【课堂新坐标，同步备课参考】2013-2014学年高中英语北师大版必修一教师用书Unit+3　Celebration.doc

Unit 3　Celebration 【美文阅读】　 伟大的母亲理应有一个正式的节日来庆祝，母亲节的诞生迎合了所有人的期盼。 History of Mothers Day In the US 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(庆祝)in Philadelphia in 1907，it is based on suggestions by Julia Ward Howe in 1872 and by Anna Jarvis in 1907. Although it wasnt celebrated in the US 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. Later，in the 1600s，in England there was an annual(年度的)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. In the US，in 1907 Ana Jarvis，from Philadelphia，began a campaign(运动)to establish a national Mothers Day.Jarvis persuaded her mothers church in Grafton， West Virginia to celebrate Mothers Day on the second anniversary of her mothers death，the 2nd Sunday of May.The next year Mothers Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia. Jarvis and others began a letter-writing campaign to ministers，businessmen，and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mothers Day.They were successful.President Woodrow Wilson，in 1914，made the official announcement proclaiming Mothers Day a national observance that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May. Many other countries of the world celebrate their own Mothers Day at different times throughout the year.Denmark，Finland，Italy，Turkey，Australia，and Belgium celebrate Mothers Day on the second Sunday in May，as in the US. 【诱思导学】　 1．When is Mothers Day celebrated in the US? ________________________________________________________________________ 2．On Mothering Day，what did the servants do to honor their mothers? ___________________________