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The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an offic
The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an offic
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2023-08-23
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The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children. Father’s Day is on the third Sunday in June. On that day, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner, send greeting cards, or other ways to make special.
The origin of Father’ s Day is not clear. Some say that it began with a church service in West Virginia in 1908. Others say the first Father’s Day ceremony was held in Vancouver, Washington. The president of the Chicago branch of the Lions’ Club, Harry Meek, is said to have celebrated the first Father’s Day with his organization in 1915; and the day that they chose was the third Sunday in June, the closest date to Meek’ s own birthday!
Regardless of when the first true Father’ s Day occurred, the strongest promoter of the holiday was Mrs. Bruce John Dodd of Spokane, Washington. Mrs. Dodd felt that she had an outstanding father. He was a veteran of the Civil War. His wife had died young, and he had raised six children without their mother.
In 1909, Mrs. Dodd approached her own minister and others in Spokane about having a church service dedicated to fathers on June 5, her father’s birthday. That date was too soon for her minister to prepare the service, so he spoke a few weeks later on June 19th. From then on, the state of Washington celebrated the third Sunday in June as Father’ s Day. Children made special desserts, or visited their fathers if they lived apart.
States and organizations began lobbying Congress to declare an annual Father’s Day. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson approved of this idea, but it was not until 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge made it a national event to "establish more intimate relations between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their obligations." Since then, fathers had been honored and recognized by their families throughout the country on the third Sunday in June.
When children can’ t visit their fathers or take them out to dinner, they always send a greeting card. Traditionally, fathers prefer to greeting cards that are not too sentimental. Most greeting cards are whimsical, so fathers laugh when they open them. Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child needed Dad. Receiving cards prepared heartily by their children, Fathers are very happy on that day.
With the development of society and culture, 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. [br] What is the main idea of this passage?
选项
A、Few countries celebrate Father’s Day.
B、The origin and celebrated ways of Father’s Day in America.
C、The ways to celebrate Father’ s Day.
D、The significance of Father’s Day.
答案
B
解析
主旨题。文章开头讲到,“父亲节”是美国的法定节日.接着研究了美国“父亲节”的起源,然后介绍了美国人庆祝“父亲节”的方式.最后提到如今这一节日的意义更丰富了。由此可知,本文主要是介绍美国“父亲节”的来历和庆祝方式。B项符合。
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