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母亲节快乐

作者：思　晴

　　佳音是妈妈好友家的小女孩儿。妈妈是中国人，爸爸是日本人，从小长于日本，聪明伶俐。前些天，佳音的外婆去世了。因为和外婆相处时间不多，她并没有意识到到底发生了什么悲剧。只是见到妈妈好难过的样子，于是问：“妈妈，你为什么哭了？”
　　答：“因为妈妈的妈妈去世了。”
　　“妈妈，那你别难过了，我做你的妈妈吧！”佳音很认真地说。
　　据说佳音的妈妈回国参加完葬礼回到日本之后，佳音一直表现得很乖。她大概还不太明白失去亲人的悲痛是什么滋味，不过隐约能感觉，自己要做妈妈的妈妈，就要好好地表现，像个妈妈的样子……
　　佳音长大以后，早晚也会成为别人的母亲，不知那时她是不是能记起现在发生的这一幕。
　　这也让我想起外国朋友Jeff的女儿Nadia。她七八岁大的时候，曾经在感恩节时，这样郑重其事地对老爸说道：爸爸，能做你的女儿，让我感到特别幸福温暖，也因此心存感激……那口吻怎么也不像是七八岁的小孩子说的。母亲节到了，真不知道这个小丫头又有着怎样深情的一段感言呢！
　　很想提醒大家，无论多忙，记得买张精致的卡片，在上面整整齐齐或洋洋洒洒地写上：Dear Mom, thank you for bringing me into this world. I love you!（亲爱的妈妈，谢谢你把我带到这个世界。我爱你！）Love,… （爱你的……）
　　下面是新东方学校总裁俞敏洪老师在母亲节发给员工的邮件：“各位新东方人，母亲节即将来到，尽管这是一个美国人创造的节日，但全世界人民对于母亲的热爱和尊敬是相同的，这是为什么母亲节能够在全世界流行的原因。
　　在这里我首先向在新东方工作的，已经成为母亲的人表示崇高的敬意，你们在做母亲的同时，还在为新东方承担一份责任，还在为社会承担一份责任，你们付出了很多的辛苦。母亲的胸怀是全世界最广阔的胸怀，我代表新东方的所有儿女们，向你们表示衷心的感谢。
　　同时，请在新东方工作的儿女们，不要忘了在节日向母亲表示诚挚的感谢和问候，给她们打个电话，如果有时间回去看看她们，为她们做顿饭，或者去吃她们做的饭，她们都会很高兴。每次我有时间到我母亲那里吃饭，她都高兴得像小孩一样。
　　再次感谢大家在新东方的工作，祝大家母亲节快乐。”
　　
　　原 文
　　
　　A Daughter's Love for Her Mother
　　
　　The daughter's name is Anna Jarvis. She was very close to her mother¹. Anna missed her mother greatly after her mother died in May 1905.
　　In 1907, she persuaded her mother's church in West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the 2nd Sunday of May, which was the anniversary²of her mother's death. At the same time, Anna began a campaign to set up³a national Mother's Day throughout the United States. Together with her friends, Anna began to write letters to influential⁴people and top-level government officials to get their support.
　　Her efforts finally paid off ⁵. Many states in America began to celebrate Mother's Day. In 1914, the United States' President made an official announcement ⁶proclaiming Mother's Day as a national holiday to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.
　　While many countries celebrate their own Mother's Day at different times, there are some countries such as China, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Australia and Belgium that also celebrate Mother's Day on the 2nd Sunday of May.
　　
　　Red Carnations for Mother
　　
　　It was Anna who started the tradition of giving carnations ⁷on Mother's Day. The white carnation was her mother's favorite flower.
　　Since then, the carnation was chosen to represent ⁸ the sweetness, purity and endurance⁹ of a mother's love. On Mother's Day, people give red carnations as a symbol of love for their mothers¹⁰.
　　
　　Celebrating Mother's Day
　　
　　Nowadays,children honor their mothers with cards, gifts and flowers¹¹. They also give their mothers a day off¹² to rest, which means:
　　——No cooking: Family will go out to eat at their mother's favorite restaurant.
　　——No cleaning: Children will help to do the house chores for their mothers.
　　——No nagging¹³: Children will be obedient¹⁴. They will also do their chores and homework without being asked.
　　Some children write beautiful poems for their mothers. Others simply give their mothers a big hug and kiss to say “THANK YOU MUM. I LOVE YOU”.

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