父親節快樂！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 ！

    父親節與普遍的誤解不同的是，它并非是一個為了幫助賀卡制作廠商銷售更
多賀卡的節日。事實上，當“父親節”的提議首先被提出時，父親節賀卡根本就
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.華盛頓州的
約翰。布魯斯。多德夫人在1909年首先提出了設立“父親節”的提議。多德夫人
希望有一個特殊的日子來向她的父親———威廉。斯瑪特表示敬意。他的妻子在
生他們第六個孩子時因難產而死。斯瑪特先生在華盛頓州東部鄉下的農場里獨自
養大了六個孩子。多德太太成人后她才意識到她的父親一個人養大孩子所表現的
力量和無私。

    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日人們在華盛頓慶祝
了第一個父親節。林登。約翰遜總統最終于1966年宣布每年六月的第3 個星期天
為父親節。

    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.父親節現在已經
成為向父親及所有扮演父親角色的人表達敬意的節日。繼父，伯父，祖父所有成
年男性都將在父親節受到尊敬。

    延伸閱讀：記住全球著名的游覽勝地中英文名稱

    旅游，正成為越來越多的中國人的一項消費。除了國內的各地旅游勝地，近
年來有更多的人向往走出國門，去外面的世界看一看。但許多地方還是使用英語
的國家，那么出門前我們也需要充實一下自己的詞匯量。至少知道那些游覽勝地
的英文名字。