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  [00:00.00]Lesson 26     The Story of Father's Day
[00:11.45]父亲节的故事
[00:22.91]1.Text
[00:25.55]Father's Day, contrary to popular misconception,
[00:31.61]was not established as holiday in order help promote the sales of greet-ing cards.
[00:35.68]与流传的错误看法相反,设立父亲节并不是为了让贺卡商能卖出更多的卡片。
[00:39.76]In fact, when a "father's day" was first proposed1,
[00:45.51]there were no Father's Day cards!
[00:47.54]事实上,当最初提议庆祝父亲节时,根本就不存在父亲节卡片!
[00:49.58]Mrs John B Dodd, of Washington,
[00:54.62]first proposed the idea of a "father's day" in 1909.
[00:58.16]第一个提出父亲节建议的是华盛顿的约翰.布鲁斯.多德夫人。
[01:01.70]Mrs Dodd wanted a special day to honor2 her father, William Smart.
[01:05.42]多德夫人希望能用一个特殊的日子,向她父亲威廉.斯马特先生表示敬意。
[01:09.15]William Smart, a Civil War veteran3, was widowed when his wife
[01:16.41](Mrs Dodd's mother)died in giving birth to their sixth child.
[01:20.04]威廉.斯马特是美国内战中的老兵,他妻子(多德夫人的母亲)在生育第6个孩子时,因难产而死,斯马特先生从此成为鳏夫。
[01:23.67]Mr Smart was left to faise the newborn
[01:28.42]and his other five chidren on his own on a rural4 farm in eastern Washington.
[01:32.55]他独自一人在华盛顿州东部的一个乡村农场抚养新生的孩子及其他五个子女。
[01:36.68]It was after Mrs Dodd became an adult
[01:41.72]that she real-ized the strength and selflessness her father had shown
[01:48.80]in raising his children as a single parent.
[01:51.02]直到长大成人,多德夫人才意识到父亲在独自一人养育子女的过程中表现出来的坚强和无私。
[01:53.24]The first Father's Day was observed on June 19,1910 in Spo-kane. Washington.
[01:57.88]1910年6月19日,人们在华盛顿州的斯波坎庆祝了第一个父亲节。
[02:02.51]At about the same time in various towns and cities across America,
[02:09.18]other people were beginning to celebrate a "father's day".
[02:12.26]差不多与此同时,美国各地其他城镇的人们也开始庆祝“父亲节”。
[02:15.34]In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day.
[02:20.07]1924年,卡尔文.柯立芝总统表示支持设立全国性父亲的建议。
[02:24.80]Finally in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation
[02:34.23]declaring the 3rd Sun-day of June as Father's Day.
[02:36.94]林登.约翰逊总统最终于1966年签署了总统公告,宣布每年6月的第三个星期天为父亲。
[02:39.66]Father's Day has become a day to honor not only your father,
[02:46.01]but all men who stand for a father figure.
[02:48.53]如今父亲节已不仅是向父亲表示敬意的节日,而是向所有充当父亲角色的男性表示敬意的日子。
[02:51.05]Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers,
[02:56.09]and adult male friends are to be honored5 on Father's Day.
[02:59.17]继父、伯父、叔父、祖父、年长的男性朋友都会在父亲时被致以敬意。
[03:02.26]II. Dialog6
[03:06.10]A Father's Day Gift
[03:08.13]父亲节的礼物
[03:10.17]My boss wore a real stupid tie to work today. Can you guess why?
[03:14.26]今天我们老板系了条很难看的领带来上班,你能猜猜这是怎么回事?
[03:18.35]He isn't a man of good taste for clothes, is he?
[03:21.31]他对服装不太讲究,是吗?
[03:24.28]He is, but I didn't mean that.
[03:26.94]他是讲究但不是因为这个。
[03:29.61]His daughter bought him a tie as a Father's Day gift,
[03:35.98]and he was very to wear it and show it off to us in the office.
[03:39.70]他女儿给他买了那条领带做父亲节的礼物,他特别高兴地戴上了,还在办公室向我们炫耀。
[03:43.43]It must be hard being a father.
[03:45.96]做个父亲也真不容易。
[03:48.49]No, it's great being a father,
[03:52.62]seeing your children grow-ing up and loving you and admiring you.
[03:55.49]不对,做父亲的感觉很棒,看着你的孩子长大,爱你,崇拜你。
[03:58.37]Maybe you'll only feel that way on Father's Day.
[04:01.31]也许你只有在父亲节那天才会有这样的感受。
[04:04.24]II. Dialog
[04:11.30]A Father's Day Gift
[04:13.32]父亲节的礼物
[04:15.35]My boss wore a real stupid tie to work today. Can you guess why?
[04:19.44]今天我们老板系了条很难看的领带来上班,你能猜猜这是怎么回事?
[04:23.52]He isn't a man of good taste for clothes, is he?
[04:26.50]他对服装不太讲究,是吗?
[04:29.48]He is, but I didn't mean that.
[04:32.35]他是讲究但不是因为这个。
[04:35.23]His daughter bought him a tie as a Father's Day gift,
[04:41.60]and he was very to wear it and show it off to us in the office.
[04:45.57]他女儿给他买了那条领带做父亲节的礼物,他特别高兴地戴上了,还在办公室向我们炫耀。
[04:49.54]It must be hard being a father.
[04:52.06]做个父亲也真不容易。
[04:54.58]No, it's great being a father,
[04:58.74]seeing your children grow-ing up and loving you and admiring you.
[05:01.62]不对,做父亲的感觉很棒,看着你的孩子长大,爱你,崇拜你。
[05:04.51]Maybe you'll only feel that way on Father's Day.
[05:07.44]也许你只有在父亲节那天才会有这样的感受。


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1 proposed dkDzql     
被提议的
参考例句:
  • There is widespread discontent among the staff at the proposed changes to pay and conditions. 员工对改变工资和工作环境的建议普遍不满。
  • an outcry over the proposed change 对拟议的改革所发出的强烈抗议
2 honor IQDzL     
n.光荣;敬意;荣幸;vt.给…以荣誉;尊敬
参考例句:
  • I take your visit as a great honor.您的来访是我莫大的光荣。
  • It is a great honor to receive that prize.能拿到那个奖是无上的光荣。
3 veteran 3i3wX     
n.老兵;经验丰富的人,老手
参考例句:
  • My grandfather is a veteran of the Second World War.我祖父是二战时的老兵。
  • We often asked the veteran workers for advice.我们常常向老工人求教。
4 rural OC8za     
adj.乡下的,田园的,乡村风味的
参考例句:
  • He lived a rural life.他过着田园生活。
  • We left the city for a rural home.我们离开城市,去农村安家。
5 honored honored     
adj.光荣的:荣幸的v.尊敬,给以荣誉( honor的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • I hope to be honored with further orders. 如蒙惠顾,不胜荣幸。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • This is a time-honored custom. 这是一个古老的习俗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 dialog IvtxH     
n.对话,对白
参考例句:
  • At last there can be a reasonable dialog between our two governments.我们两国最后终于能理智地进行对话了。
  • Address every primary view and dialog possible.要尽可能考虑到所有主要的视图和对话。

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