【轻松英文阅读】母亲节的由来
时间：2018-12-28 作者：英语课 分类：轻松英文阅读
英语课
What did you do on May 12th of this year? If you are like most people in Japan and America, chances are you spent the day with your mother. (In Korea 1 they celebrate “Parent’s Day” on May 8, in Norway Mother’s Day is in February, and many other countries have the holiday on different days too). But it wasn’t always that way. In 1907, Anna Marie Jarvis held a memorial 2 for her mother in West Virginia, and the next year founded the “Mother’s Day International Association 3.” After that, her suggestion caught on, and the holiday soon became the “Mother’s Day” we celebrate today.
One difference between the original Mother’s Day and the current 4 holiday is that Jarvis was strongly against people making money from the holiday. Instead, she thought people should make handmade gifts and letters for their moms, and not buy any cards, flowers, or anything else.
So, what do you and your family do on Mother’s Day? If you want to celebrate the holiday like its founder 5 intended, hopefully you did something nice for your mother … and didn’t spend any money!
1 Korea
n.朝鲜(亚洲)
- Korea lies to the east of China.韩国位于中国东面。
- Korea and China are separated by only the Yalu River.朝鲜和中国只隔一条鸭绿江。
2 memorial
adj.记忆的；纪念的；n.纪念碑，纪念堂
- We visited the Lincoln Memorial.我们参观了林肯纪念堂。
- He wrote a memorial of the late author.他写了一篇纪念这位已故作家的文章。
3 association
n.联盟，协会，社团；交往，联合；联想
- Our long association with your company has brought great benefits.我方和贵公司的长期合作带来了巨大的利益。
- I broke away from the association ten years ago.我10年前就脱离了那个团体。