母亲节-纪念母亲的节日（中英文版）

◉ 王仁爽（辽宁)

母亲节是一个庆祝和纪念美国母亲们的节日。

（母亲节）是在五月的第二个星期天庆祝。

它在20世纪初成为美国的一个法定节日，以此来纪念那些儿子死于战争的母亲。

这个节日有多种庆祝方式。
人们送给母亲鲜花、卡片和珠宝等礼物，以感谢她们的辛勤劳动。

康乃馨是这个节日的一个流行象征。

许多人带他们的母亲出去吃一顿特别的饭。

事实上，母亲节是美国最受欢迎的人们外出吃饭的日子，据估计，人们在吃饭和送礼上花费了数十亿美元。

母亲节也是美国最受欢迎的长途电话日。

这是仅次于圣诞节的第二个最受欢迎的送礼日。
母亲节自成立以来，就因高度商业化而受到批评。
事实上，美国假日的创始人安娜·贾维斯（Anna Jarvis）开始抗议这个节日，甚至因示威扰乱和平而被捕。

贾维斯的母亲在美国内战期间发起了建立母亲节

母亲不是这一天唯一庆祝的人。还包括祖母、曾祖母、继养母在内的所有母亲形象都在这个节日受到表彰。

在学校里，许多学生制作特别的礼物，包括手工卡片。
世界上许多其他国家都有自己的母亲节。

Mother's Day - A Holiday to Honor Motherhood

written by Shuang Ren Wang

Mother's Day is a holiday that celebrates and honors mothers in the United States.
It is celebrated on the second Sunday in May.

It became an official holiday in the country at the start of the 20th century as a way to honor mothers whose sons had died in war.

The holiday is celebrated in a number of ways.

People give mothers gifts like flowers, cards, and jewelry to thank them for all their hard work.

A popular symbol of the holiday is the carnation.

This is because when the holiday first began in the U.S. people were encouraged to wear a red carnation if their mother was alive or a white carnation if their mother was dead.

Many people take their mothers out for a special meal.

In fact, Mother's Day is the most popular date in the U.S. for people to go out and eat and it is estimated that people spend billions on meals and gifts.

Mother's Day is also the most popular day to make long distance calls in the U.S.It is the second most popular gift-giving day after Christmas.

Since its establishment,
Mother's Day has been criticized for becoming highly commercialized.

In fact, the founder of the U.S. holiday, Anna Jarvis, began protesting the holiday and was even arrested for disturbing the peace for demonstrating.

Jarvis's own mother started the campaign to establish a mother's holiday during the American Civil War.

Mothers are not the only people celebrated on this day.

All mother figures including grandmothers, great-grandmothers, stepmothers, and foster mothers are honored on the holiday.

In schools many students make special gifts, including handmade cards.

While widely recognized, Mother's Day is not a federal holiday.

Many other countries around the world have their own version of Mother's Day.

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