2023-2024学年高中英语社团第一讲：Tree Planting Day(植树节) 讲义

英语社团第一讲 Tree Planting Day（植树节） 每年的3月12日是中国的植树节。不少同学的印象中，植树节的英文是Tree Planting Day，国内学校也是这样教的。不过外国（特别是美澳）并不这样表达，而是用Arbor Day。 朗文词典对arbor的解释是：a shelter in a park or yard made by making plants grow together on a frame shaped like an arch，即“〔公园或院子里长满蔓藤的〕棚架，藤架”。这个词来自拉丁语，本是“树”（tree）的意思。 那么植树节是怎么来的呢？我们一起往下看看吧！ 植树节的来历 国外： In many countries it has long been the tradition to hold an annual tree or forest festival. The origin of such celebrations dates back to antiquity and is in the dawn of religious feeling and awe for what trees represented. However, Arbor Day, as it is commonly known today, is of American origin and evolved from conditions peculiar to the Great Plains. It was first observed in Nebraska in 1872. The idea, conceived by J.S. Morton, then a member of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture, was one of forest conservation. It was a move to promote replanting, following deforestation, and to plant up treeless areas. The idea has spread widely to other lands where it is variously celebrated as the “Festival of Trees”, “Greening Week” of Japan, “The New Year’s Days of Trees” in Israel, “The Tree-loving Week” of Korea, “The Reforestation Week” of Yugoslavia, “The Students’ Afforestation Day” of Iceland and “The National Festival of Tree Planting” in India. Arbor Day in its various forms is now recognized in more than fifty countries. 国内： 而中国的植树节则与孙中山有关。中国自古以来就有在清明时节插柳植树的传统。1915年，几位林学家倡导以每年清明节为“中国植树节”。同年7月，在孙中山的倡议下，当时的北洋政府正式下令，规定每年的清明节为植树节。1925年3月12日，孙中山先生逝世。三年后的1928年，为纪念孙中山逝世三周年，国民政府举行了植树式。此后便将每年的3月12日（即孙中山逝世的日子）定为植树节。新中国成立后的1979年，在邓小平的提议下，第五届全国人大常委会第六次会议决定将每年的3月12日定为中国的植树节。 人们庆祝植树节的原因： Why do the people plant trees? It is very easy. Because they want to protect the environment. There are many people who want to earn the money by cutting trees down. So more and more trees are cut. But kind people want to protect the environment and make the air clean. So they plant trees as many as they can. All these actions show that people should pay more attention to the envir