中小学课件mother day课件.pptVIP

Michael: Billy, can you cover for me for about an hour?Billy: Sure. I will tell the boss you are in the library if he asks.Michael: Thanks mate! I owe you a favor.Billy: Why do you need to leave for an hour?Michael: I forgot to buy my Mom a gift for Mothers Day.Billy: I cant believe you forgot your own Mothers birthday!Michael: Its not her birthday I forgot! Today is Mothers Day.Billy: And what is Mothers Day?Michael: A special day when we remember our mothers and all they have done for us.Billy: After you come back can you cover for me while I go and buy something for my Mom?Michael: No problem. I would hate to be your Mom Billy! Dialogue1 Dialogue2 Jeff: You look a little tired this morning, Joan.Joan: I know. I got up at 4AM to make breakfast for my mother.Jeff: You really are a great daughter, Joan.Joan: Not really. It is my mother who is wonderful. She gave me life and brought me up very well.Jeff: So you try to re-pay her on Mothers Day?Joan: Right. But she has given me so much that it would take hundreds of years to re-pay her.Jeff: Maybe we should have Mothers Day everyday instead of just once a year?Joan: Its a good idea Jeff, but I cant get up so early to make breakfast for her everyday.Jeff: But we should tell our Moms how much we love them more often.Joan: I agree! I will tell my children your great idea! Mothers Day 感恩母亲节 Mothers day The first celebrations in honor of mothers were held in the spring in ancient Greece. They paid tribute to Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. During the 17th century, England honored mothers on Mothering Sunday, celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent? (21 Feb 2007 - 7 April 2007)? . In the United States, Julia Ward Howe suggested the idea of Mothers Day in 1872. Howe saw Mothers Day as being dedicated to peace. Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia is credited with bringing about the official observance of Mothers Day in the USA. Her campaign to establish such a holiday began as a remembrance of her mother,