父親節(jié)英語介紹
1、父親節(jié)英語介紹:
happy fathers daythe origin of fathers day is not clear.
some say that it began with a church service in west virginia in 1908.
others say the first fathers day ceremony was held in vancouver,washington.
regardless of when the first true fathersday occurred,the strongest promoter of the holiday was mrs.
bruce john dodd of spokane,washington.
she thought of the idea for fathers day while listening to a mothers day sermon in 1909.
sonora wanted a special day to honor her father,william smart.
smart,who was a civil war veteran,was widowed when his wife died while giving birth to their sixth child.
mr.smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern washington state.
after sonora became an adult she realized the selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent.
it was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was,in the eyes of his daughter,a courageous,selfless,and loving man.
in 1909,mrs.dodd approached her own minister and others in spokane about having a church service dedicated to fathers on june 5,her fathers birthday.
that date was too soon for her minister to prepare the service,so he spoke a few weeks later on june 19th.
from then on,the state of washington celebrated the third sunday in june as fathers day.
children made special desserts,or visited their fathers if they lived apart.
in early times,wearing flowers was a traditional way of celebrating fathers day.
mrs.dodd favored the red rose to honor a father still living,while a white flower honored a deceased dad.
berringer,who also held fathers day celebrations in washington state as early as 1912,chose a white lilac as the fathers day flower.
states and organizations began lobbying congress to declare an annual fathers day.
in 1916,president woodrow wilson approved of this idea,but it was not until 1924 when president calvin coolidge made it a national event to establish more intimate relations between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their obligations.
since then,fathers had been honored and recognized by their families throughout the country on the third sunday in june.
in 1966 president lyndon johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd sunday of june as fathers day and put the official stamp on a celebration that was going on for almost half a century.
when children cant visit their fathers or take them out to dinner,they send a greeting card.
traditionally,fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental.
most greeting cards are whimsical so fathers laugh when they open them.
some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child needed dad.
2、譯文:
父親節(jié)快樂父親節(jié)的來歷尚不清楚。
有人說它始于1908年西弗吉尼亞州的一次教堂禮拜。
也有人說,第一個父親節(jié)儀式是在華盛頓州的溫哥華舉行的。
不管第一個真正的父親節(jié)是在什么時候發(fā)生的,這個節(jié)日最有力的推動者是李太太。
華盛頓州斯波坎的布魯斯·約翰·多德。
她在1909年聽母親節(jié)布道時想到了父親節(jié)的想法。
索諾拉想要一個特別的日子來紀(jì)念她的父親威廉·斯馬特。
斯馬特是一名內(nèi)戰(zhàn)退伍軍人,他的妻子在生第六個孩子時去世,他成為寡婦。
斯馬特先生他被留在華盛頓州東部的一個農(nóng)村農(nóng)場獨自撫養(yǎng)新生兒和其他五個孩子。
索諾拉成年后,她意識到父親作為單親撫養(yǎng)孩子時表現(xiàn)出的無私。
是她的父親做出了所有父母的犧牲,在女兒眼里,他是一個勇敢、無私、充滿愛心的人。
1909年多德夫人她在斯波坎與自己的牧師和其他人商量,在6月5日,她父親的生日那天,為父親舉行教堂儀式。
這一天太早了,她的部長還沒有準(zhǔn)備好儀式,所以他在幾周后的6月19日發(fā)表了講話。
從那時起,華盛頓州慶祝6月的第三個星期天為父親節(jié)。
孩子們會做一些特別的甜點,如果他們分開住,也會去拜訪他們的父親。
在早期,佩戴鮮花是慶祝父親節(jié)的傳統(tǒng)方式。
多德夫人紅玫瑰是為了紀(jì)念一位仍在世的父親,而白花是為了紀(jì)念一位已故的父親。
伯林格早在1912年就在華盛頓州舉辦了父親節(jié)慶?;顒樱x擇了一朵白色丁香花作為父親節(jié)的花。
各州和各組織開始游說國會宣布一年一度的父親節(jié)。
1916年,伍德羅·威爾遜總統(tǒng)批準(zhǔn)了這個想法,但直到1924年,卡爾文·柯立芝總統(tǒng)才把在父親和子女之間建立更密切關(guān)系,并使父親充分履行其義務(wù)作為一項全國性活動。
從那時起,父親們在六月的第三個星期天受到了全國家庭的尊敬和認(rèn)可。
1966年,林登·約翰遜總統(tǒng)簽署了一份總統(tǒng)公告,宣布6月的第三個星期日為父親節(jié),并在一個持續(xù)了近半個世紀(jì)的慶祝活動上加蓋了官方印章。
當(dāng)孩子們不能拜訪他們的父親或帶他們出去吃飯時,他們會寄一張賀卡。
傳統(tǒng)上,父親更喜歡不太感情用事的賀卡。
大多數(shù)賀卡都是異想天開的,所以父親們打開賀卡時都會笑。
有些人衷心感謝孩子需要爸爸的時候能來。
