The nation startled itself during the 2006 soccer World Cup tournament, when millions of people painted flags on their faces, wearing red, gold and black hats and chanting the national anthem.

2006年世界杯足球赛期间，作为一个国家，德意志在六十年后大放光彩，百万张笑脸上展开的油彩国旗，红金黑三色的球迷帽铺天盖地，光彩回荡在齐声歌唱的德国国歌。

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At the beginning of the World Series of 1947, I experienced a completely new emotion, when the National Anthem was played.

1947年的世界职业棒球大赛开赛那天，当美国国歌奏响的那一刻，我产生了一种全新的情感。

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Unsurprisingly, this has led to any number of jokes and even a song performed on Italian network television to the tune of Shakira’s Waka Waka World Cup anthem.

毫不意外，这导致出现大量以此为题材的笑话，甚至在意大利网络电视上还流传一首以Shakira的《Waka Waka 》（本届世界杯主题曲）为曲调的改编歌曲。

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(Choral music) The two European leaders listened to a French army choir sang the Marseillaise and then the German anthem, marking a French-German friendship that grew from the ashes of the two world wars.

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After a critically panned venture into American blues with "Rattle and Hum, " U2 left behind the world of anthem rockers and ballads and moved into a new era of musical experimentation and self-awareness of their own success.

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One of their biggest hits was "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, " which became a World War II anthem.

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She topped the bill at the opening of the Welsh Assembly in 1999, and performed the anthem World In Union with Bryn Terfel for the Rugby World Cup in 2000.

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