Suddenly something has happened to meAs I was having my cup of teaSuddenly I was feeling depressedI was utterly and totally stressedDo you know you made me cryDo you know you made me dieAnd the thing that gets to meIs you'll never really seeAnd the thing that freaks me outIs I'll always be in doubtIt is a lovely thing that we haveIt is a lovely thing that weIt is a lovely thing, the animalThe animal instinct

So take my hands and come with meSo take my hands and we will prayThey won't take you awayThey will never make me cry, noThey will never make me dieAnd the thing that gets to meIs you'll never really seeAnd the thing that freaks me outIs I'll always be in doubtThe animal, the animal, the animal instinct in meIt's the animal, the animal, the animal instinct in meIt's the animal, it's the animal, it's the animal instinct in me [x2]

Animal Instinct ---By Cranberries

Questions:1. Why different countries celebrate Mother’s Day on various days of the year?2. When did president Woodrow Wilson declared the first national Mother's Day?

3. What do you think of the MV Animal Instinct?Animal Instinct?

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6. apprentice  [ ə'prentɪs]n.   学徒

7. servitude  ['sɜːvɪtjuːd]n.   奴役 ; 苦役 ;

8. Methodist  [ 'meθədɪst]n.   卫理公会派教徒9.episcopal  [e'pis·co·pal ]adj.   主教的10. rampant  [ 'ræmpnt]adj.   猖獗的 , 猛烈的 , 蔓生的

is a day honoring mothers, is a day honoring mothers, celebrated on various days in many places celebrated on various days in many places around the world.around the world.

Different countries celebrate on various days of the year.

Because the day has a number of different origins.

History

Ancient Greece :

Emerged from a custom of mother worship, which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of Greek gods.

The ancient Romans: Had another holiday, Matronalia, that was dedicated to Juno.

In some countries: Began not as a celebration for individual mothers but rather for Christians .

At home, women received gifts from their husbands and daughters;

Roman husbands were expected to offer prayers for their wives.

Celebrating the goddess of childbirth ("Juno who brings

children into the light").

Matronalia (or Matronales Feriae) :

Origin: the 16th century Christian practice of visiting one's mother church annually.

Date: falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent (exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday).

Now used to celebrate and give thanks for mothers

secularization

(Although it is still recognized in the historical sense by some churches, with attention paid to Mary the mother of Jesus as well as the traditional concept ‘Mother Church'.)

Date: On the second Sunday in May.

Influenced by Ann Jarvis, starting in 1858, had attempted to improve sanitation through what she called Mothers' Work Days.

1870, Mother's Day Proclamation a call for peace and disarmament.

Origin: Loosely inspired by the British day and was imported by Julia Ward Howe after Civil War.

Originally the Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church, this building is now the International Mother's Day Shrine (a National Historic Landmark).

From the custom caught on, spreading eventually to 45 states. In 1912, declared officially by some states. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson declared the first national Mother's Day.Commercialization---- Mother's Day is now the most popular day of the year to dine out at a restaurant in the United States.

In 1907, Jarvis died, her daughter, Anna Jarvis, started to find a memorial day for women.

On 10 May 1908, the first such Mother's Day was celebrated in Grafton, West Virginia.

American citizens to show the flag in honor of those mothers

whose sons had died in war.

In many African countries---copying the British concept.

In most countries--- a new concept copied from western civilization.

In most of East Asia---copied straight from USA.

Day

Second Sunday in February Norway

Shevat 30 (falls anywhere between January 30 and March 1)

Israel

March 3 Georgia

March 8 Afghanistan, Albania*, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,Laos, Macedonia*, Moldova*, Montenegro, Romania*, Russia*, Serbia, Ukraine South Korea. *In Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Guyana, Italy, Macedonia, Mongolia, and Russia it is observed as International Women's Day, not specifically Mothers' day.

Fourth Sunday in Lent (Mothering Sunday - March 2 in 2008)

Ireland, Nigeria, United Kingdom

March 21 (vernal equinox) Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen (All Arab countries in general)

March 25 Slovenia

April 7 Armenia

Baisakh Amavasya (Mata Tirtha Aunsi)

Nepal

First Sunday in May Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, Germany

May 8 Albania (Parents' Day), South Korea(Parents' Day).

May 10 El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico

Second Sunday in May - (May 11 in 2008)

Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Malta, Malaysia, Myanmar, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe

May 15 Paraguay

May 26 Poland

May 27 Bolivia

last Sunday in May

Algeria, Dominican Republic, France (except if it coincides with Pentecost day, in which case Mother's Day will be shifted to the first Sunday of June), Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, Tunisia.

May 30 Nicaragua

June 1 Mongolia (The Mothers and Children's Day. Mongolia is the only country that celebrates Mother's day twice a year.)

2nd Sunday of June

Luxembourg

Last Sunday of June Kenya

August 12 Thailand (the birthday of Queen Sirikit Kitiyakara)

August 15 (Assumption Day) Antwerp (Belgium), Costa Rica

Second Monday in October Malawi

October 14 Belarus

Third Sunday in October Argentina (Día de la Madre)

Last Sunday of November Russia

December 8 Panama

16 December, Iranian calendar: 25 Azar (Mother And Child Foundation)

Iran (This date is almost deprecated inside Iran and is replaced by birthdate of Fatimah daughter of Islam prophet.)

December 22 Indonesia

Animal Instinct ---By Cranberries

Questions:1. Why different countries celebrate Mother's Day on various days of the year?Because the day has a number of Because the day has a number of different origins.different origins.2. When did president Woodrow Wilson de

clared the first national Mother's Day?In 1914.In 1914.

3. What do you think of the MV Animal Instinct?Animal Instinct?