1、The Fathers DayThe Fathers Daydocin/sundae_meng The origins of the celebration are American and it was inspired by the actions of a man named William Smart.He was a veteran of the US Civil War and his wife died giving birth to their sixth child.He raised six children alone without remarrying,which w
2、as undoubtedly unusual back in those days.His daughter,Sonora Dodd,realised when she was an adult what her father had sacrificed for his children.It was in the early 1900s and she was actually at church one day,listening to a sermon on Mothers Day.She thought there should also be a Fathers Day celeb
3、ration.And so the tradition was born,on the third Sunday every June,close to the anniversary of Sonoras fathers death.Britain took the idea of Fathers Day from the American celebration and it has been celebrated officially since the 1970s.The History of Fathers DayThe History of Fathers Daydocin/sun
4、dae_meng Father of a mountain,broad-Father of a mountain,broad-minded,the father of rivers to accommodate minded,the father of rivers to accommodate an umbrella for us so that we stay away an umbrella for us so that we stay away from disater.Father of a vessel,carrying from disater.Father of a vesse
5、l,carrying us,brave the wind and waves,love towards us,brave the wind and waves,love towards the harbor!the harbor!父亲如山，父亲如山，关怀宽广，关怀宽广，容纳百川，容纳百川，父爱如伞，父爱如伞，为我们遮风为我们遮风避雨，使我避雨，使我们远离灾难。们远离灾难。docin/sundae_mengdocin/sundae_mengForms of celebration around Forms of celebration around the worldthe world In G
6、erman,it is tradition to do a males-only hiking tour with one or more smaller wagons,pulled by manpower.In the wagons are wine or beer and traditional regional food,vegetables,eggs,etc.Many men will use this holiday to get very drunk,to the point of having gangs of drunk people roaming the streets.d
7、ocin/sundae_mengFather Father and sonand sondocin/sundae_meng)F F faithful.(faithful.(忠实的忠实的/可信的可信的)AA always there.(always there.(一直在一直在)T T trustworthy.(trustworthy.(值得信赖值得信赖)H H Honoring.(Honoring.(尊敬尊敬/荣誉荣誉)E E Ever-loving.(Ever-loving.(永远爱你的永远爱你的)R R Righteous.(Righteous.(很好很好/很对）很对）docin/sunda
8、e_mengdocin/sundae_mengHow people celebrate Fathers Day?most people would buy their fathers a card.The card would probably have a nice message in it saying what a great Dad their father is.Some people do buy presents as well.Popular gifts for Dads are probably ties,chocolates or socks because these
9、are things that Dads can always use even if they dont want them.In the run-upthe run-up to Fathers Day,or indeed Mothers Day,there will be advertsadverts on the TV giving us ideas of CDs or gadgetsgadgets we can buy.Card shops will be full of mugsmugs or pens and similar merchandisemerchandise with
10、Worlds Greatest Dad written on them.Some families might do things together to celebrate Fathers Day like going for a meal.As a special treattreat,British people might give their Dad a bit of a rest make him a cup of tea,or even wash his car and mow the lawnmow the lawn to make him feel really apprec
11、iated.docin/sundae_mengMaybe you can give songs Dance With My Father Father And Daughter Fathers Day Papa,Can You Hear Me?Best Fathers Day Songsdocin/sundae_mengdocin/sundae_meng1 1）“It doesnIt doesnt matter who my father was;it matters who I t matter who my father was;it matters who I remember he w
12、as.remember he was.”-Anne Sexton -Anne Sexton 爸爸是什么爸爸是什么样样的人并不重要，重的人并不重要，重要的是我心目的爸爸是什么要的是我心目的爸爸是什么样样的人。的人。安妮安妮-赛赛克克顿顿 2 2）“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a fatherneed for a fathers protection.s protection.”-S
13、igmund Freud -Sigmund Freud 我想象不出我想象不出还还有什么比父有什么比父亲亲的保的保护护更更让让一个孩子渴求得一个孩子渴求得强强烈。烈。西格蒙特西格蒙特-佛洛依德佛洛依德 3 3）“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.”-English Proverb 1English Proverb 1个爸爸比个爸爸比100100个校个校长还顶长还顶用。用。英国英国谚语谚语 4 4）A king,realizing his i
14、ncompetence,can either delegate or A king,realizing his incompetence,can either delegate or abdicate his duties.A father can do neither.-Marlene Dietrich abdicate his duties.A father can do neither.-Marlene Dietrich 一一个个认识认识到自己不称到自己不称职职的国王，可以委托授的国王，可以委托授权权或干脆放弃。一个父或干脆放弃。一个父亲亲却被无却被无选选择择。玛莲玛莲娜娜-迪特里希迪特里希 docin/sundae_mengdocin/sundae_mengdocin/sundae_mengdocin/sundae_meng
