my father

If someone asks me who affects me most in my life, I will definitely tell him or her that the person should be no one else but my father. As a matter of fact, I have been much affected by father‘s humor, kindness, enterprise, strong will ever since I was a little girl.

Father is well-known for his humor. He always makes use of his wit and humor to relax tense situation at work. He is m humorous that his colleagues and friends all enjoy staying with him. He also uses humor to create a very happy family atmosphere. My mother tends to chatter over little things. Sometimes she talks angrily without any pause. When this happens, father just listens to her without a word. Why don‘t you say a word, man?, mother is more angry at father. At this time father would give a cup of tea to mother , then replies: Why not have tea first, my dear? Just take your time to enjoy it. I‘m always your attentive listener. Hearing these words, mother stops talking with her anger gone at once. Such funny scenes often appear between father and mother which makes our family life happy and interesting.

Father is also very kind to people. He often invites those poor temporary workers who are far away from home to have dinner with us. He always helps our neighbors repair bikes, fill the flat, fix locks, and so on. Whenever any one is in trouble, he never hesitates to offer his warm hands. All this earns him lots of friends and their respect as well.

Father is filled with enterprise in his life. He lost many chances of studying before for .some reasons. But he has never given up learning all the time. He has read many books on architecture in order to work much better as a house-builder. He has gone through lots of difficulties because of his inadequate education. But he hasn‘t lost heart at all. He keeps learning with strong will. Now he has become a very excellent worker in his company.

My father is the greatest man in the world. His humor, kindness, enterprise, and strong will are always the power of my life. I am very proud of my father.

作者从三个不同的角度描述了父亲的幽默、善良及执著的进取心，作者善于挖掘典型的细节，分别描述了父亲感人至深的品行，尤其对父亲幽默的描写，层层递进、栩栩如生。全文布局合理，结构清晰，层次分明。开头直接切入主题，中间分层推进，逐一展开铺陈描述，详略得当，结尾概括精练，父女情深跃然纸上。

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关于父亲节(Father‘s Day)

Father‘s Day, contrary to popular misconception, was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards. In fact when a father‘s day was first proposed there were no Father‘s Day cards!

Mrs. John B. Dodd, of Washington, first proposed the idea of a father‘s day in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. William Smart, a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife (Mrs. Dodd‘s mother) died in childbirth with their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington state. It was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent.

The first Father‘s Day was observed on June 19, 1910 in Spokane Washington. At about the same time in various towns and cities across American other people were beginning to celebrate a father‘s day. In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father‘s Day. Finally in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father‘s Day.

Father‘s Day has become a day to not only honor your father, but all men who act as a father figure. Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male friends are all honored on Father‘s Day.