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1、第 1 页 英语演讲稿：母亲节的由来1 特征码 YUSUxUGvFFLacdWDihsM 英语演讲稿：母亲节的由来 Mothers Day History 母亲节由来 The history of Mothers Day is centuries old and goes back to the times of ancient Greeks, who held festivities to honor Rhea, the mother of the gods. The early Christians celebrated the Mothers festival on the fourth
2、 Sunday of Lent to honor Mary, the mother of Christ. Interestingly, later on a religious order stretched the holiday to include all mothers, and named it as the Mothering Sunday. The English colonists settled in America discontinued the tradition of Mothering Sunday because of lack of time. In 1872
3、Julia Ward Howe organized a day for mothers dedicated to peace. It is a landmark in the history of Mothers Day. 母亲节的历史可以追溯到几百年前的古希腊，当时，人们 都会举行庆祝活动纪念 Rhea（瑞亚） ， （古希腊的众神之母，她 第 2 页 是主神宙斯和天后赫拉的母亲） 。早期的基督徒在大斋节的第四 个星期日节日庆祝母亲节来纪念荣 Mary（基督的母亲） 。有趣 的是，宗教秩序的改革使得这一节日包括了全体的母亲，并将 这一日命名为“母亲节” 。后来，在美国定居的英国殖民者由于 缺少
4、时间停止了这项传统。1872 年朱丽娅伍德霍夫以致力于和 平为母亲们设立一个节日。这是母亲节在历史上的里程碑。 In 1907, Anna M. Jarvis (1864-1948), a Philadelphia schoolteacher, began a movement to set up a national Mothers Day in honor of her mother, Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis. She solicited the help of hundreds of legislators and prominent businessmen to
5、 create a special day to honor mothers. The first Mothers Day observance was a church service honoring Annas mother. Anna handed out her mothers favorite flowers, the white incarnations, on the occasion as they represent sweetness, purity, and patience. Annas hard work finally paid off in the year 1
6、914, when President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May as a national holiday in honor of mothers. 1907 年，一位费城教师，安娜米贾维斯（1864-1948） ，开 始了一项在全国范围内纪念母亲的的节日，安娜米贾维斯荣誉 日。她征求了数以百计的立法者和商界翘楚一起来创立一个特 第 3 页 殊的日子来纪念母亲。第一个母亲节庆祝表彰是在一个教堂为 安娜母亲举办的。安娜在仪式上发放了她母亲最喜爱的白色花 朵，这是甜蜜，纯洁，耐心的化身。安娜的努力终于在 1914年 得到
7、了回报，时任总统伍德罗威尔逊宣布将五月的第二个星期 天作为母亲。 Slowly and gradually the Mothers day became very popular and gift giving activity increased. All this mercialization of the Mothers day inf furiated Anna as she believed that the days sentiment was being sacrificed at the expense of greed and profit. 渐渐地，母亲节变得非常流行，送礼
8、活动日趋增加。所有 这一切商业化的活动激怒了安娜，她认为这一天的情绪都因为 贪婪和利益所玷污了。 Regardless of Jarviss worries, Mothers Day has flourished in the United States. Actually, the second Sunday of May has bee the most popular day of the year. Although Anna may not be with us but the Mothers day lives on and has spread to various countr
9、ies of the 第 4 页 world. Many countries throughout the world celebrate Mothers Day at various times during the year, but some such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium also celebrate Mothers Day on the second Sunday of May. 尽管 Jarvis对此很担忧，但母亲节已盛行于美国。事实上， 这一天已成为一年当中年最受欢迎的日子了。虽然安娜现在已 不在我们身边了，但母亲节成立了而且已蔓延到世界各国。世 界上的许多国家都在一年的不同时期庆祝着母亲节，但如丹麦， 芬兰，意大利，土耳其，澳大利亚和比利时等还是在第五月第 二个周日庆祝母亲节。