父親節(jié)的由來

湖南省武岡市田家渡中學(xué) 王智

輔導(dǎo)老師 曾樂遠(yuǎn)

人們常說，父愛是一座山，高大威嚴(yán)；父愛是一汪水，深藏不露；父愛更是一雙手，撫摸著我們走過春夏秋冬；父愛更是一滴淚，一滴飽含溫度的淚水。上一期我們介紹了有關(guān)母親節(jié)的文化知識(shí)，本期我們一起來探尋父親節(jié)的由來。

Mrs.John Bruce Dodd,ofWashington(華盛頓),first came up with the idea of a “Fathers’Day”in 1909.Mrs.Dodd wanted a special day tohonor(紀(jì)念)her fatherWilliam Smart(威廉·斯瑪特).His wife died while givingbirth to(生孩子)their sixth child.Mr Smart was left toraise(撫養(yǎng))thenewborn(新生兒)and his other five children by himself on a farm in eastern Washington.After Mrs.Dodd became an adult,she realized thestrength(力量)andselflessness(無私)her father had shown in raising his children as asingle parent(單親).

華盛頓州的約翰·布魯斯·多德夫人在1909年首先提出設(shè)立“父親節(jié)”的提議。多德夫人希望有一個(gè)特殊的日子來向她的父親——威廉·斯瑪特表示敬意。他的妻子在生他們第六個(gè)孩子時(shí)因難產(chǎn)而去世。斯瑪特先生在華盛頓州東部鄉(xiāng)下的農(nóng)場(chǎng)里獨(dú)自養(yǎng)大了六個(gè)孩子。多德太太成年后，她才意識(shí)到她父親一個(gè)人養(yǎng)大孩子所表現(xiàn)的力量和無私。

Mrs.Dodd was the second child and the only girl in the family.She knew her father was verypainstaking(辛勞的).He worked very hard at the daytime.At night,he came home to do the housework and look after the children.After tens of years’hard work,Mr.Smart died from the overwork(過度勞累)for years.

多德夫人排行老二，是家里唯一的女孩。女性的細(xì)心特質(zhì)，讓她更能體會(huì)父親的辛勞；斯馬特先生白天辛勞地工作，晚上回家還要做家務(wù)和照料孩子。經(jīng)過幾十年的辛苦，斯馬特先生過度勞累而病倒辭世。

In 1909,the year when Mr.Smartpassed away(去世),after Mrs.Dodd attended church celebarting(慶祝)Mothers’Day,she missed her father very much.She realized the love andefforts(努力)her father haddevoted(貢獻(xiàn))himself to raising his children,which werenot second to(不亞于)any mother.

1909年，正是斯馬特先生辭世之年，當(dāng)多德夫人參加完教會(huì)的母親節(jié)感恩禮拜后，她特別想念父親；直到那時(shí)，多德夫人才明白，她的父親在養(yǎng)育兒女過程中所付出的愛心與努力，并不亞于任何一位母親的辛勞。

The first Fathers’Day was celebrated on June 19,1910 in Washington.In 1966，PresidentLyndon Johnson(林登·約翰遜)officially(官方地)declared(宣布)the third Sunday of June as Fathers’Day.Fathers’Day has become a day to not only honor your father,but all men who act as fathers.

1910年6月19日，人們?cè)谌A盛頓慶祝了第一個(gè)父親節(jié)。林登·約翰遜總統(tǒng)最終于1966年宣布每年6月的第3個(gè)星期天為父親節(jié)。父親節(jié)現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)成為向父親及所有扮演父親角色的人表達(dá)敬意的節(jié)日。