国旗下的讲话：爱在父亲节

  尊敬的各位老师，亲爱的同学们： 　　早上好！ 每年六月份的第三个星期日是父亲节。同学们,谈到父亲节，我们应当知道它的由来。1909年，居住在华盛顿的布鲁斯.多德夫人，在庆贺母亲节时产生了一个念头：既然有个母亲节，为什么不能有个父亲节呢？多德夫人和他的5个弟弟早年丧母，是由父亲一手抚养大的。多少年过去了，姐弟6人每逢父亲的生辰忌日，总回忆慈父含辛茹苦养家的情景。在拉斯马斯博士的支持下，她提笔给州政府写了一封言辞恳切的信，呼吁建立父亲节，并建议将节日定在6月5日她父亲生日这天。州政府采纳了她的建议，仓促间将父亲节定为19日，即1909年6月第3个星期日。这个由外国人率先设立的节日，它同样符合我们中国人的国情，因为我们每个人也都是在母亲和父亲的关怀呵护下健康成长的。 　　记得有一首歌是这样唱的：那是我小时侯，常坐在父亲肩头，父亲是儿那登天的梯，父亲是那拉车的牛……相对于温柔亲切的母爱而言，父爱是深沉的。如果说母爱是清凉的甘泉的话，那父爱就是巍峨的高山。父亲用坚实的臂膀挑起了家的重担，挑起了一个男人的尊严的同时，也把沉甸甸的父爱挑了起来。 　　本周日也就是6月17日，是今年的父亲节，同学们，让我们怀着感恩的心，对自己的父亲说声：“亲爱的爸爸，您辛苦了。”并努力的把更多的时间和精力放在学习上，学习好了，守纪律了，这就是对父亲最好的报答。如果寸草心不能报答三春晖，我们自然也无法报答父爱的千万分之一，但是只要心中有理想，付出行动，我们就能做一个让父亲骄傲的好孩子。 　　在此，我也祝愿各位老师、各位同学的父亲、祝愿全天下所有的父亲永远健康！   　　Good morning, everyone! We celebrate Father’s Day on the third Sunday of June. As for Father’s Day, we should know how it originated. 　　It occurred to Sonora Smart Dodd in Washington in 1909 after Mother’s Day that why there was no “Father’s Day, while Mother’s Day was celebrated? Her father was a single parent who reared his six children after their mother’s early death, which impressed them much although many years had passed. So she wrote a sincere letter to the state government to promote Father’s Day. Although she initially suggested June 5, her father's birthday, the pastors hadn't enough time to prepare their sermons, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June. Father’s Day, although it was celebrated first by foreigners, can be also done across China because we are brought up under the protection from our fathers as well as mother. 　　A song goes like that: “when I was young, I took a seat on father’s shoulders. Father is just the ladder leading me to the sky; father is just the bull leading the cart”  Compared with gentle mother’s love, father’s love is more profound. If maternal love is refreshing spring water, paternal love shall be lofty mountains. When Father supports the family with his strong arms for the dignity of being a man, he shows his profound paternal love as well. 　　June 17, this Sunday, is Father’s Day, on which you shall say to your father gratefully “Dear daddy, thank you!”  You should center yourself on your learning. That you train yourself a disciplinary person is the best return to your father. Although “ Who can says the little soul of grass waving could for the warmth repay the sun of spring” , we can meet their hope as proud children with our action. 　　Hence, I wish all fathers of all good health forever!