英语外刊阅读精讲：母亲节的起源及其内涵(原声音频)

2018-10-03 09:26:00来源：新东方在线

　　【本期导读】：一个呼唤纯真的节日源于一段悲惨的往事

　　【内容概括】：十七个单词/四种手法/四个最美的“爱心”句

　　近期的时事不少，从勒索病毒爆发到一代一路，从朝核危机到特朗普医改，不过今天想和大家聊一聊母亲节的起源，以及它的内涵，了解一个国家不仅要了解它的时事，还要了解它的文化，本文选自《纽约每日新闻》，且听黄培辰老师的本期解读，更多双语阅读资料，可点击查看：《双语阅读：英语外刊阅读精讲汇总》

　　一、英文原文

　　First of all, make sure you get the apostrophe right: It's Mother's Day. As in, a singular mother. And she was Anna Jarvis' mom, Ann Reeves Jarvis.

　　The senior Jarvis was a mothers' advocate whose life of service included founding “Mothers' Day Work Clubs.” An early form of parenting classes, the clubs would evolve into a resource for Civil War soldiers and their families. After the war, Jarvis created a “Mothers' Friendship Day” in 1868, in an effort to unify North and South through moms.

　　That didn't really take off, but after Jarvis' death in 1905, daughter Anna decided to push for a holiday to honor her mother, who happened to be known as Mother Jarvis. Hence Mother's Day. The first Mother's Day was held in 1908 on the May anniversary of Mother Jarvis' death at Andrews Methodist Church, in Grafton, West Virginia, where she'd taught Sunday School for decades.

双语阅读：英语外刊阅读精讲(附音频)