最近，你有沒有發現到到處都有紅色的罌粟花？ 你的孩子有沒有帶了一兩朵回家？
The red poppy is a symbol of Remembrance Day and wearing one around this time of year is a long-standing tradition in the UK.
Remembrance Day is on 11th November every year. It marks the day when World War I ended and reminds us of the men and women who have served in wars and conflicts around the world, as well as those who have sacrificed their lives.
The red poppy became a symbol of remembrance and hope when poppies began to grow in the World War I battlefields in Flanders, Belgium (a battlefield during the war).
紅色罌粟花是國殤紀念日（Remembrance Day）的象徵，每年這個時候，按照英國傳統，人們會在胸前佩戴紅色罌粟花。
每年11月11日是英國的國殤紀念日（Remembrance Day）。這一天標誌著第一次世界大戰結束後的日子，並紀念在世界各地不同戰爭中陣亡和犧牲的男男女女。當紅色罌粟花開始在比利時佛蘭德斯（第一次世界大戰戰場）生長時，它便成為了紀念和希望的象徵。
Your child may have learnt about this in school through the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ by John Mcrae.
你的孩子也許會在學校裡通過閱讀約翰·麥克雷（John Mcrae）的詩 ’In Flanders Fields’ 認識到這一段歷史。
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.Take up our quarrel with the foe:
In Flanders Fields by John Mcrae
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
The Royal British Legion, a charity, runs the Poppy Appeal every year to support serving and ex-serving men and women, and their families. People can purchase a poppy to show their support.
This is why every year around this time, poppies appear everywhere!
英國皇家退伍軍人協會（The Royal British Legion）是一家慈善機構，每年都會舉辦一個名叫「Poppy Appeal」的活動，以支持現役和退役軍人及其家人。人們亦可以購買罌粟花來表達他們的支持。
這就是為甚麼每年這個時候，英國到處都會出現罌粟花！
實用詞彙
Symbol 象徵
Remembrance 紀念
Poppy 罌粟花
Sacrificed 犧牲
Tradition 傳統