妇女节的由来

国际劳动妇女节全称“联合国妇女权益和国际和平日”或“联合国女权和国际和平日”。在中国又称“国际妇女节”、“三八节”和“三八妇女节”。

虽然国际妇女节起源于欧美国家，

但被保留下的多是像我们中国一样的社会主义国家！

 国际妇女节 

1. Today， International Women's Day is a public holiday in some countries and largely ignored elsewhere. In some places， it is a day of protest; in others， it is a day that celebrates womanhood.

International Women's Day 国际妇女节

ignore 忽略，忽视

elsewhere 在别处

protest 抗议

womanhood （泛指）女性，妇女

例句：She symbolized for me the best of Indian womanhood.

在我看来，她代表着最优秀的印度女性。

 妇女节意义 

2. International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social， economic， cultural and political achievements of women--while also marking a call to action for accelerating gender balance.

global 全球的

social 社会的

economic 经济的

cultural 文化的

political 政治的

achievement 成就

call to action 行为号召

例句：Instead of despair， these young people began to feel a call to action.

这些年轻人开始有了召唤感，而不是绝望。

accelerate 促进，加快，加速

例句：In order to catch up with and surpass the advanced world levels we'll have to accelerate our speed.

要赶超世界先进水平，我们还得快马加鞭。

gender balance 性别平衡

 你是小公“举”吗？

3. In China， "women" is more representative of married women， and since female students do not like to give-up the opportunity to be "queens"， they created Girls' Day.

representative 代表

married 已婚的

give up 放弃

opportunity 机会

Girls' Day 女生节

 今年国际妇女节的主题 

 ——平衡 

4. Gender balance is essential for economies and communities to thrive and do what you can to truly make a positive difference for women everywhere.

essential 至关重要的

community 社区，社会

thrive 兴盛，兴隆

positive 积极的，良好的