她发起了一项全国性的运动，希望设立一个全国性的节日，让家庭团聚在一起庆祝这个传统节日。
She began a nationwide campaign to have a national holiday declared that would bring families together while celebrating the traditional festival.
那年，为纪念这名历史学家，那个国家设立了一个节日。
That year, the country set up a holiday in honor of the historian.
我搜索一下，惊讶地发现中国是世界上唯一一个专门为光棍们设立节日的国家。来一起了解一下这个节日吧。
I was a bit surprised when I googled 'singles day' on the Internet, to find that China is the only country in the world that has set aside a special day for singles to celebrate their lives.
光棍节是每年的11月11日，最初是一个为单身人士设立的非官方节日，2009年科技巨头阿里巴巴把它变成了商品打折购物节。
Singles Day takes place each year on November 11. It started as an informal holiday celebrating those not in relationships, before tech giant Alibaba turned it into a product discount day in 2009.
所不同的是，在美国，这种庆祝活动和某一个节日直接有关。这个节日始于1621年，是清教徒们在他们新的家园里第一次收获之后宣布设立的。
In the United States, however, it specifically relates to a holiday declared in 1621 after the first harvest by the Pilgrims in their new land.
第二年，德国一位妇女权利领导人提出了设立一个国际性的节日的想法。
The next year, a women's rights leader from Germany suggested the idea of an international celebration.
如果能设立一个新的节日，你会将它用来纪念什么人或什么事？你又会如何庆祝这一节日？
If you could create a new holiday, what person or event would it honor and how would you want people to celebrate it?
四天后，一位国会议员提出设立一个纪念他的联邦节日，这是一个值得庆祝和平的节日。
Four days later, a Congressman proposed a federal holiday honoring King. It was to be a holiday celebrating peace.
我在谷歌上搜索一下，惊讶地发现中国是世界上唯一一个专门为光棍们设立节日的国家。
I was a bit surprised when I googled 'singles day' on the Internet, to find that China is the only country in the world that has set aside a special day for singles to celebrate their lives.
它并不象英国那样是从某一个习俗转变过来的，而是在二十世纪早期兴起，为感谢所有的母亲而特别设立的节日。
It did not develop from another practice as in England, but was instigated in the early 20th Century as a day specifically for expressing gratitude to the Nation's Mothers.
它并不象英国那样是从某一个习俗转变过来的，而是在二十世纪早期兴起，为感谢所有的母亲而特别设立的节日。
It did not develop from another practice as in England, but was instigated in the early 20th Century as a day specifically for expressing gratitude to the Nation's Mothers.
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