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两分钟做个小测试，看看你的英语水平 /test/quwen.aspx?tid=16-73675-0 美联英语提供：高中英语美文欣赏3 父亲节和母亲节 People in the United States honor their parents with two special days:Mothers Day,on the second Sunday inMay,and Fathers Day,on the third Sunday in June. Mothers Day was proclaimed a day for national observance by President Woodrow Wilson in 1915.Ann Jarvis from Grafton,West Virginia,had started the idea to have a day to honor mothers.She was the one who chose the second Sunday in May and also began the custom of wearing a carnation. In 1909,Mrs.Dodd from Spokane,Washington,thought of the idea of a day to honor fathers.She wanted to honorher own father,William Smart.After her mother died,he had the responsibility of raising a family of five sons and a daugther.In 1910,the first Fathers Day was observed in Spokane.Senator Margaret Chase Smith helped to establish Fathers Day as a national commemorative day,in 1972. These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents.They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens.They give love and care. These two special days are celebrated in many different ways.On Mothers Day people wear carnations.A red one symbolizes a living mother.A white one shows that the mother is dead.Many people attend religious services to honor parents.It is also a day when peolple whose parents are dead visit the cemetery.On these days families get together at home,as well as in restaurants.They often have outdoor barbecues for Fathers Day.These are days of fun and good feelings and memories. Another traditon is to give cards and gifts.Children make them in school.Many people make their own presents.These are valued more than the ones bought in stores.It is not the value of the gift is important,but it is the thought that counts.Greeting card stores,florists,candy makers,bakeries,telephone companies,andother stores do a lot of business during these holidays. 美国人以两个特殊的日子向他们的父母表示敬意：这就是每年5月份第二个星期日的母亲节和6月份第三个星期日的父亲节。母亲节作为一个全国性的节日是伍德罗.威尔逊总统于1915年宣布的。西弗吉