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Americans are expected to spend $14.3 billion on Father's Day this year, according to the National Retail Federation.
据全国零售联盟称，今年父亲节美国人预计将花费143亿美元。
Sonora Smart Dodd likely didn't envision us spending that kind of money when she came up with the idea of celebrating Father's Day more than a century ago.
一个多世纪以前，当索娜拉·史玛特·杜德提出庆祝父亲节的想法时，可能没预想到我们会花费这么多钱。
She apparently got the idea to celebrate a day for dads after hearing a Mother's Day sermon in church in 1909.
1909年，在教堂听完母亲节的布道后，她萌发出庆祝父亲的想法。
Dodd's mom died, leaving Dodd's father to raise her and her five brothers. When she heard the sermon, she realized how much her dad did for all of his children, and she wanted to honor him.
杜德的母亲过世的早，留下她的父亲抚养她和五个兄弟。当她听到布道时，她意识到她的父亲为自己的孩子们做了多少，她想尊敬他。
So, she drummed up support from local churches, the YMCA and others in her hometown of Spokane, Washington, to celebrate dads in June — the month her dad was born. And in 1910, the state of Washington celebrated its first statewide Father's Day.
所以，她竭力争取当地教会基督教青年会和华盛顿斯波坎家乡的支持，在六月庆祝父亲节，这是她父亲出生的月份。1910，华盛顿全州第一次庆祝父亲节。
But some people reportedly opposed it, saying it was just a way to sell products.
但据报道，一些人对此反对，说这只是一种销售产品的方式。
It didn't become an official U.S. holiday until 1972 under President Nixon, 58 years after Mother's Day became an official holiday. Luckily, Dodd lived to see Father's Day become official. She died in 1978 at 96.
直到1972年在尼克松总统下父亲节才成为美国官方节日，继母亲节成为官方节日58年之后。幸运的是，杜德活着看到父亲节成为正式节日。她在1978年去世，享年96岁。
Thanks to Dodd, we're reminded to celebrate the special men in our lives. Happy Father's Day!
多亏杜德，提醒我们庆祝生活中这个特别的男人。父亲节快乐！
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