介绍母亲节英语

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介绍母亲节英语

篇一：母亲节介绍(英文)

mothersDay

AsathankhismotherformothersDayholiday,firstappeared inancientgreece,timeistheannualJanuary8,whileintheu nitedstates,canadaandsomeothercountries,itiseveryye arthesecondsundayinmay,anumberofothercountriesdates werethesame(seebelow"theworldcelebratemothersDaytim eisdifferent").onthisdaymothersoftenreceivegifts.ov erseas,thecarnationflowerisregardedasdedicatedtohis mother.Inchina,motherlilyflowerflower,alsoknownaswa ngYoucao.Liliaceaehemerocallishemerocallisisaperenn ialherb,fleshyrhizome,leaveslong,slendertopoutorang eororangeflowers,verybeautiful,itisnotonlyforpeople

watching,calledthelilybuds,butalsoasavegetableforhu manconsumption,inthewidelycultivatedinsouthandnorth 母亲节作为一个感谢母亲的节日，最早出现在古希腊，时间是每年的一月八日，而在美国、加拿大和一些其他国家，则是每年5月的第二个星期天，其他一些国家的日期也并不一样（参见下面“世界各国庆祝母亲节的时间都不尽相同”）。母亲们在这一天通常会收到礼物。在国外，康乃馨被视为献给母亲的花。而我国的母亲花是萱草花，又叫忘忧草。

萱草萱草是百合科多年生草本植物，根茎肉质，叶狭长，细长的枝顶端开出桔红或桔黄色的花，十分艳丽，它不仅供人观赏，花蕾叫金针，也可作蔬菜供人食用，在我国南北方广为栽植。

篇二：母亲节英文介绍

mothersDayisatimeofcommemorationandcelebrationformo m.Itisatimeofbreakfastinbed,familygatherings,andcra yonscribbled"ILoveYou"s.

TheearliestmothersDaycelebrationscanbetracedbacktot hespringcelebrationsofancientgreeceinhonorofRhea,th emotherofthegods.Duringthe1600s,englandcelebratedad aycalled"motheringsunday".celebratedonthe4thsundayo

fLent(the40dayperiodleadinguptoeaster),"motheringsu nday"honoredthemothersofengland.Duringthistimemanyo ftheenglandspoorworkedasservantsforthewealthy.Asmos tjobswerelocatedfarfromtheirhomes,theservantswouldl iveatthehousesoftheir

employers.onmotheringsundaytheservantswouldhavethed ayoffandwereencouragedtoreturnhomeandspendthedaywit htheirmothers.Aspecialcake,calledthemotheringcake,w asoftenbroughtalongtoprovideafestivetouch.

Aschristianityspreadthroughouteuropethecelebrationc hangedtohonorthe"motherchurch"-thespiritualpowertha tgavethemlifeandprotectedthemfromharm.overtimethech urchfestivalblendedwiththemotheringsundaycelebratio n.peoplebeganhonoringtheirmothersaswellasthechurch.

IntheunitedstatesmothersDaywasfirstsuggestedin1872b yJuliawardhowe(whowrotethewordstothebattlehymnofthe Republic)asadaydedicatedtopeace.ms.howewouldholdorg anizedmothersDaymeetingsinboston,masseveryear.

In1907AnaJarvis,fromphiladelphia,beganacampaigntoes tablishanationalmothersDay.ms.Jarvispersuadedhermot herschurchingrafton,westVirginiatocelebratemothersD ayonthesecondanniversaryofher

mothersdeath,the2ndsundayofmay.bythenextyearmothers Daywasalsocelebratedinphiladelphia.

ms.Jarvisandhersupportersbegantowrite

toministers,businessman,andpoliticiansintheirquestt oestablishanationalmothersDay.Itwassuccessfulasby19 11mothersDaywascelebratedinalmosteverystate.

presidentwoodrowwilson,in1914,madetheofficialannoun cementproclaimingmothersDayasanationalholidaythatwa stobeheldeachyearonthe2ndsundayofmay.

whilemanycountriesoftheworldcelebratetheirownmother sDayatdifferenttimesthroughouttheyear,therearesomec ountriessuchasDenmark,Finland,Italy,Turkey,Australi a,andbelgiumwhichalsocelebratemothersDayonthesecond sundayofmay.