口语母亲节.ppt

carnation: a white ,pink ,red or yellow flower, often worn as a decoration on formal occasions. Yellow Yellow carnation : long companionship、forever thanksgiving 、 profound Pink pink carnation：juvenescence(年轻）、 beautiful、young、devotion忠诚、mother love、fair love。 * Happy Mother’s Day! You are my sunshine My only sunshine You make me happy When skies are gray You never know dear, how much I love you . Please don’t take my sunshine away. A day every year to show appreciations to mothers! The earliest Mothers Day celebrations are traced back to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. Ms. Jarvis and her supporters began to write to ministers, businessman, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mothers Day. It was successful, by 1911 Mothers Day was celebrated in almost every state. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mothers Day a national holiday that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May. The history Of Mothers’ Day China: the second Sunday in May. Japan: the third Sunday of October . Canada: the second Sunday of May. France: 29th May India: 5th April China Japan Canada France India the second Sunday in May. the third Sunday of October 29th May 5th April M-O-T-H-E-R －－By Howard Johnson “M” is for the million things she gave me, “O” means only that she’s growing old, “T” if for the tears she shed to save me, “H” is for her heart of purest gold, “E” is for her eyes, with love-light shinning, “R” means right, and right she’ll always be. Put them all together, they spell “Mother”, A word that means the world to me. M-O-T-H-E-R 母亲的诠释?  M?is?for?the?million?things?she?gave?me,? 　　　M代表她所