loveforparents.ppt

* Challenging yourself I Reading 1. How much do you know about Mother’s Day? 2. What do you do for your mother on Mother’s Day? Discussion Skimming Skim through the text and find out its main idea. The text mainly tells us that ______. A. Mother’s Day is very important B. we must respect our mothers C. Mother’s Day has a long history D. Mother’s Day is only celebrated in the western world C Fill in the following table with the information from the text. 1914 1907 1872 Greece Ancient times Event Place Time People held the spring celebrations in honor of Rhea. the United States Mother’s Day was first suggested as a day for peace. Philadel-phia Anna Jarvis began a movement to have a national Mother’s Day. the United States Mother’s Day was declared as a national holiday. Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the best answer. 1) Mother’s Day first started in ______. A. Greece B. the USA C. England D. Italy 2) _____ is the beginning of Mother’s Day. A. Mothering Sunday B. Mother Church C. Christianity D. Mothers Day meeting C A 3) “Mother Church” in the third paragraph means _____. A. a certain kind of power B. a kind of church where the mothers worked C. an organization that is connected with Mother’s Day D. the church organization 4) _____tried to make Mother’s Day a national holiday in the USA. A. Rhea B. Julia Ward Howe C. Woodrow Wilson D. Ms. Jarvis D D 5) The following statements are not true except _____. A. Rhea was regarded as God in ancient Greece B. it was Ms. Jarvis alone who tried to make Mother’s Day a national holiday C. Mother’s Day was first celebrated in Philadelphia in 1908 D. President Woodrow Wilson declared Mother’s Day as a national holiday in 1914 6) Mother’s Day is celebrated _____ all over the