母亲节的由来英语100字.doc

母亲节的由来英语100字 　　母亲永远是我心灵的港湾，您的爱是崇高的爱，只是给予，不求索取，不溯既往，不讨恩情 　　In the U.S. Mothers" Day is a holiday celebrated on second Sunday in May. It is a day when children honor their mothers with cards, gifts, and flowers. First observance in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1907, it is based on suggestions by Julia Ward Howe in 1872 and by Anna Jarvis in 1907. 　　Although it wasn"t celebrated in the U.S. until 1907, there were days honoring mothers even in the days of ancient Greece. In those days, however, it was Rhea, the Mother of the gods that was given honor. 　　Later, in the 1600"s, in England there was an annual observance called "Mothering Sunday." It was celebrated during June, on the fourth Sunday. On Mothering Sunday, the servants, who generally lived with their employers, were encouraged to return home and honor their mothers. It was traditional for them to bring a special cake along to celebrate the oasion. 　　In the U.S., in 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a national Mother"s Day. Jarvis persuaded her mother"s church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother"s Day on the second anniversary of her mother"s death, the 2nd Sunday of May. The next year Mother"s Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia. 　　Jarvis and others began a letter-writing campaign to ministers, businessmen, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother"s Day. They were suessful. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother"s Day a national observance that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May. 　　Many other countries of the world celebrate their own Mother"s Day at different times throughout the year. Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium celebrate Mother"s Day on the second Sunday in May, as in the U.S. 　　在美国,人们在五月的第二个星期天庆祝母亲节.在这一天,孩子们把卡片,礼物和鲜花献给他们的母亲.第一次庆祝母亲节是发生在1907 年的费城,是由朱莉娅·瓦德·豪和安妮塔·贾威斯分别在 1872 年和 1907 年提议设立的. 　　虽然美国直到 1907 年才庆祝母亲节,但是尊敬母亲的节日甚至可以追溯到古希腊.尽管那时人们是庆祝上帝的母亲罗伊的. 　　后来, 在17世纪初的英格兰,人们有一个惯例,就是在每年六月的第四个星期天庆祝"省亲节".在省亲节那一天, 通常与雇主住在一起的仆人了, 被劝说回家和他们的母亲团聚.按照惯例,他们要带一块特殊的蛋糕回家庆祝. 　　在美国, 1907年有一个费城的叫阿纳·贾维斯的人,发起了一场建立全国的母亲节的运动.在西弗吉尼亚的格拉夫顿,贾维斯说服了她母亲的教堂,在她母亲去世2周年的纪念日那一天庆祝母亲节,即五月的第二个星期天.下一年费城也庆祝了母亲节. 　　贾维斯和其它人开始给部长,商人,以及政治家们写信,要求建立全国性的母亲节.他们取得了成功.1914年在任的伍德罗·威尔森总统,向全国官方通告,宣布在每年五月的第二个星期天庆祝母亲节,并使之成为一种传统. 　　世界上许多其它国家在全年的不同时间庆祝他们自己的母亲节.丹麦,芬兰,意大利,土耳其,澳大利亚,以及比利时同美国一样,在五月的第二个星期天庆祝母亲节. 　　在胸前佩戴石竹花。

颜色是有讲究的那些母亲已经去世的人佩戴白色石竹花，而母亲健在的人则佩戴红色石竹花这一天，人们总要想方设法使母亲愉快地度过节日，感谢和补偿她们一年的辛勤劳动最普通的方式是向母亲赠送母亲节卡片和礼物节日里，每个母亲都会满怀喜悦的心情，接受孩子们和丈夫赠送的玫瑰花或其他花束、糖果、书和纪念品，特别是当她们收到小孩子们自己动手制作的上面用蜡笔稚气地写着“妈妈，我爱你”的字样的卡片时，更会感到格外自豪和欣慰但最珍贵、最优厚的礼物还是把她们从日常的家务劳动中解放出来，轻松地休息一整天 　　这一天，许多家庭都由丈夫和孩子们把全部家务活包下来，母亲不必做饭，不必洗盘刷碗，也不必洗衣服不少家庭还有侍候母亲在床上吃早饭的惯例母亲节创立后，得到了全世界各国人民的支持Amanm Jarvis在世时，设立母亲节的国家已达43个时至今日，欢庆这个节日的国家就更多了母亲节，已经成了一个名副其实的国际性节日按惯例，“国际母亲节”被定在每年的5月11日举行虽然，有一些国家是在一年中不同的时节庆祝属于他们的母亲节，然而，包括我国在内的多数国家，如丹麦、芬兰、意大利、土耳其、澳大利亚和比利时等等，都是在5月的第二个星期日庆祝母亲节的。