Mother’s Day is a
celebration honouring mothers and their influence on society.
It is celebrated in
over 40 countries around the world, even though the exact date
and the way it is celebrated varies from country to country.
In 1914, the United
States Congress passed a resolution designating the second
Sunday in May, “a public expression of love and reverence for
the mothers of our country”. President Woodrow Wilson made it
an official U.S. holiday.
All mothers work,
whether it be out of the house or in it.
Let’s talk about
the work a housewife does at home.
Here is a list of
verbs to talk about housework.
To iron
to wash clothes
To sweep to sew
To dust to wash the
floors
To cook to bake
To wash the dishes to make the bed
These actions can
be expressed with “to do”, without changing the meaning.
Example: To
iron
to do the ironing
I have to iron today. I
have to do the ironing today.
To wash
dishes to
do the dishes
Mary washed the
dishes. Mary did the dishes to help her mother.
To
cook
to do the cooking
My mother likes to cook. I like to do the cooking for my
family.
Obviously, as an
old saying says, “A woman’s work is never done”.
The above list is
definitely not complete. Here is where your students
have to look up some other household chores.
They will find the
list to be rather long and hopefully it will make them
appreciate even more what their mothers do!
Here are a few
proverbs about mothers that I particularly like.
“God could
not be everywhere, so he created mothers.”
Jewish proverb
“There is only
one pretty child in the world and every mother has it.”
Chinese proverb
“A man loves
his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the
longest.”
Irish proverb
A Nice Thought
“When you are a
mother you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother has
to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.”
Sophia Loren