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

　　母亲节的内涵

　　1. 节日是常考话题，本篇可以直接背：

　　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.

　　2.顺着爱心找好句子背：

　　用对照手法：Love is never vague and abstract, but always concrete and visible. 爱心从不是模糊而抽象的，而是具体而可视的。

　　用暗喻：Love is a gentle rain from heaven, blessing those who give it and those who receive it. 爱心是温柔之雨从天堂而落，祝福了那些给予的人和那些得到的人。

　　3-3-3对称：Love relieves anxiety, depression and sadness, and brings optimism, hope and faith. 爱心消除焦虑、压抑和悲伤，带来乐观、希望和信念。

　　直接背：Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈；爱不嫉妒，爱不自夸，不张狂，不作害羞的事，不求自己的益处，不轻易发怒，不计算人的恶，不喜欢不义，只喜欢真理；凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐；爱是永不止息。

　　结论：Mother's Day can be traced back to a cruel history, though it is an innocent holiday. 母亲节是一个呼唤纯真的节日，但是却来源于一段残酷的往事（历史）

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