父亲节相关的英语口语练习

　　英语口语是被英语国家人民普遍应用的口头交流的语言形式。英语口语通常是通过声音传播的。英语文学作品中也常以书面形式记叙英语口语。英语口语灵活多变，多因场合与发言者不同而被自由使用。与口语相对，书面英语是在口语的基础上发展出来的，用于书面表达的语言。英语口语是被英语国家人民普遍应用的口头交流的语言形式。英语口语通常是通过声音传播的。英语文学作品中也常以书面形式记叙英语口语。英语口语灵活多变，多因场合与发言者不同而被自由使用。

　　Father's Day

　　Third Sunday in June

　　6月的第三个星期天

　　父亲节在美国

　　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. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special

　　.

　　父亲节的来源

　　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.

　　父亲节的推广

　　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.