每年6月的第三个星期日(the3rd Sunday of June)是父亲节。美国华盛顿州(Washington)的多德夫人在1909年首先提出了设立“父亲节”的提议。多德夫人的母亲在生第六个孩子时因难产而死(die)。父亲斯玛特先生在华盛顿东部乡下的农场(farm)里独自养大了六个孩子。多德夫人成人后意识到她的父亲一个人养大 The third day of June each year is the Father’s Day. In 1909 Mrs. Dodd in Washington, USA first proposed the establishment of “Father’s Day”. Mrs. Dodd’s mother died of a dystocia when she gave birth to her sixth child. His father, Mr. Smart, raised six children alone in his farm in the eastern suburbs of Washington. Mrs. Dodd realized that her father was raised alone when he was an adult