今天我们要学习的是Mother’s Day（母亲节）。Do you celebrate Mother’s Day in your country?（你的国家会庆祝母亲节吗）When do you celebrate Mother’s Day?（你什么时候庆祝母亲节）Why do people celebrate Mother’s Day?（为什么人们会庆祝母亲节）In many countries, there’s a special day of the year when children of ages celebrate their mothers. （在很多国家有一个特殊的日子，在这一天孩子们会为母亲庆祝）On this day, Mother’s Day, children tell their mothers that they love them. （这一天孩子们会告诉母亲自己爱母亲）And they thank them for their love and their care.（孩子们感谢母亲的爱与照顾）Now, I’m going to talk about the history of the holiday.（现在我要谈一谈母亲节的历史）Mother’s Day is not a new celebration, historians say that it started as a spring festival in ancient Greece to celebrate spring and summer.（母亲节不是一个新的节日，历史学家说母亲节起源于古希腊的春天，当时是庆祝春季与夏季的节日）The mother festival of Mother’s Day comes from England.（而庆祝母亲的母亲节则发源于英国）In 1600s, people had a day off from their jobs to visit their mothers, a day called MOTHERING SUNDAY. （17世纪人们会在休息日去看望母亲，他们把这一天叫做母亲周日）They took small gifts to their mothers and a cake called SIMNEL CAKE. （他们会给母亲送礼物，并送给母亲一个蛋糕）In the United States, Mathers’ Day became an official holiday in 1914.（在美国，母亲节于1914年正式成为了一个固定节日）现在请回答以下问题：When was Mother’s Day invented?（母亲节诞生于什么时候）What do people do in Mother’s Day?（人们在母亲节做什么）When did Mother’s Day become a holiday in the United States?（母亲节什么时候成为了美国的节日）