rockwell lives.
52. Anne of Green Gables. A multimillion-dollar industry, but still our pig-tailed P.E.I. scamp.
53. Robert Munsch. We love him, and his children's books, forever.
54. Bushes and boulders. Deserts, glaciers, sea shores, tropical forests, rivers, mountains, lakes, plains. Talk about having it all under one roof.
55. Todd McFarlane. He illustrated Spider-Man, spawned Spawn and bought that Mark McGwire baseball.
56. Giant pumpkins. Nova Scotia's Howard Dill had an idea. It grew to 1,446 pounds.
57. Canada Dry Ginger Ale. Invented by Toronto chemist John A. McLaughlin in 1907.
58. Manners. Some call us conservative. We call us polite.
59. Terry Fox. For still giving cancer a run for the money, 25 years on.
60. Water. We have it. Crisp, clean, cold. Lots of it.
61. 32 Million. Because we could all move to California, and there'd still be room to roam.
62. Grey Owl. The controversial self-adopted native Indian redeemed himself with a devotion to conservation.
63. Niagara Falls. Spectacular doesn't begin to describe them.
64. Poutine. French junk food. The real reason we put up with Quebec's familial hissy fits.
65. Alex Trebek. Who is that sophisticated, stalwart Jeopardy wrangler?
66. Sandra Schmirler. Pride of Saskatchewan, she'll always be our curling Queen of Hearts.
67. Kurt Browning. Magic on ice, part two.
68. Weekly Scoop. It didn't survive the tabloid wars, but gave good gossip while it lasted.
69. Smokey Smith. Pte. Ernest Alvia Smith. Late Victoria Cross recipient. Canadian hero.
70. Trivial Pursuit. In which two Canadian journalists turn question-asking into early retirement.
71. Leonard Cohen. For having a way with words, and lyrics. For Suzanne.
72. Michael J. Fox. Dignity in the face of debilitation.
73. Lynn Johnston. For turning an ordinary Canadian family, for better or for worse, into a world-famous cartoon.
74. William Shatner. Earth to Captain Kirk: you rock our world.
75. Eh. Say it loud. Say it proud.
76. Norman Bethune. The original doctor without borders.
77. Francophones. There'd be no Canada without them.
78. Pysanka. Vegreville's giant roadside Ukrainian Easter egg, proof positive that we have a sense of humour.
79. Paul Watson. Modern-day pirate. For making environmental waves.
80. Toronto Blue Jays. For putting world in the World Series.
81. Spotted owl. For shining a light on the creatures in the trees. And because we think Jack Munro once ate one for breakfast.
82. The border. An 8,891-kilometre room divider.
83. Stuart McLean. The original fireside chatter, his stories unwrap our collective soul.
84. Lake of the Woods. 14,542 islands, 65,000 miles of shoreline. Now that's cottage country.
85. Glenn Gould. Our troubled musical genius, with the unforgettable keyboard hunch.
86. The Bricklin. Which taught us to leave the car business to the big boys in Detroit.
87. Peter Gzowski. Proof that a journalist can attract more flies with honey than vinegar.
88. Sour toe cocktail. And you think it was gold that put the Yukon on the map.
89. Belinda Stronach. For dumping Peter and befriending Bill. For being interesting.
90. Mike Holmes: For those biceps and for teaching us the meaning of home renovation caveat emptor.
91. The Friendly Giant. Before Bert and Ernie, there was Jerome and Rusty and that little chair to rock in.
92. Grizzly bear. Big, brown and beautiful.
93. Farley Mowat. The Dog Who Wouldn't Be. Never Cry Wolf. The Boat Who Wouldn't Float. A Whale For The Killing. 'Nuff said.
94. Nunavut. For being there, quiet and self-contained, the crown of a nation.
95. Burton Cummings. For American Woman. And These Eyes. And because this is my list, and he's my crush.
96. The Rockies. Because every country needs a backbone.
97. Frank Gehry. From the
Bilbao Museum to the Music Experience, his cool, curvy architecture is the new modernism.
98. Ken Read. For carving the path to Olympic downhill dominance, and for putting the crazy in Canuck.
99. Angus Reid. For turning navel-gazing into a national sport.
100. Bob and Doug McKenzie. For making hosers, and the Great White North, totally hip.
101. Steve Nash. Here's to the little guy who made it in the basketball bigs.
102. David Foster. The master musician and pop producer is there for our sick kids.
103. Maureen Forrester. The voice that roared, her contralto has charmed the symphonic world.
104. Winnipeg. Mosquitoes, wind, sub-zero winters and pancake horizon, yet 700,000 of us seem to like it.
105. Barenaked Ladies. If we had a million dollars, we'd send them a thank-you note just for being sassy.
106. Shania Twain. Country siren in a leopard coat.
107. Canadian brain: From plastic garbage bags to goalie masks, from basketball to the Jolly Jumper, we have given the world more than one million inventions.
108. Blue $5, purple $10. No monochromatic greenbacks for us. Our money is funny.
109. Blame Canada. Terrorists. Blackouts. Social liberalism. Thanks, South Park. It's fun to be the scapegoat.
110. Sturgeon. That last of the living dinosaurs.
111. Que Pasa. North of the border, these Vancouver-made tortilla chips are simply the best.
112. Newt Suit. When you're safe and dry, 1,000 feet under the sea, tip your tank to Vancouver's Phil Nuytten.
113. Four Seasons. From sea to shining sea, a lovely ever-changing national mood swing.
114. Democracy. One free vote. Priceless.
115. Simon Fraser. For charting our borders, and taking on those rapids.
116. Beaver. Because, as a national symbol, the eagle is just so obvious.
117. CBC. It's bad, but we just can't seem to quit it.
118. Canadarm. Twenty-five years ago, on the space shuttle, we reached out and touched the world.
119. Moose. Improbable forest titan. With quite the rack.
120. Inukshuk. Rock's best balancing act, and our ubiquitous answer to Stonehenge.
121. Zed. Because we're alphabet purists, and Zee just won't do.
122. Ken Taylor. His Canadian caper while ambassador in Iran -- securing the release of six U.S. hostages from Tehran in 1979 -- still carries bragging rights.
123. Karen Kain. Tiny dancer, amazing grace under nutcracking pressure.
124. Highway signs. Green and white and read all over. Easily.
125. Donovan Bailey. 1996 Olympics. 100 metres. 9.84 seconds. Faster than wind.
126. Alanis Morissette. Her 30 million Jagged Little Pills proved there's no fury like a pop singer scorned.
127. Honest Ed Mirvish. For driving a hard bargain, for enriching Canadian theatre and for giving back to the community.
128. Tar sands. The other Alberta oilers.
129. Timothy Eaton. Canada's first shopaholic opened that flagship department store way back in 1869 in Toronto.
130. Brent Carver. For his Broadway turn, and his Tony, in Kiss of the Spider Woman.
131. Dinosaurs. No, not Ralph Klein, but the paleontological pile of bones in Drumheller's Royal Tyrrell Museum.
132. Ken Thomson. For his business smarts, and for donating $300-plus million worth of art to our museums.
133. Elaine Tanner. The Vancouver-born Mighty Mouse swam her way to the Olympic podium three times in 1968.
134. Louis Riel. Because every nation needs a rebel with a cause.
135. Roberta Bondar. For going where no Canadian girl had gone before -- into space.
136. Larry Walker. A Maple Ridge natural, he set the Major League Baseball standard for rookies like Jess Francis.
137. Jim Carrey. Must be something in the water, because we breed the funniest comedians. Ever.
138. Canada. It's easy to spell. It means village. What's not to like?
139. 139 candles. Because our future is so bright we should be wearing shades.
