母亲节英文ppt课件.ppt

,MOTHER,“M”is for the million things she gave me,“O”means only that shes growing old,“T”is for the tears she shed to save me,“H”is for her heart of purest gold,“E”is for her eyes,with the love-light shining,“R”means right,and right shell always be,Put them all together,they spell“MOTHER”,A word that means the world to me.,(Howard Johnson),Mothers Day is a celebration of honoring mothers and motherhood,and the influence of mothers in society.In the US and most countries including China and India,Mothers Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May.On this day mothers often receive gifts.,The History of Mothers Day,The earliest Mothers Day celebrations can be traced back to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea,the Mother of the Gods.During the 1600s,England celebrated a day called Mothering Sunday,which honored the mothers of England.During this time many of the Englands poor worked as servants for the wealthy.On Mothering Sunday the servants would have the day off and were encouraged to return home and spend the day with their mothers.,In the United States Mothers Day was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe as a day dedicated to peace.In 1907 Ana Jarvis,from Philadelphia,began a campaign to establish a national Mothers Day.It was successful as by 1911 Mothers Day was celebrated in almost every state.,节日PPT模板：,President Woodrow Wilson,in 1914,made the official announcement proclaiming Mothers Day as a national holiday that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.,China:the second Sunday in May.Japan:the third Sunday of October each year.Canada:the second Sunday in May each year.France:29th May each year.India:5th April each year.Britain:Fourth Sunday in Lent,Many countries celebrate their own Mothers Day at different times throughout the year.,Today,we can celebrate Mothers Day in many ways.We can buy some Mothers Day greeting cards.Most of them show pictures of flowers or hearts or other things that people feel are linked to being a mother.They have messages that express a persons love and thanks for his or her mother.In this way people can express their own feelings for their mother.,Also we can buy flowers for Mothers Day.It is one of the busiest days of the year for the flower industry.Even people who live far away from their mothers can send flowers.They order and pay for the flowers in the on-line store by the Internet.And that store carries the flowers to the persons mother in that city.,Carnation stands for a healthy,enthusiastic,great,holy,loving mother.Fragrant and beautiful,Carnation flowers have become symbolic of mothers love and also Mothers Day.,The red one:May mothers be healthy.The pink one:May mothers be young forever.,HemerocallisFlower is also called Wang Youcao.On Mothers Day,children present their mothers Wang Youcao,hoping that mothers will be away from sorrow and be happy everyday and hope that they will have a long and healthy life.,I think the Mothers Day is a great day thatwecanexpressour love.The bueatiful flowers and present cant stand for the huge meaning of that day.As children,we should spend more time in companying with our mothers.Buy some clothes,cook the meals and wash clothes for her.,At the last we can say these to our mom:,May joy and health be with you always.,Seasons greetings to our dearest mother!,Thank you for everything you gave me over the years.,So,dont be shy and speak I love you,mom loudly!,The End!,