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西方父亲节介绍
【篇一：西方传统节日介绍】
easter
（复活节）
easter is a time of springtime festivals. in
christian countries
easter is
celebrated as the religious holiday commemorating
the resurrection of jesus christ, the
son of god. but the
celebrations of
easter have many customs and legends that
are pagan in origin and have nothing to
do with christianity.
traditions associated with the festival survive in
the easter
rabbit, a symbol of
fertility, and in colored easter eggs,
originally painted with bright colors
to represent the sunlight
of spring,
and used in easter-egg rolling contests or given
as
gifts.
复活节是春季的节日。在信基督教的国家里，复活节是为纪念基督
耶稣的复活
而举行的宗教节日。但是复活节有许多习俗和传说的由
来都是非宗教的，它们与基督教没
有任何关系。与节日密切联系的
一些传统有象复活节的野兔，它是作为繁殖生长的象征；
还有复活
节的彩蛋。最先是被绘以鲜亮的颜色来代表春天的阳光。这些彩蛋
还可以用来玩滚彩蛋游戏比赛，或作为小礼物送人。
thanksgiving
（感恩节）
the first american thanksgiving was
celebrated in 1621, to
commemorate
the
harvest reaped by the
plymouth colony after a harsh winter. in
that year governor william bradford
proclaimed a day of
thanksgiving. the
colonists celebrated it as a traditional
english harvest feast, to which they
invited the local
wampanoag
indians.
days of
thanksgiving were celebrated throughout the
colonies
after fall harvests. all
thirteen colonies did not, however,
celebrate thanksgiving at the same time
until october 1777.
george washington
was the first president to declare the
holiday, in 1789.
第一个美国人庆贺的感恩节在
162
1
年，为了纪念普利茅斯殖民地
的人民在经过一个歉收荒芜的冬
季后迎来丰收。在那一年，州长
william bradford
宣布那天作为感恩节。殖民者把它当成传统的英国
丰收节日来庆贺，在当天，他们还
邀请当地的印地安的万泊诺亚格
人。感恩的节日延续了整个秋季的收获季节，但其他的十
三个殖民
地没有庆贺这个节日，直到
1777
< br>年
10
月。乔治
-
华盛顿在
1789
年
宣布把
它定为节日，他也是第一位宣布感恩节的总统。
valentines day
（情人节）
the history of valentines day -- and
its patron saint -- is
shrouded in
mystery. but we do know that february has long
been a month of romance. st. valentines
day, as we know it
today, contains
vestiges of both christian and ancient roman
tradition.
so,
who was saint valentine and how did he become
associated with this ancient rite?
today, the catholic church
recognizes
at least three different saints named valentine or
valentinus, all of whom were martyred.
one legend contends
that valentine was
a priest who served during the third century
in rome. when emperor claudius ii
decided that single men
made better
soldiers than those with wives and families, he
outlawed marriage for young men -- his
crop of potential
soldiers. valentine,
realizing the injustice of the decree, defied
claudius and continued to perform
marriages for young lovers
in secret.
when valentines actions were discovered, claudius
ordered that he be put to death. other
stories suggest that
valentine may have
been killed for attempting to help
christians escape harsh roman prisons
where they were often
beaten and
tortured.
according to one
legend, valentine actually sent the first
valentine greeting himself. while in
prison, it is believed that
valentine
fell in love with a young girl -- who may have
been
his jailors daughter -- who
visited him during his confinement.
before his death, it is alleged that he
wrote her a letter, which
he signed
from your valentine, an expression that is still
in use
today. although the truth behind
the valentine legends is
murky, the
stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a
sympathetic, heroic, and, most
importantly, romantic figure. its
no
surprise that by the middle ages, valentine was
one of the
most popular saints in
england and france.
情人节的历史充满了神秘，但是我们知道，很久以来，
2
月就是一
个浪漫的月份了。情人节既留有基督教的痕迹，又有古罗马的传统。
情人节又称圣瓦伦丁节。关于情人节有好多传说。其中之一是，
3
世
纪的时候，古罗马的皇帝
claudiu
s
二世认为独身的男子比有妻子、
家庭的男子更善于打仗，于是
他宣布婚姻是非法的，这也断绝了士
兵的来源。牧师
valen
tine
意识到这条法令的谬误，就公开反对，并
且秘密为青年
人主持婚礼。
claudius
二世知道后就把
valentine
处
死了。
fathers day
（父
亲
节）
in the 1900s, fathers’ day
was created when sonora louise
smart
dodd wanted to express her deep appreciation to
her
own father, william smart, who was
widowed when his wife
died at giving
birth. mr. smart raised his six children on a
rural
farm in eastern washington state.
when ms. dodd was grown
she wanted to
show her appreciation to her father. so, in 1909,
she proposed a day to honor her father
in june (the month of
her fathers
birth).
the very first
fathers day followed on june 19, 1910 in spokane,
washington. in 1924, president calvin
coolidge showed support
of this
becoming a national holiday. however, it wasnt
until
1966 when president lyndon
johnson officially proclaimed
fathers day a national holiday to be
celebrated on the 3rd
sunday of
june.
mothers’
day
（母亲节）
the earliest mother’s day celebrations
can be traced back to
the spring
celebrations of ancient greece in honor of rhea,
the
mother of the gods. during the
1600s, england celebrated a day
called
mothering sunday. celebrated on the 4th sunday of
lent.
in the united states mother’s day
was first suggested in 1872
by julia
ward howe as a day dedicated to peace. by 1911
mothers day was celebrated in almost
every state.
while many
countries of the world celebrate their own
mot
her’s day at different
times throughout the year, there are
some countries such as denmark,
finland, italy, turkey,
australia, and
belgium which also celebrate mother’s day on
the second sunday of may.
虽然世界各国的母亲节在不同的时间，很多国家，如丹麦，
芬兰，
意大利，土耳其，澳大利亚和比利时都在五月的第二个星期天庆祝
母亲节。
了下来，成为人们一个重要节日。）
boxing day
（礼盒节）
in england a long time ago…
servants were required to work on
christmas. they were
responsible for
making the holiday run smoothly for wealthy
landowners. they were allowed to take
leave on
uted the contents
to poor.
in
england today…
few people
have servants but the custom of giving gifts or
money to those who provide service
continues. it is also
popular to visit
grandparents and shop (the after christmas
discounts begin). many people get the
day off from work.
boxing day is also
celebrated in places where the english have
settled like australia, new zealand and
canada. our friends in
scotland tell us
it is also celebrate there! some places observe
boxing day on december 26th and some
celebrate it on the first
weekday
following christmas, so, if christmas falls on
friday or
saturday boxing day would be
on the following monday.
now, the actual origin of this holiday is
debatable and has
been debated, one
idea being more popular than the other at a
given time.
以前，由于佣人们必须在圣诞节工作，所以他们被允许在节后的第
一天
休假。雇主们日久成习，往往准备一些礼盒，在佣人们回家之
前送给他们。到了今天，拥
有仆人的家庭已经稀罕得很。不过给服
务行业的人赠送礼物的习惯还在继续。
halloween
（万圣节前夜）
halloween is an annual celebration. the word
itself, halloween,
actually has its
origins in the catholic church. november 1, all
hollows day (or all saints day), is a
catholic day of observance
in honor of
saints one story says that, on that day,
the
disembodied spirits of
all those who had died throughout the
preceding year would come back in
search of living bodies to
possess for
the next year. it was believed to be their only
hope
for the afterlife. the celts
believed all laws of space and time
were suspended during this time,
allowing the spirit world to
intermingle with the living.
naturally, the still-living did not
want to be possessed. so on
the night
of october 31,
villagers
would extinguish the fires in their homes, to make
them cold and undesirable. they would
then dress up in all
manner of ghoulish
costumes and noisily paraded around the
neighborhood, being as destructive as
possible in order to
frighten away
spirits looking for bodies to possess.
so, although some cults may have
adopted halloween as their
favorite
holiday, the day itself did not grow out of evil
practices.
it grew out of the rituals
of celts celebrating a new year, and
out of medieval prayer rituals of
europeans. and today, even
many
churches have halloween parties or pumpkin carving
events for the kids.
halloween
这个词本身来源于天主教
.
11
月
1
日
,
all hollows day
(or all saints
day),
称为万圣节
,
是用于举行
仪式尊敬圣人的天主教
日
.
其中有一种
说法是
,
在那一天
,
那些先前死去的还在飘浮的灵魂会
回来为来年的复生找一些活人来附体
.
他们认为这是转世的唯一希望
.
教徒们深信这段时间内所有的时间及空间都是被悬浮的
,
以便于让灵
魂世界与我们的生活空间相混合
.
活着的人自然不想被附身，所以
10
月
30
日的晚上
,
村民会熄灭家中的火焰
,
把家里弄得
很冷
,
没人想来
.
他们还会穿上各类象鬼一样的服装上街大声的
**,
尽可能的搞些破坏
来吓走那些想找人附体的鬼魂。因此
< br>,
尽管部分信徒可能已接受万圣
节前夕为他们最喜爱的
节日
,
但这一天本身并不是来源于邪恶的惯例
,
而是由于凯尔特人庆祝新年和中世纪欧洲人的祈祷仪式
.
今天
,
甚至
< br>在很多教堂都会举行万圣节前夕晚会或让孩子们雕刻南瓜灯笼，到
各家敲门玩
trick or treat
的游戏。
april fools
day
（愚人节）
unlike
most of the other nonfoolish holidays, the history
of
april fools day,
sometimes called all fools day, is not
totally clear. there really
wasnt a
first april fools day that can be pinpointed on
the
calendar. some believe it sort of
evolved
simultaneously in
several cultures at the same time, from
celebrations involving the first day of
spring.
the closest point
in time that can be identified as the
beginning of this tradition was in
1582, in france. prior to that
year,
the new year was celebrated for eight days,
beginning on
march 25. the celebration
culminated on april 1. with the
reform
of the calendar under charles ix, the gregorian
calendar
was introduced, and new years
day was moved to january 1.
however, in the days when news traveled by foot,
many
people did not receive the news
for several years. others, the
more
obstinate crowd, refused to accept the new
calendar and
continued to celebrate the
new year on april 1. these backward
folk were labeled as fools by the
general populace. they were
subject to
some ridicule, and were often sent on fools
errands
or were made the butt of other
practical jokes.
【篇二：世界各国节日资料介绍】
绚丽多彩的节日资料卡
1
儿童节的由来（看书
83
页）（
6
月
1
日）
2
母亲节的由
来（也可以看书
83
页）（５月第二个星期日）
母亲节是个充满人间温情的节日，这一天，家里的
男成员要把全部
家务活都包下来，儿女们每人都要做一件让母亲高兴的事，以尽孝
道。即使远在异地的孩子，也要打电话向母亲表示祝贺。这一天，
美国
人民都要在胸前佩上一朵花。母亲健在的，戴一朵有色的花，
表示欢愉；母亲逝世的，戴
一朵白花，表达哀思。
3
父亲节的
由来（
6
月的第三个星期日）
直到
1934
年
6
月，美国国会才统一规定
6
月的第三个星期日为父
亲节。
4
圣诞节的由来（看书
82
页）
12
月
25
日
圣诞节是一个宗教节。庆祝耶稣的诞辰。
每年的
12
月
24
号平安夜这天，西方基督教教堂都举行特別的礼拜
仪式，
25
日举行庆祝圣诞节活动。
圣诞节时，他们交换礼物，寄圣诞卡，使圣
诞节成为一个普天同庆
的日子
。
5
巴西狂欢节来历（每年
2
月下旬）
狂欢节盛行于欧美地区。
许多国家都
有一个传统的狂欢节节日，化
妆舞会、彩车游行、假面具和宴会是狂欢节的几大特色。每
年
2
月
下旬，巴西全国放假庆祝狂欢的
到来。人们纷纷走上大街小巷，载
歌载舞，尽情欢乐。所以人们说
：
“
没有巴西，就没有狂欢节
”
6
西班牙斗牛节的来历
“
西班牙斗牛
”
，起源于
西班牙古代宗教活动
(
杀牛供神祭品
)
。
13
世
纪西
班牙国王阿方索十世开始这种祭神活动演变为赛牛表演
(
真正斗
牛表演则
18
世纪中叶
)
。每年
3
月
~11
月是西班牙斗牛节，以星期日
和星期四为斗牛日
。
一场斗牛由三个斗牛士出场，角
斗六条公牛，每人两个回合。在西
班牙，所有的斗牛表演都安排在下午举行。
7
你还是知道世界各国的节日有哪些？
德国狂欢节
11
月
11
日
德国啤酒节
美国感恩节（
11
< br>月的最后一个星期四）
开斋节（穆斯林和伊斯兰教开斋节）
万圣节
复活节
西
红柿节（西班牙西红柿节每年
8
月的最后一个星期三进行）
【篇三：奥巴马
2016
父亲节演讲】
hi, everybody. this sunday is father’s
day, and so i wanted to
take a moment
to talk
about the most
important job many of us will ever have
–
and
that’s
being a dad.
大家好。本周日是父亲节，所以我想花点时间谈
谈我们很多人一生最重要的一项工作
—
当爹。
today we’re blessed to live in a world
where technology allows
us to
connect
instantly with just
about anyone on the planet. but no matter
how advanced we get,
there will never be a substitute for
the love and support and,
most
importantly, the
presence of a parent in a child’s life.
and in many ways, that’s
uniquely true
for
fathers.
今天我们有福气生活在技术使我们能随时与地球上任何人交流
的世
界上。但是不管我们
多么先进，在孩子的一生中，爱和支持，特别是父母的存在，是最
重要的
，无可替代的。而
且在很多方面，对父亲们更是唯一的正确。
i never
really knew my
own father. i was raised
by a single mom and two wonderful
grandparents who made incredible
sacrifices for me. and
there are single
parents all
across the
country who do a heroic job raising terrific kids.
but i still wish i had
a dad who was not only around, but
involved; another role
model to teach
me what my
mom did her best
to instill
–
values like
hard work and
integrity;
responsibility
and delayed
gratification
–
all the
things that give a child the
foundation
to
envision a brighter
future for themselves.
我从来没有见过我的
父亲。我是在单亲妈妈和慈祥的外祖母和外祖父的巨大付出中长大
的。全国有很多单亲父、母承担抚养可怜的孩子们的伟大工作
。但
是我始终希望我有个父亲
不仅在身边，而且还融入我的生活；成为我妈妈呕心沥血地教我做
的
身体力行的榜样
—
勤奋
诚实的价值观的榜样；责任感和知足感的榜样
—
所有给孩子展望他
们的更加光明的未来的基
础的东西。
that’ s why i try every day to be for
michelle and my
girls what my father
was
not for my
mother and me. and i’ve met plenty of other people
–
dads and uncles
and men without a family connection
–
who are trying to break
the cycle and give more
of our young people a strong male role
model.
这就是为什么我
每天都在为米切尔和我的两个
女儿做的而我的父亲无法为我的母亲
和我
做的。我认识很多其他人
—
没有完整家庭的父亲、叔伯和男人
—
他
们正在努力打破局限给更
多年轻人一个强大的男性的榜样作用。
being a
good parent
–
whether you’re gay or straight; a
foster parent or a
grandparent
–
isn’t easy. it demands your constant
attention,
frequent
sacrifice,
and a
healthy dose of patience. and nobody’s perfect. to
this
day, i’m still figuring
out how to be a better husband to my
wife and father to my
kids.
当好父母
—
不管你是同性恋或异性恋；养父母或祖父母
—
决非
易事。它要求你永远的操
心，经常的牺牲，不至于把孩子宠坏的耐心。没有
人完美无缺。每
当这一天，我都冥思苦想
如何做我妻子更好的丈夫和我的孩子们的更好的父亲。
我作为总统
希望做的是鼓励婚姻和稳固的家庭。我们应该改革我们的
儿童抚养
法让更多
的男人努力融入他们的孩子们的生活。本届政府将继续与宗教和其
他社区组织以
及企业合作，
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