世界節(jié)假日博覽 第69期:兄弟姐妹日

National Siblings Day (NSD) is celebrated on April 10 each year in the USA. It is the brainchild of Claudia A. Evart, who created it after the deaths of her brother and sister. She wanted a day for all Americans to think about the importance of the relationships they have with their brothers and sisters. She created a Siblings Day Foundation to establish this special day and has managed to get 40 state governors to declare Siblings Day in their states. More and more people are accepting NSD and it now has a “Special Mark” from the US Patent and Trademark Office. If it keeps growing in popularity, it could be up there on the holiday calendar with Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
每年的4月10日為美國的兄弟姐妹日?？藙诘蠇I·埃瓦特發(fā)起了該節(jié)日，她失去了自己的哥哥和姐姐。她希望這天能夠讓所有美國民眾認識到兄弟姐妹的重要性。她通過建立“兄弟姐妹基金會”來創(chuàng)辦這一特殊節(jié)日，美國四十州州長也承認了該節(jié)日。越來越多的人開始承認“兄弟姐妹日”，它還擁有了美國專利和商標(biāo)局的特殊標(biāo)志。如果歡迎度繼續(xù)增加，那么它將有可能與父親節(jié)，母親節(jié)一樣登上日歷。


Do you ever stop and think just how important your brothers and sisters are to you? Do you ever wonder what life would be like without a brother or sister, to be an only child? Our siblings are quite often the people with whom we have the longest relations. More often than not, we are together in infancy, play together, grow up together and grow old together. We share a million experiences, joys and disappointments. We often rely on them when we are in deepest need and celebrate with them our greatest achievements. Our brothers and sisters are perhaps the people who understand and trust us best. It is great that there is a day when we get to celebrate this wonderful bond and to say “thank you for being my brother or sister”.
兄弟姐妹的重要性你有想過嗎？如果這個世界沒有他們，只有你那會是什么樣子？兄弟姐妹之間的親情通常是最長久的。我們往往從嬰兒時期就生活在一起，一起玩，一起長大，一起變老。我們共同分享快樂哀愁。當(dāng)我們傷心時，我們通常會從他們那里得到安慰，獲得成功時與他們一同分享喜悅。兄弟姐妹或許是最了解我們，最信任我們的人。我們能夠在這天慶祝我們之間的關(guān)系，并說出“謝謝你成為我的兄弟姐妹”。