Father's Day 父亲节. An American Creation 一个美国人的创意. Read the text below and do the activity that follows. 阅读下面的短文, 然后完成练习 :

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2 Father's Day 父亲节 An American Creation 一个美国人的创意 Read the text below and do the activity that follows. 阅读下面的短文, 然后完成练习 : Father's Day is a fairly new celebration in the British calendar compared with Mother's Day, which has been a very popular and well-celebrated festival in the UK for a very long time. The origins of the celebration are American and it was inspired by the actions of a man named William Smart. He was a veteran of the US Civil War and his wife died giving birth to their sixth child. He raised six children alone without remarrying, which was undoubtedly unusual back in those days. His daughter, Sonora Dodd, realised when she was an adult what her father had sacrificed for his children. It was in the early 1900s and she was actually at church one day, listening to a sermon on Mother's Day. She thought there should also be a Father's Day celebration. And so the tradition was born, on the third Sunday every June, close to the anniversary of Sonora's father's death. Britain took the idea of Father's Day from the American celebration and it has been celebrated officially since the 1970s. Father's Day is never quite such the big commercial event that Mother's Day is, probably because it hasn't been in existence for so long. But what do British people do for Father's Day? Well, most people would buy their fathers a card. The card would probably have a nice message in it saying what a great Dad their father is. Some people do buy presents as well. Popular gifts for Dads are probably ties, chocolates or socks because these are things that Dads can always use even if they don't want them. In the run-up to Father's Day, or indeed Mother's Day, there will be adverts on the TV giving us ideas of CDs or gadgets we can buy. Card shops will be full of mugs or pens and similar merchandise with 'World's Greatest Dad' written on them. Some families might do things together to celebrate Father's Day like going for a meal. As a special treat, British people might give their Dad a bit of a rest make him a cup of tea, or even wash his car and mow the lawn to make him feel really appreciated. 2

3 Glossary 词汇表 celebration - 庆祝 inspired by 受启发 Civil War 内战 remarrying 再婚 sacrificed 牺牲 officially 正式地 in existence 存在 adverts 广告 mugs 杯子 treat 款待 origins 起源 veteran 退役军人 raised 养育了 undoubtedly 毫无疑问的 sermon 传教 commercial 商业性的 the run-up 即将到来之际 gadgets 小器具, 小玩意 merchandise 商品 mow the lawn 除草 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer. 以下句子哪句是真? 哪句是假? 请圈出正确答案 1. Father's Day has been celebrated in the UK for hundreds of years. True / False 2. Sonora Dodd got the idea for a Father's Day celebration while she was at church one day. True / False 3. Father's Day is on the second Sunday of June every year. True / False 4. Mother's Day is much more commercial than Father's Day. True / False 5. A popular gift idea for Father's Day would be a pair of socks. True / False 3

4 2. Family Members 家庭成员 Read the definitions of the different family members and try to match them up with the words in the boxes below. 下面的单词都是与家庭成员有关的词汇 请选词填空 1. Your mother/father's brother would be your. 2. Your brother/sister's daughter would be your. 3. Your uncle/aunt's child would be your. 4. Your husband/wife's mother would be your. 5. If your mother/father remarries, then their husband/wife's daughter would your. cousin niece mother-in-law step-sister uncle 4

5 3. Dates 日期 Match the written dates with the dates written in numbers. 请将下列日期与与其相对的表达方式对应起来 th March, 1968 a. in nineteen eighty five 2. in the 1600s b. in the nineties 3. in 1985 c. the thirtieth March, nineteen sixty eight 4. 3 rd August d. in the sixteen hundreds 5. in the 90s e. the third of August Now complete the sentences putting the correct word from above in the gaps. 从上面日期中选择正确答案. 1. Celine Dion was born on. 2. Shakespeare died. 3. My parents have been married for 22 years. They got married in. 4. My Dad's birthday is on. 5. My brother was born - he's twelve now. 5

6 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 Try to find the words associated with Father s Day in the puzzle below. There are ten words to find. Words can be written horizontally ( ), vertically ( ) or diagonally ( ) 请在下面的字谜游戏中, 找出与父亲节有关的英语单词来 共有 10 个单词, 其组成方式可能以水平的 ( ) 垂直的 ( ) 或对角的 ( ) 形式出现 f g c o m m e r c i a l e m e g a d g e t k u m c e l e b r a t i o n e r s r o o e j u n t s l c o m m e r u c i a u e h f t g e d n a p i n b a b f a t h e r x o d l n v o d r o s i c w a r d n k g e e r o n b y m i s a c a r d c c o k z s o c k t b r u f k p y e x m e r c h a c b s father celebration June commercial socks card gadget Sunday merchandise treat 6

7 Answers 答案 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer. 1. Father's Day has been celebrated in the UK for hundreds of years. False 2. Sonora Dodd got the idea for a Father's Day celebration while she was at church one day.. True 3. Father's Day is on the second Sunday of June every year. False 4. Mother's Day is much more commercial than Father's Day. True 5. A popular gift idea for Father's Day would be a pair of socks. True 3. Dates 日期 Match the written dates with the dates written in numbers. 请将下列日期与与其相对的表达方式对应起来 1. c 2. d 3. a 4. e 5. b Now complete the sentences putting the correct word from above in the gaps. 从上面日期中选择正确答案. 1. Celine Dion was born on 30 th March, Shakespeare died in the 1600s. 3. My parents have been married for 22 years. They got married in Family Members 家庭成员 Read the definitions of the different family members and try to match them up with the words in the boxes below. 下面的单词都是与家庭成员有关的词汇 请选词填空 1. Your mother/father's brother would be your uncle. 2. Your brother/sister's daughter would be your niece. 3. Your uncle/aunt's child would be your cousin. 4. Your husband/wife's mother would be your mother-in-law. 5. If your mother/father remarries, then their husband/wife's daughter would your step-sister. 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 c o m m e r c i a l m g a d g e t c e l e b r a t i o n r j s c u u h n n a f a t h e r d n r s a d e o y i c a r d c s t k e s 4. My Dad's birthday is on 3 rd August. 5. My brother was born in the 90s - he's twelve now. 7