父亲节快乐！Happy Father‘s Day ！

    Father‘s Day ， contrary to popular misconception， was not established
as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards.
In fact when a“father’s day ” was first proposed there were no Father
‘s Day cards ！

    父亲节与普遍的误解不同的是，它并非是一个为了帮助贺卡制作厂商销售更
多贺卡的节日。事实上，当“父亲节”的提议首先被提出时，父亲节贺卡根本就
不存在。

    Mrs. John B Dodd， of Washington， first proposed the idea of a
“father‘s day ” in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her
father William， whose wife died while giving birth to their sixth child.
Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by
himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington state. It was after Mrs.
Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and selflessness her
father had shown in raising his children as a single parent.华盛顿州的
约翰。布鲁斯。多德夫人在1909年首先提出了设立“父亲节”的提议。多德夫人
希望有一个特殊的日子来向她的父亲———威廉。斯玛特表示敬意。他的妻子在
生他们第六个孩子时因难产而死。斯玛特先生在华盛顿州东部乡下的农场里独自
养大了六个孩子。多德太太成人后她才意识到她的父亲一个人养大孩子所表现的
力量和无私。

    The first Father‘s Day was observed on June 19 ，1910 in Washington.
And it was in 1966 that President Lyndon Johnson officially declared the
3rd Sunday of June as Father’s Day. 1910 年的6 月19日人们在华盛顿庆祝
了第一个父亲节。林登。约翰逊总统最终于1966年宣布每年六月的第3 个星期天
为父亲节。

    Father‘s Day has become a day to not only honor your father， but
all men who act as a father figure. Stepfathers ， uncles ， grandfathers，
and adult male friends are all honored on Father’s Day.父亲节现在已经
成为向父亲及所有扮演父亲角色的人表达敬意的节日。继父，伯父，祖父所有成
年男性都将在父亲节受到尊敬。

    延伸阅读：记住全球著名的游览胜地中英文名称

    旅游，正成为越来越多的中国人的一项消费。除了国内的各地旅游胜地，近
年来有更多的人向往走出国门，去外面的世界看一看。但许多地方还是使用英语
的国家，那么出门前我们也需要充实一下自己的词汇量。至少知道那些游览胜地
的英文名字。