International Women’s Day

On March 8th, 1975, the United Nation started to celebrate the International Women’s Day. In China, the women’s day also called “March 8th”day. Why we celebrate women’s day? There is a long story.
在1975年的3月8日，聯(lián)合國(guó)開始慶祝國(guó)際婦女節(jié)。在中國(guó)，這個(gè)節(jié)日又被稱之為“三八婦女節(jié)”。為什么我們要慶祝婦女節(jié)呢？這里有個(gè)故事要說(shuō)：

On March 8th, 1909, the Women’s Union of Chicago demonstrated against the inequality between men and women. They demanded that they should have the same payments, the same working hours as men had, and they should have the rights to vote. They even put forward a slogan: Bread and Rose, which stood for equal payment and a better living standard. This demonstrated had caused international attention to the women’s rights. A year later, a critical meeting was held in Demark, in order to promote the women’s liberation and equal rights, the council members decided to establish the Women’s Day on March 8th. Then March 8th, 1911 just became the first Women’s day.
在1090年3月8日，芝加哥婦女公會(huì)為了反對(duì)男女之間的不平等而舉行了游行示威。在游行示威中，她們要求男女應(yīng)該同工同酬，并擁有選舉權(quán)。她們還提出了“面包和玫瑰”口號(hào)。其中，“面包”代表平等的報(bào)酬，“玫瑰”則表示更好的生活品質(zhì)。一年之后，在丹麥召開了至關(guān)重要的會(huì)議，會(huì)議宣布為了促進(jìn)婦女的解放運(yùn)動(dòng)和推進(jìn)平等權(quán)利，理事會(huì)成員把每年的3月8日定為婦女節(jié)。隨后，在1911年的3月8日，第一屆婦女節(jié)就這樣誕生了。

In our country, during the women’s day, the women usually have a day-off holiday. The communities or companies will organize the recreational activities such as a spring outing, a nice dinner and some extra welfare. On this special day, the women can really realize that a woman’s value is not only giving birth to a child, doing endless housework, but also find her own status in the modern society. That is she can make a different. She can do everything that a man can do. When you look around, you will find that more and more women are acting as scientists, doctors, lawyers, even leaders. Just try to remember, women rule half of this world. The life could quite different without their wisdom and beauty.
在我國(guó)，在婦女節(jié)這天，女人們通常不用上班。婦女所在的社區(qū)或者是公司會(huì)組織娛樂(lè)活動(dòng)。比如春游、節(jié)日聚餐和發(fā)放額外的獎(jiǎng)金。在這特別的一天里，女人會(huì)意識(shí)到：作為一個(gè)女人，不僅僅是生孩子，做家務(wù)，而是在社會(huì)中找到自己的地位。女人也可以有所作為。男人能做的事情，女人也能做。當(dāng)你環(huán)顧四周，就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)越來(lái)越多的女人從事著各類工作，如教授、醫(yī)生、律師、甚至領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。要記住這一點(diǎn)，這個(gè)世界的一半由女人來(lái)統(tǒng)治。少了女人的智慧和美麗，這個(gè)世界將大有不同。

 Happy International Women’s Day!
 國(guó)際婦女節(jié)快樂(lè)！