三毛曾写过一篇《守望的天使》，被收在《稻草人手记》里，文章说，每个人生命中最真最诚的天使是自己的父母，天使终其一生舍尽全力来为自己的孩子挡风遮雨。在犹太人的谚语里，也有一句类似的表述，而且更为精辟God could not be everywhere and therefore be made mothers。母亲节来临之际，以下三个小板块向您传递一份感恩母爱的浓浓深情，并用心写上最为朴实的祝福：母亲节快乐！
Thanks to Anna M. Jarvis, Mother's Day has become an official holiday in the United States. Actually, People in many ancient cultures celebrated holidays honoring motherhood, personified as a goddess such as Rhea.
母亲节得以成为官方节日，得归功于一位伟大的女性安娜贾维思。不过，在这之前，母亲节最早可追溯到古希腊的众神之母Rhea（瑞亚），她是主神宙斯和天后赫拉的母亲。
Rhea, Mother of the Greek gods
"M" is for the million things she gave me, "O" means only that she's growing old, "T" is for the tears she shed to save me, "H" is for her heart of purest gold; "E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining, "R" means right, and right she'll always be......
M-O-T-H-E-R意味着什么？有一首诗这么说，"M"代表她赐予了我整个世界，"O"意味着她正慢慢衰老，"T"是她为我留下的泪，"H"指她那颗金子般的心......
Carnation: the symbol of Mother's Day
The above songs give voice to different emotions as far as three types of mothers are concerned, namely, mothers-to-be, cheerful mothers with their children in harmony as well as those industrious and thrifty mothers.
母亲节来临之际，谨此献给"正在孕育新生儿的准妈妈、与孩子融洽相处的快乐妈妈，以及普天下勤俭持家的好妈妈......"
Stories behind Mother's Day
关于母亲节的来历，我们似乎并不陌生一位名叫安娜贾维思的女性在她母亲去世一年后，用自己的行动使这一具有悠久历史的纪念活动上升为官方节日。不过，在这之前，母亲节最早可追溯到古希腊的众神之母瑞亚，她是主神宙斯和天后赫拉的母亲。另外，不同国家，庆祝母亲节的日期也不尽相同，比如：我们熟悉的"五月的第二个星期日"实际上是采用了美国的习俗，而在英国，母亲节则定在四旬节的第四个星期日。
Jewish Proverb: God could not be everywhere and therefore be made mothers.
Ancient celebrations of motherhood
Rhea, Mother of the Greek gods
People in many ancient cultures celebrated holidays honoring motherhood, personified as a goddess. Here are just a few of those:
Ancient Greeks celebrated a holiday in honor of Rhea(Photo), the mother of the gods, including Zeus.
Ancient Romans celebrated a holiday in honor of Cybele, a mother goddess.
In the British Isles and Celtic Europe, the goddessBrigid(Photo), and later her successor St. Brigid, were honored with a spring Mother's Day.
Motherhood honoured in modern times
Mothers' Day is not celebrated on the same day throughout the world, for instance, in America Mother's Day occurs on the second Sunday in May while in Britain it is honored on the fourth Sunday in Lent(For more information on Lent, please check out Lent in "Easter's dictionary" or Carnival in "Word & Story").
** Mother's Day in Britain (March 21st, 2006 )
simnel cake, a rich fruitcake sometimes covered with almond paste
Mothering Sunday was celebrated in Britain beginning in the 17th century.
It began as a day when apprentices and servants could return home for the day to visit their mothers. Traditionally, men went home with a gift of "mothering cake" -- a kind of fruitcake or fruit-filled pastry known as simnel cake (Photo ).
** Mother's Day in America (May 14th, 2006)
Thanks to Anna M. Jarvis, Mother's Day has become an official holiday in the United States.
After a year when her mother died on May 9, 1905, Anna M. Jarvis attended a memorial service at their church. Inspired by the service, she thought it would be wonderful if people set aside a time to pay personal tribute to their mothers. Then, the daughter began using some of her inheritance to promote a day that would honor all mothers.
She and others staged a letter-writing campaign to ministers, businessmen, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother's Day. They were successful in the end. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day a national observance that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.
Carnation: the symbol of Mother's Day
It was Jarvis who originated the custom of wearing a carnation on Mother's Day because carnation was her mother's favorite flower.
A pink carnation is to honor a living mother and a white carnation is memory of a mother who passed away.
(中国日报网站编译）
Vocabulary:
Rhea: 瑞亚，希腊神话中Zeus（宙斯）的母亲
Cybele: 西布莉(小亚细亚神话中的众神之母，与希腊女神Rhea等同)
Brigid: 布里奇德，凯尔特神话中的橡树之神，同时也是诗歌的保护神，因为产于沼泽的橡树是凯尔特民族的象征，所以Brigid被认为是爱尔兰国的国母。
simnel: 一种含油丰富的水果蛋糕，有时上面浇有杏仁糖浆，传统上在大斋节期间、复活节和圣诞节食用
Anna M. Jarvis: 安娜贾维思
Memorable lines for Mother's Day
-O-T-H-E-R意味着什么？有一首诗这么说，"M"代表她赐予了我整个世界，"O"意味着她正慢慢衰老，"T"是她为我留下的泪，"H"指她那颗金子般的心，
"E"是她溢着慈爱的双眼，"R"则意味着正确、她始终是正确的，把这些字母合在一起就拼成了"母亲我的全部。
May the following words shed some light on attitudes towards women and mothers.
Look and see what the Bible says about Mothers...
Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.
~Gen 3:20~
"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
~Exo 20:12~
But the child's mother said, "As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So he got up and followed her.
~2 Ki 4:30~
Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: "Like mother, like daughter."
~Ezek 16:44~
A poem done by Howard Johnson (18871941), an American song lyricist
M - O - T - H - E - R
"M" is for the million things she gave me,
"O" means only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her heart of purest gold;
"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
"R" means right, and right she'll always be,
Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.
Quotations kept in mind by sons and daughters
A printed card means nothing except that you are too lazy to write to the woman who has done more for you than anyone in the world. And candy! You take a box to Mother and then eat most of it yourself. A pretty sentiment. --by Anna Jarvis , promoter of the establishment of Mother's Day
Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you. -- by Jill Bennett (1931 - 1990), a British actress best known as the fourth wife of playwright John Osborne.
Message to be sent on Mother's Day
Today is Mother's day, the day to tell you how much you mean to me. But Mom...I don't need any special occasion to tell you how much I love you. That is because I love you each and every day!
For your radiance, warmth and loving heart. For your guidance and support for everything I do...I just wanna say a great big thank you! Happy Mother's Day!
Mom, U made each of my growing up days a bud of joy! So on Mother's Day I just wanna hug you and say love you buches! Happy Mother's Day!
关键字:双语阅读
生词表:
Thanks to Anna M. Jarvis, Mother's Day has become an official holiday in the United States. Actually, People in many ancient cultures celebrated holidays honoring motherhood, personified as a goddess such as Rhea.
母亲节得以成为官方节日，得归功于一位伟大的女性安娜贾维思。不过，在这之前，母亲节最早可追溯到古希腊的众神之母Rhea（瑞亚），她是主神宙斯和天后赫拉的母亲。
Rhea, Mother of the Greek gods
"M" is for the million things she gave me, "O" means only that she's growing old, "T" is for the tears she shed to save me, "H" is for her heart of purest gold; "E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining, "R" means right, and right she'll always be......
M-O-T-H-E-R意味着什么？有一首诗这么说，"M"代表她赐予了我整个世界，"O"意味着她正慢慢衰老，"T"是她为我留下的泪，"H"指她那颗金子般的心......
Carnation: the symbol of Mother's Day
The above songs give voice to different emotions as far as three types of mothers are concerned, namely, mothers-to-be, cheerful mothers with their children in harmony as well as those industrious and thrifty mothers.
母亲节来临之际，谨此献给"正在孕育新生儿的准妈妈、与孩子融洽相处的快乐妈妈，以及普天下勤俭持家的好妈妈......"
Stories behind Mother's Day
关于母亲节的来历，我们似乎并不陌生一位名叫安娜贾维思的女性在她母亲去世一年后，用自己的行动使这一具有悠久历史的纪念活动上升为官方节日。不过，在这之前，母亲节最早可追溯到古希腊的众神之母瑞亚，她是主神宙斯和天后赫拉的母亲。另外，不同国家，庆祝母亲节的日期也不尽相同，比如：我们熟悉的"五月的第二个星期日"实际上是采用了美国的习俗，而在英国，母亲节则定在四旬节的第四个星期日。
Jewish Proverb: God could not be everywhere and therefore be made mothers.
Ancient celebrations of motherhood
Rhea, Mother of the Greek gods
People in many ancient cultures celebrated holidays honoring motherhood, personified as a goddess. Here are just a few of those:
Ancient Greeks celebrated a holiday in honor of Rhea(Photo), the mother of the gods, including Zeus.
Ancient Romans celebrated a holiday in honor of Cybele, a mother goddess.
In the British Isles and Celtic Europe, the goddessBrigid(Photo), and later her successor St. Brigid, were honored with a spring Mother's Day.
Motherhood honoured in modern times
Mothers' Day is not celebrated on the same day throughout the world, for instance, in America Mother's Day occurs on the second Sunday in May while in Britain it is honored on the fourth Sunday in Lent(For more information on Lent, please check out Lent in "Easter's dictionary" or Carnival in "Word & Story").
** Mother's Day in Britain (March 21st, 2006 )
simnel cake, a rich fruitcake sometimes covered with almond paste
Mothering Sunday was celebrated in Britain beginning in the 17th century.
It began as a day when apprentices and servants could return home for the day to visit their mothers. Traditionally, men went home with a gift of "mothering cake" -- a kind of fruitcake or fruit-filled pastry known as simnel cake (Photo ).
** Mother's Day in America (May 14th, 2006)
Thanks to Anna M. Jarvis, Mother's Day has become an official holiday in the United States.
After a year when her mother died on May 9, 1905, Anna M. Jarvis attended a memorial service at their church. Inspired by the service, she thought it would be wonderful if people set aside a time to pay personal tribute to their mothers. Then, the daughter began using some of her inheritance to promote a day that would honor all mothers.
She and others staged a letter-writing campaign to ministers, businessmen, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother's Day. They were successful in the end. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day a national observance that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.
Carnation: the symbol of Mother's Day
It was Jarvis who originated the custom of wearing a carnation on Mother's Day because carnation was her mother's favorite flower.
A pink carnation is to honor a living mother and a white carnation is memory of a mother who passed away.
(中国日报网站编译）
Vocabulary:
Rhea: 瑞亚，希腊神话中Zeus（宙斯）的母亲
Cybele: 西布莉(小亚细亚神话中的众神之母，与希腊女神Rhea等同)
Brigid: 布里奇德，凯尔特神话中的橡树之神，同时也是诗歌的保护神，因为产于沼泽的橡树是凯尔特民族的象征，所以Brigid被认为是爱尔兰国的国母。
simnel: 一种含油丰富的水果蛋糕，有时上面浇有杏仁糖浆，传统上在大斋节期间、复活节和圣诞节食用
Anna M. Jarvis: 安娜贾维思
Memorable lines for Mother's Day
-O-T-H-E-R意味着什么？有一首诗这么说，"M"代表她赐予了我整个世界，"O"意味着她正慢慢衰老，"T"是她为我留下的泪，"H"指她那颗金子般的心，
"E"是她溢着慈爱的双眼，"R"则意味着正确、她始终是正确的，把这些字母合在一起就拼成了"母亲我的全部。
May the following words shed some light on attitudes towards women and mothers.
Look and see what the Bible says about Mothers...
Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.
~Gen 3:20~
"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
~Exo 20:12~
But the child's mother said, "As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So he got up and followed her.
~2 Ki 4:30~
Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: "Like mother, like daughter."
~Ezek 16:44~
A poem done by Howard Johnson (18871941), an American song lyricist
M - O - T - H - E - R
"M" is for the million things she gave me,
"O" means only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her heart of purest gold;
"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
"R" means right, and right she'll always be,
Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.
Quotations kept in mind by sons and daughters
A printed card means nothing except that you are too lazy to write to the woman who has done more for you than anyone in the world. And candy! You take a box to Mother and then eat most of it yourself. A pretty sentiment. --by Anna Jarvis , promoter of the establishment of Mother's Day
Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you. -- by Jill Bennett (1931 - 1990), a British actress best known as the fourth wife of playwright John Osborne.
Message to be sent on Mother's Day
Today is Mother's day, the day to tell you how much you mean to me. But Mom...I don't need any special occasion to tell you how much I love you. That is because I love you each and every day!
For your radiance, warmth and loving heart. For your guidance and support for everything I do...I just wanna say a great big thank you! Happy Mother's Day!
Mom, U made each of my growing up days a bud of joy! So on Mother's Day I just wanna hug you and say love you buches! Happy Mother's Day!
关键字:双语阅读
生词表:
- thrifty [´θrifti]
a.节俭的；兴旺的 六级词汇 - proverb [´prɔvə:b] n.谚语；格言 四级词汇
- almond [´ɑ:mənd] n.杏核，杏仁；扁桃 四级词汇
- observance [əb´zə:vəns] n.遵守；惯例；仪式 四级词汇
- promoter [prə´məutə] n.促进者；创办人 六级词汇
- playwright [´pleirait] n.剧作家 六级词汇
- radiance [´reidjəns] n.发光；光彩；辐射 四级词汇
- guidance [´gaidəns] n.向导，指导，领导 四级词汇
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