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#英语阅读#
1） 成人英语学习中的第一个英语突破一定是从阅读突破开始的，成人已经掌握了阅读理解能力。
2） 英语阅读突破是实现英语学习其他方面突破的基础和第一步。阅读是自然增加英语词汇量和内容的首要信息输入渠道。明白了这个道理，许多英语学习者也许就明白了自己多年困在英语中难以突破的原因。
3） 阅读的目的是实现对英语语言和内容的独立理解，而不是能够将其翻译成中文。这是多数英语学习者阅读英语最大的误区和障碍；
4） 原文阅读的另一个障碍是过多的生词。你不没有必要一次认识所有的单词，你需要留心的是那些影响你理解核心含义的单词和对你有意义的单词/名称。
5） 刘博士英语阅读突破的具体指导建议：
a) 从叙述文体和故事讲述文体开始选择你的阅读内容领域；专注一个你感兴趣的领域文章持续阅读；选择你生活时代的作品进行阅读；从简短文章（20-30分钟阅读长度）开始练习阅读；不要阅读没有内容的英语教材!
b) 早期阅读时，找到每段文章中以句号结束的完整句子，划出句子中的主谓宾，你发现你就以及理解句子的主要内容了；其他内容都是从属附加和修饰的内容。
c) 试着用感受力和想象力感觉原文大意，而不是用中文翻译去准确翻译原文（除非语义的结构太复杂需要你动用翻译工具）。牢牢记住：你的英语突破目标是丢掉中文的拐杖；
d) 如果出现单词影响你的理解，通常此单词是处于主谓宾位置的单词，请使用手机中的字典软件查阅（尤其关注其英文含义）。如果此单词对你很重要，请将该单词和整个句子用笔记本记下来。否则，可以根据上下文判断或是根据其出现频率决定是否需要记住。
e) 当阅读并理解了原文大意以后，请将你感兴趣的语句、章节或是理解透彻的章节再次出声朗读一遍，试着边朗读边理解你念的句子。你理解正确的语句，通常你的朗读也会流利，也可以锻炼你的口语表达和听力理解；学会准确发音和听懂是第二年的事情，这是由国情决定的。
f) 如果你的确有不理解的地方，通常问题在于句子语法结构的错判，逻辑的不理解和文化内容的不理解。请一定要向人求助。向他人求助表明你重视他在你心中的地位，帮助他人让我们感到自己的价值。至少你可以向刘博士求助。
以下的文章是有关母亲节的来历。你可以试着用这种方式进行阅读实践。
每周英语阅读：母亲节曲折而略带悲伤的历史
the Origin of Mother"s Day in Modern History has a sad twist with it
Mother’s Day is a holiday honoring motherhood that is observed in different forms throughout the world. In the United States, Mother’s Day 2021 will occur on Sunday, May 9. The American incarnation of Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914.
Jarvis would later denounce the holiday’s commercialization and spent the latter part of her life trying to remove it from the calendar. While dates and celebrations vary, Mother’s Day traditionally involves presenting moms with flowers, cards and other gifts.
History of Mother’s Day
Celebrations of mothers and motherhood can be traced back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who held festivals in honor of the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele, but the clearest modern precedent for Mother’s Day is the early Christian festival known as “Mothering Sunday.”
Over time the Mothering Sunday tradition shifted into a more secular holiday, and children would present their mothers with flowers and other tokens of appreciation. This custom eventually faded in popularity before merging with the American Mother’s Day in the 1930s and 1940s.
A Surprising History of Modern Mother’s Day
The origins of Mother’s Day as celebrated in the United States date back to the 19th century. In the years before the Civil War, Ann Reeves Jarvis of West Virginia helped start “Mothers’ Day Work Clubs” to teach local women how to properly care for their children.
These clubs later became a unifying force in a region of the country still divided over the Civil War. In 1868 Jarvis organized “Mothers’ Friendship Day,” at which mothers gathered with former Union and Confederate soldiers to promote reconciliation.
Another precursor to Mother’s Day came from the abolitionist and suffragette Julia Ward Howe. In 1870 Howe wrote the “Mother’s Day Proclamation,” a call to action that asked mothers to unite in promoting world peace. In 1873 Howe campaigned for a “Mother’s Peace Day” to be celebrated every June 2.
Other early Mother’s Day pioneers include Juliet Calhoun Blakely, a temperance activist who inspired a local Mother’s Day in Albion, Michigan, in the 1870s. The duo of Mary Towles Sasseen and Frank Hering, meanwhile, both worked to organize a Mothers’ Day in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some have even called Hering “the father of Mothers’ Day.”
Anna Jarvis Turns Mother"s Day into a National Holiday
The official Mother’s Day holiday arose in the 1900s as a result of the efforts of Anna Jarvis, daughter of Ann Reeves Jarvis. Following her mother’s 1905 death, Anna Jarvis conceived of Mother’s Day as a way of honoring the sacrifices mothers made for their children.
After gaining financial backing from a Philadelphia department store owner named John Wanamaker, in May 1908 she organized the first official Mother’s Day celebration at a Methodist church in Grafton, West Virginia. That same day also saw thousands of people attend a Mother’s Day event at one of Wanamaker’s retail stores in Philadelphia.
Following the success of her first Mother’s Day, Jarvis—who remained unmarried and childless her whole life—resolved to see her holiday added to the national calendar. Arguing that American holidays were biased toward male achievements, she started a massive letter writing campaign to newspapers and prominent politicians urging the adoption of a special day honoring motherhood.
By 1912 many states, towns and churches had adopted Mother’s Day as an annual holiday, and Jarvis had established the Mother’s Day International Association to help promote her cause. Her persistence paid off in 1914 when President Woodrow Wilson signed a measure officially establishing the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.
Jarvis Decries Commercialized Mother’s Day
Anna Jarvis had originally conceived of Mother’s Day as a day of personal celebration between mothers and families. Her version of the day involved wearing a white carnation as a badge and visiting one’s mother or attending church services. But once Mother’s Day became a national holiday, it was not long before florists, card companies and other merchants capitalized on its popularity.
While Jarvis had initially worked with the floral industry to help raise Mother’s Day’s profile, by 1920 she had become disgusted with how the holiday had been commercialized. She outwardly denounced the transformation and urged people to stop buying Mother’s Day flowers, cards and candies.
Jarvis eventually resorted to an open campaign against Mother’s Day profiteers, speaking out against confectioners, florists and even charities. She also launched countless lawsuits against groups that had used the name “Mother’s Day,” eventually spending most of her personal wealth in legal fees.
By the time of her death in 1948 Jarvis had disowned the holiday altogether, and even actively lobbied the government to see it removed from the American calendar.
Mother’s Day around the World
While versions of Mother’s Day are celebrated worldwide, traditions vary depending on the country. In Thailand, for example, Mother’s Day is always celebrated in August on the birthday of the current queen, Sirikit.
Another alternate observance of Mother’s Day can be found in Ethiopia, where families gather each fall to sing songs and eat a large feast as part of Antrosht, a multi-day celebration honoring motherhood.
In the United States, Mother’s Day continues to be celebrated by presenting mothers and other women with gifts and flowers, and it has become one of the biggest holidays for consumer spending. Families also celebrate by giving mothers a day off from activities like cooking or other household chores.
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