Life is a little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.Will you meet across me?
父亲节相关信息
2007-06-08 11:07:58
每年8月8日中国男子节(爸爸节)
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八月八日爸爸节,简单好记又响亮,但你能想像这个节日的由来竟然和对日抗战有关吗?
让我们一起把时光回溯到民国三十四年,当时抗战打得正火热,上海的爱国之士为了纪念在战争中为国捐躯的爸爸们,特地提出父亲节的构想,还举办庆祝活动.
抗战胜利后,上海仕绅名流们觉得庆祝父亲节实在太有意义啦！积极争取之下,八月八日就被当时的中央政府订为爸爸们的专属节日.
八八节,爸爸节,仔细想想这个节还真是定得既有创意又顺口.
不过,非华语地区就不能玩这种谐音游戏了,例如:日本父亲节就是每年六月的第二个星期日;美国、加拿大等国的父亲节,则是在六月的第三个星期日.
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父亲节 (Father's Day) |
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是如何开始的？ How did it start? |
| 1 In America, Father's Day does not fall in August. And it wasn't created by a proud parent, either. While Mother's Day in the U.S. was started by a mother, Father's Day was actually started by a daughter, Sonora Dodd. |
| 在美国，父亲节并不在八月，也不是哪一位得意的父亲创造的。美国的母亲节是一位母亲发起的，父亲节却是由一个女儿发起，名叫索萝娜杜德。 |
| 2 Dodd's mother died while giving birth to her sixth child. Dodd's father, William Smart, a Civil War 1)veteran, 2)raised Sonora and the five other kids by himself on a farm in eastern Washington state. |
| 杜德的妈妈在产下第六胎时去世。杜德的父亲威廉思麦特是美国内战老兵，在华盛顿州东部一座农场中，独自扶养索萝娜和另外五个小孩长大。 |
| 1) veteran (n.) 退役军人，老兵 All of my uncles are veterans. 2) raise (v.) 扶养 My mom raised me all by herself. |
| 3 After Dodd became an 1)adult, she 2)realized the many 3)sacrifices her father had made to raise the family. His birthday was in June, so she wanted to make a holiday to honor him that month. She held the first Father's Day 4)celebration on June 19, 1910 in Spokane, Washington. The celebration soon 5)caught on around the country. |
| 杜德长大成人之後，了解到她父亲为扶养家庭做了许多的牺牲。她父亲的生日在六月，於是她想在那个月份订立个节日来纪念父亲。一九一○年六月十九日，她在华盛顿州史波坎市举办了第一个父亲节的庆祝活动。庆祝活动随即风行全国。 |
| 1) adult (n.) 成人 Why do adults act like children sometimes? 2) realize (v.) 了解，认知 I didn't realize how smart she was until I had spoken with her. 3) sacrifice (n.) 牺牲 She made a huge sacrifice so that her husband might succeed. 4) celebration (n.) 庆祝，庆典 This celebration will last all night long. 5) catch on (v.) 风行，流行 This new song is beginning to catch on across America. |
| 4 In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day, but it didn't become 1)official until 1966 when President Lyndon Johnson 2)declared the third Sunday of June as Father's Day. |
| 一九二四年，美国总统凯文科立兹公开支持父亲节成为国定节日这个点子，不过直到一九六六年美国总统林顿詹森颁布之後，六月的第三个星期日才成为正式的父亲节。 |
| 1) official (a.) 正式的，公认的 This is the official acceptance letter from my university. 2) declare (v.) 宣布，公告 Don't believe anything the president declares. |
| 5 These days, when children can't visit their fathers or take them out to dinner, they send a 1)greeting card. 2)Ties, flowers and cookies are also popular gifts. And while such companies may be 3)grateful for the extra business, fathers everywhere are the real winners. |
| 现在，当儿女无法探视父亲或是带父亲出去吃晚餐，就会送上一张贺卡。领带、花和饼乾也是很受欢迎的礼物。这类产品的公司或许很高兴有多出来的生意可做，不过遍布各地的父亲才是真正的赢家。 |
| 1) greeting card (n.) 贺卡 Please send your grandfather a greeting card. 2) tie (n.) 领带 I don't like wearing ties. 3) grateful (a.) 感激的，感谢的 I'm grateful for all the help you've given me. |
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