10月1日 星期二 小雨

This morning, I got up at about 5 o’ clock unwillingly. It was still dark outside. The street lamps pillars stood still in the rain, giving off faint light. On the lonely street, I was walking alone. I was going to my school for an honorable mission-to attend the ceremony of raising the national flag to celebrate the National Day.

When I got to the school, I found most of other people had already arrived. All of them were in high spirit, with bunches of flowers in their hands. A few minute later, we set out for the Exhibiton Museum where the ceremony was about to take place. After a while, we arrived. At that time, groups of people already gathered there. Clerks from Hua Feng Company were right there beside our team. Beside, there were crowds of folks along the road who came here voluntarily. Student teams took up 50 percent of all the parade procession. I thought I was lucky to be a member of it.

At about five past six, the mayor made an announcement that the ceremony of raising the national flag began. The national anthem was played, and the national flag rose higher and higher in the exciting and inspiring rhythm. Suddenly, I thought of the most exciting moment in the Olympic Games. The one who stood on the highest award-receiving platform was a Chinese, and the flag which was flying over in the highest position was our five-star red flag. In the female badminton competition, all the winners were Chinese. The five-star red flag reddened the whole gymnasium, and also reddened every Chinese’s faces. At that moment, honors, glories and pride were so infinite that nothing could compare.

The ceremony was over. The dawn was coming, and the national flag was dancing in the wind. It seemed as if it was telling us the stories of the past 51 years and showing its great expectations for the future.

2000年10月1日 星期二 小雨

早上五点多，我极不情愿地离开了温暖的被窝。外面天黑得让人害怕，路灯在雨帘里显得朦朦胧胧，在这只有路灯相伴的空旷的马路上，只有我一个人在行走，今天我要赶往学校去参加一项光荣的任务――国庆升旗仪式。

到了学校，已经来了多一半的人了，只见他们个个精神抖擞，手持花束。没等几分钟，队伍便出发了，我们朝着展览馆的方向行进。没过几分钟，我们就已到达目的地，只见展览馆门前已来了不少方队，我们队伍的旁边站的是华丰商厦的职工，并且路边还有许多自发来的群众。学生方队似乎只占这游行队伍的一半，今天我能成为这其中的一员，真是很幸运。

六点五分左右，市长宣布升旗仪式开始，乐队奏着国歌，国旗随着激昂的乐声冉冉升起，此时我突然想起奥运会上那令人激动的一幕：中国人站在最高的领奖台上，中国的五星红旗升在最高的地方，尤其是羽毛球女子双打的领奖台上，六个运动员全部是中国人，那升起的一片灿烂红旗映红了整个体育馆，映红了每个中国人的脸庞，在那一刻所感受到光荣、自豪，以及民族的骄傲是至高无尚的。

升旗仪式结束了，黎明破晓，红旗迎风招展，述说着五十一年的辉煌与沧桑，显示着对未来的希望。