母亲节英文版（课堂ppt）.ppt

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When we celebrate the Spring Festival, the valentine‘s day, labor day, National Day even girl day, please don’t forget the second Sunday in May each year of mother‘s day!当我们欢度春节，情人节，劳动节，国庆节甚至女生节的时候，请不要忘了每年五月第二个星期日的母亲节！
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The origin of Mother’s day
The tradition to celebrate Mother’s day started from ancient Greece. On January the eighth, the ancient Greeks paid their respect to the mother of the gods(赫拉). But at that time, the worship of the goddess was just a superstition. It’s completely different from the respect of the motherhood.
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American Civil War
Julas Ward Howe intended as a call to unite women against war
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In 1876, Anna Jarvis, who worked at church, wished someone could create a mother’s day to commemorate and praise mothers from all over the world.
Mrs. Jarvis worked at church over 25 years. After her death, her daughter, Anna set up Mother’s Day successfully.
Now, Mother’s Day, which is on the second Sunday of May has become an international celebration.
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Spread 45 states
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I am President Woodrow Wilson
I pronounce that Mother`s Day would be a national holiday to be celebrated annually on second Sunday in May
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Carnation
In 1936, Americans issued the first kind of commemorative stamp about Mother’s Day. There’s a kind mother holding a bunch of beautiful carnations. As this kind of stamps was known by more and more people, carnation became a symbol of mother’s love. Carnation is the flower that is given to mothers in the world.
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Different colors have different meanings
Red: To wish mothers to be healthy and long lived
Pink: To wish mothers to be young and beautiful forever
White: To love mothers deeply
Yellow: To thank mothers for all the things that they have done for us
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All that I am or ever hope to be , I owe to my angel Mother. I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
—Abraham Lincoln(1809—1865)
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