英语美文阅读之介绍父亲节

英语美文阅读之介绍父亲节

xx年的父亲节就要到了，可是你知道父亲节的来历吗?下面这

篇英文阅读向你详细介绍这个伟大的父亲节。还需阅读更多精彩内

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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. On the third Sunday in June, fathers all

across the United States are given prents, treated to

dinner or otherwi made to feel special.

The origin of Father's Day is not clear. Some say that

it began with a church rvice in West Virginia in 1908.

After Sonora became an adult she realized the

lflessness her father had shown in raising his children

as a single parent. It was her father that made all the

parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a

courageous, lfless, and loving man. In 1909, Mrs. Dodd

approached her own minister and others in Spokane about

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. In 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a