2018考研英語(yǔ)閱讀:為什么要過(guò)父親節(jié)

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　　History of Father’s Day

　　為什么要過(guò)父親節(jié)?

　　History of Father’s Day Festival as seen today is not even a hundred years old. Thanks to the hard work and struggle of Ms Sonora Louise Smart Dodd of Washington that just as we have set aside Mother’s Day to honor mothers we have a day to acknowledge the important role played by the father. However, some scholars opine that Father’s Day history is much older than we actually believe it to be. They say that the custom of honoring dad’s on a special day is over 4,000 years old. There are a few more claims about the Father’s Day origin about which we will learn in this page.

　　現(xiàn)代父親節(jié)的歷史還不到100年。由于華盛頓索諾拉·路易斯的努力爭(zhēng)取，就和我們有專(zhuān)門(mén)紀(jì)念母親的母親節(jié)一樣，我們有了一個(gè)特別的日子來(lái)紀(jì)念父親這一重要角色。但是一些學(xué)者認(rèn)為，父親節(jié)的歷史事實(shí)上比我們認(rèn)為的要長(zhǎng)得多。他們表示稱，在一個(gè)特殊的日子里紀(jì)念父親的習(xí)俗已有4000多年歷史。下文就介紹了一些關(guān)于父親節(jié)起源的說(shuō)法。

　　Earliest History of Father’s Day

　　一、父親節(jié)最早的歷史。

　　Scholars believe that the origin of Father’s Day is not a latest phenomenon, as many believe it to be. Rather they claim that the tradition of Father’s Day can be traced in the ruins of Babylon. They have recorded that a young boy called Elmesu carved a Father’s Day message on a card made out of clay nearly 4,000 years ago. Elmesu wished his Babylonian father good health and a long life. Though there is no record of what happened to Elmesu and his father but the tradition of celebrating Father’s Day remained in several countries all over the world.

　　正如許多人所認(rèn)為的那樣，學(xué)者們認(rèn)為父親節(jié)的起源并不是一個(gè)現(xiàn)代才有的現(xiàn)象。相反，他們認(rèn)為父親節(jié)的起源可以追溯到巴比倫時(shí)代。他們的記錄顯示，在一塊近4000多年前由黏土制成的卡片上，一個(gè)名為Elmesu的小男孩刻下了希望父親(巴比倫人)健康長(zhǎng)壽的信息。雖然沒(méi)有記錄表明Elmesu和他的父親后來(lái)怎么樣，但是慶祝父親節(jié)的傳統(tǒng)在全球各地延續(xù)了好幾個(gè)世紀(jì)。

　　History of Father’s Day in US

　　二、美國(guó)父親節(jié)的歷史。

　　Modern version of Father’s Day celebration originated in United States of America and thereafter the tradition spread in countries around the world. The world owes thanks to Ms Sonora Louise Smart Dodd a loving daughter from Spokane, Washington as it is because of her struggle that Father’s Day saw the light of the day.

　　現(xiàn)代父親節(jié)起源于美國(guó)，隨后這個(gè)傳統(tǒng)在全世界各國(guó)都流傳了開(kāi)來(lái)。全世界都要因此感謝來(lái)自華盛頓斯波坎的一個(gè)可愛(ài)女兒索諾拉·路易斯，正是因?yàn)樗�的努力才有了父親節(jié)這個(gè)節(jié)日。

　　The idea of Father’s Day celebration originated in Sonora’s mind when she per chance listened to Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Fairly mature at the age 27, Sonora pondered if there is a day to honor mother then why not for father? Sonora felt strongly for fathers because of the affection she received from her own father Mr William Jackson Smart, a Civil War veteran. Sonora’s mother died while childbirth when she was just 16. Mr Smart raised the newborn and five other children with love and care.

　　慶祝父親節(jié)的念頭第一次出現(xiàn)在索諾拉的心中是在1909年，當(dāng)時(shí)她偶然聽(tīng)到了母親節(jié)的布道。27歲的索諾拉已經(jīng)相當(dāng)成熟了，她琢磨著既然有母親節(jié)，那么為什么沒(méi)有父親節(jié)?由于受到父親威廉(一個(gè)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)老兵)的影響，索諾拉對(duì)父親們很有好感。索諾拉的母親在分娩時(shí)去世，當(dāng)時(shí)她只有16歲。后來(lái)，父親威廉用愛(ài)和關(guān)懷將那名新生兒和其他5個(gè)孩子撫養(yǎng)長(zhǎng)大。

　　Inspired by Ms Anna Jarvis’s struggle to promote Mother’s Day, Ms Dodd began a rigorous campaign to celebrate Father’s Day in US. The Spokane Ministerial Association and the local Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) supported Sonora’s cause. As a result Spokane celebrated its first Father’s Day on June 19, 1910. Though there was initial hesitation the idea gained gradual popularity all over US and Fathers Day came to be celebrated in cities across the country

　　受到安娜·賈維斯推動(dòng)母親節(jié)努力的啟發(fā)，索諾拉在美國(guó)發(fā)起了慶祝父親節(jié)的運(yùn)動(dòng)。斯波坎部長(zhǎng)協(xié)會(huì)和當(dāng)?shù)氐那嗄陼?huì)都對(duì)索諾拉表示了支持。最終，1910年6月19日，斯波坎慶祝了第一個(gè)父親節(jié)。雖然最初有點(diǎn)猶豫，但是這一想法逐漸流行起來(lái)，全美各地城市都開(kāi)始慶祝父親節(jié)。

　　Looking at the heightened popularity of Father’s Day in US, President Woodrow Wilson approved of this idea in 1916. President Calvin Coolidge too supported the idea of a national Father’s Day in 1924 to, "establish more intimate relations between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their obligations". After a protracted struggle of over four decades, President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the third Sunday of June as Father’s Day in 1966. Then in 1972, President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father’s Day to be held on the third Sunday of June. Sonora Smart Dodd was honored for her contribution at the World’s Fair in Spokane in 1974. Mrs. Dodd died in 1978 at age 96.

　　鑒于父親節(jié)在美國(guó)日益流行起來(lái)，1916年時(shí)任總統(tǒng)威爾遜批準(zhǔn)了這一想法。1924年時(shí)任總統(tǒng)卡爾文·柯立芝也對(duì)成立全國(guó)性父親節(jié)的想法表示支持，從而“在父親和孩子之間建立更密切的關(guān)系，明確父親們的義務(wù)”。在四十多年的爭(zhēng)取之后，1966年時(shí)任總統(tǒng)林登·約翰遜簽署了一份總統(tǒng)聲明，宣布每年6月第三個(gè)星期日為父親節(jié)。1972年時(shí)任總統(tǒng)尼克松在6月第三個(gè)星期日舉行了一場(chǎng)全國(guó)性的父親節(jié)紀(jì)念活動(dòng)。1974年在斯波坎世界博覽會(huì)上，索諾拉因其這一貢獻(xiàn)而受到人們的尊敬。索諾拉最終于1978年去世，享年96歲。

　　Present Day Celebrations

　　三、父親節(jié)的禮物。

　　Father’s Day Festival has gained amazing popularity over the years. The festival is considered to be a secular one and is celebrated not just in US but in a large number of countries around the world including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Norway and India though on different dates. World over people take Father’s Day as an opportunity to thank father and pay tribute to them.

　　這些年來(lái)，父親節(jié)受到了極大的歡迎。父親節(jié)被認(rèn)為是一個(gè)世俗節(jié)日，不僅是美國(guó)，包括阿根廷、澳大利亞、比利時(shí)、巴西、法國(guó)、德國(guó)、日本、新西蘭、挪威和印度等國(guó)家都會(huì)慶祝父親節(jié)，雖然日期不相同。世界各地的人們都把父親節(jié)作為一個(gè)向父親表達(dá)感謝和致敬的機(jī)會(huì)。

　　On this day children present Father’s Day cards not just to their dads but also grandfathers, uncles, stepfathers or any other person who commands the position of a father in their life. There is also a trend to present Father’s Day gift to dad, most popular of all being necktie. Other popular gift being roses, the official Father’s Day flower. Many people rue that the trend of presenting gifts to fathers has led to over commercialization of the festival relegating the noble idea behind Father’s Day celebration.

　　在這一天，孩子們不僅會(huì)給自己的父親送上賀卡，還會(huì)給自己的祖父、叔父、繼父、以及其他任何在他們?nèi)松��?dāng)中擔(dān)當(dāng)過(guò)類(lèi)似父親角色的人送上賀卡。也有在父親節(jié)給父親送禮物的趨勢(shì)，其中最受歡迎的是領(lǐng)帶。其他受歡迎的禮物還包括玫瑰花——父親節(jié)官方花朵就是玫瑰花。但是許多人感嘆，父親節(jié)送禮物的趨勢(shì)被過(guò)分商業(yè)化了，使得父親節(jié)背后的崇高理念蒙塵。

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