1、阅读文章More and more young people from China begin to celebrate Fathers Day. They send their fathers presents, or invite them for a nice dinner. But do you know how Fathers Day started?While Mrs. Dodd, from America, was listening to a talk about Mothers Day in a church in 1909, she had an idea of havin
2、g Fathers Day to honor(纪念) her father, William Smart. Mr. Smart used to be a soldier. His wife died when she gave birth to her sixth child. Mr. Smart had to raise his six children alone. They lived a hard life. After Dodd grew up, she wanted to thank her father for what he had done for them. She wro
3、te a letter to the church and asked for the third Sunday in June to be Fathers Day. The church agreed with her. The first Fathers Day was celebrated on June 19th, 1910 in Washington. The children made special desserts and something else to cheer up their fathers. In 1924, President(总统) Calvin Coolid
4、ge supported the idea of a national Fathers Day. People all over the country began to celebrate Fathers Day. Finally, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made the third Sunday in June Fathers Day. This year, what did you do for your father?试着做一做1What do young people in China usually do to celebrate Fa
5、thers Day? _2Why did Mrs. Dodd want to have Fathers Day? _3请将处画线句子译成汉语。 _4请将处画线句子译成汉语。 _5请给本文拟定一个标题。 _答案1.They send their fathers presents, or invite them for a nice dinner. 2.To honor(纪念) her father, William Smart.3.他妻子在生她的第六个孩子的时候去世了。4.孩子们特制了甜点以及其他东西来使他们父亲开心。5.The Beginning of Fathers Day点拨：寻找主题句法。本文主题句 为第一段最后一句话：But do you know how Fathers Day started？。 本句作为主题句，引出对父亲节由来的叙述，故本文的题目应为 “父亲节的由来”。2