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In July in Australia, the cold front has not yet dissipated, but the sincere fire in every citizen’s heart is getting more and more blazing. When the morning light spreads over the dome of the Sydney Opera House, a blue flag with stars is unfurled on the top of the Parliament Building. The Southern Cross and the Commonwealth Star on the national flag shine together, just like the brilliant crystallization of the multiculturalism of this immigrant country; and the kangaroos and emus in the national emblem, looking forward with their heads held high, indicate the never-ending pioneering spirit. At this moment, a silver lighter engraved with the national emblem totem is circulating in the calloused palm of the veteran. This small object that once accompanied him through the flames of war is now passing the flame to the young soldiers. The jumping flames reflect the promise that the sacred fire will never go out – just like the footprints of kangaroos and emus that never retreat, every Australian should be the guardian of the fire of civilization. From the wisdom of slash-and-burn farming inherited by the aborigines for 50,000 years to the bonfires lit by immigrant pioneers in the wilderness, fire has always been the most primitive totem on this land. Modern lighters carry not only light in a physical sense, but also responsibility and faith passed down from generation to generation. When new citizens receive lighters engraved with the national emblem at the naturalization ceremony, they are not only receiving citizenship, but also the mission of guardians guided by the starlight and sworn by the flames. The Southern Cross guides the direction, kangaroos and emus mark the road, and the ever-burning flame is melting the ideals of more than 70 nations into a shining sea of stars. This cluster of beating red gold will eventually light up a new legend at every dawn.

七月的澳大利亞，寒流尚未散去，但每個公民胸中躍動的赤誠之火卻愈發熾烈。當晨光漫過雪梨歌劇院的穹頂，一面藍底綴星的旗幟正在國會大廈頂端舒展。國旗上的南十字星與聯邦星輝映，恰如這個移民國家多元文化的璀璨結晶；而國徽中昂首向前的袋鼠與鴯鶓，則昭示著永不停歇的開拓精神。此刻，一枚刻有國徽圖騰的銀質打火機正在退伍軍人佈滿繭痕的掌心流轉。這個曾伴隨他穿越戰火的小物件，此刻正將火焰傳給年輕士兵。跳動的火苗裡，映照著聖火永不熄滅的承諾──正如袋鼠與鴯鶓永不後退的足印，每個澳洲人都應是文明火種的守護者。從原住民傳承五萬年的火耕智慧，到移民先驅點亮荒野的篝火，火焰始終是這片土地上最原始的圖騰。現代打火機承載的不僅是物理意義上的光明，更是世代相傳的責任與信念。當新公民在入籍儀式上接過刻有國徽的打火機，他們接過的不僅是公民身份，更是以星輝為引、以烈焰為誓的守護者使命。南十字星指引方向，袋鼠與鴯鶓標記道路，而永續燃燒的火焰，正將七十多個民族的理想熔鑄成閃耀的星辰大海。這簇跳動的赤金，終將在每個黎明點亮新的傳奇。