母親的愛是世界上最偉大的愛，我的母親是我們生命的一部分，母親節(jié)讓我們自由地表達對母親的感激之情。你想在母親節(jié)給你媽媽發(fā)個信息，打個電話，說上一句“I Love U"來表達對她的感謝呢？

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.

在美國，大家是在五月的第二個星期日慶祝母親節(jié)。這一天，孩子們把卡片、禮物和鮮花獻給他們的母親。慶祝母親節(jié)這活動是在1907的費城開始，由朱莉婭·瓦德·豪1872和安妮塔·賈威斯1907提出設立的。

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.

雖然美國直到 1907 年才慶祝母親節(jié)，但是尊敬母親的節(jié)日甚至可以追溯到古希臘。盡管那時人們是慶祝上帝的母親羅伊的。

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 occasion.

后來, 在17世紀初的英格蘭，人們有一個慣例，就是在每年六月的第四個星期天慶祝“省親節(jié)”。在省親節(jié)那一天, 通常與雇主住在一起的仆人了, 被勸說回家和他們的母親團聚。按照慣例，他們要帶一塊特殊的蛋糕回家慶祝。

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.

在美國, 1907年有一個來自費城的叫阿納·賈維斯的人，發(fā)起了一場建立全國的母親節(jié)的運動。在西弗吉尼亞的格拉夫頓，賈維斯說服了她母親的教堂，在她母親去世2周年的紀念日那一天慶祝母親節(jié)，即五月的第二個星期天。下一年費城也慶祝了母親節(jié)。

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 successful. 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.

賈維斯和其它人開始給部長，商人，以及政治家們寫信，要求建立全國性的母親節(jié)。他們取得了成功。1914年在任的伍德羅·威爾森總統(tǒng)，向全國發(fā)布官方通告，宣布在每年五月的第二個星期天慶祝母親節(jié)，并使之成為一種傳統(tǒng)。

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.

世界上許多其它國家在全年的不同時間慶祝他們自己的母親節(jié)。丹麥，芬蘭，意大利，土耳其，澳大利亞，以及比利時同美國一樣，在五月的第二個星期天慶祝母親節(jié)。

每年的母親節(jié)在人們心中最容易產(chǎn)生共鳴，是一個感性和懷念的日子。我們再來看一下英文報道學幾個單詞！

The second Sunday in May is Mother's Day.

Mother's day is a special time. It is the day we get to spoil, pamper and lavish our mother with all that we can come up with.

It is a day to enjoy and celebrate all the things that mother has done. It is her day. Make her the queen and you will feel great. She will know that she is loved. That is what Mother's day is all about.

每年五月的第二個星期天是母親節(jié)。

母親節(jié)是個獨特的節(jié)日。這一天是我們名正言順地寵愛母親、縱容母親或為母親一擲千金的日子。

這是一個向母親表示感恩的節(jié)日，感激她一年來所做的一切。這是屬于她的節(jié)日。所以，讓她成為這一天的女王吧，你也會覺得很快樂的。她也會感到自己是被愛的——這就是母親節(jié)的真正意義。

文中的Mother's Day就是“母親節(jié)”的意思。現(xiàn)代的母親節(jié)起源于美國，威爾遜總統(tǒng)于1915年宣布，將五月的第二個星期日設立為母親節(jié)，而康乃馨（carnation）被視為獻給母親的花卉。In China, mother lily flower flower, also known as Wang Youcao.而我國的母親花是萱草花，又叫忘憂草。

文中的lavish用作動詞，意為“慷慨給予，花費”，如：My mother always lavishes us with attention.（媽媽對我們關懷得無微不至。），也可以用作形容詞，意為“豪華的，過度的”，如：She was not used to their lavish mode of living.（她不習慣他們奢侈的生活方式。）

Mother’s Day 母親節(jié)

when is Mother's Day 母親節(jié)是什么時候？

second Sunday of May 五月的第二個星期天

Mother's love is universal 母愛全天下都一樣

universe 英['juːnɪvɜːs] 美['junɪvɝs] n. 宇宙；世界；領域

universal 英[juːnɪ'vɜːs(ə)l] 美['jʊnə'vɝsl] adj. 普遍的；通用的；宇宙的；全世界的；全體的

關于偉大母愛的歌頌古今中外都從未停止。英語單詞關于母親“MOTHER”一詞也被賦予了深刻的含義。

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