关于劳动节的英语手抄报

The History of Labor Day

"Labor Day differs in every essential from the other holidays of the year in any country," said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor. "All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation."

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well-being of our country.

Founder of Labor Day

More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers.

Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those "who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold."

But Peter McGuire's place in Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged. Many believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday. Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, N.J., proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York. What is clear is that the Central Labor Union adopted a Labor Day proposal and appointed a committee to plan a demonstration and picnic.

The First Labor Day

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, l883.

In l884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a "workingmen's holiday" on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in l885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country.

He that will not work shall not eat.

不劳动者不得食

A work ill done must be twice done.

未做好的活，需要重新做。

As you sow you shall mow.

种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

As is the workman so is the work.

什么工人出什么活。

A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)

The early bird catches the worm.

早起的鸟有虫吃。

Food given by another person is only a throat tickler, but food gained by the labour of one’s own hand is the food which satisfies.(Australian proverb)

人家给的'食物只能使嗓子眼舒服，而亲手劳动得来的食物则使人心满意足。(澳大利亚谚语)

Labour is often the father of pleasure.

勤劳常为快乐之源。

Little strokes fell great oaks.

水滴石穿。

He that will not work shall not eat.

不劳动者不得食。

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

一日之计在于晨。

Few words,many deeds.

少说话，多做事。

no song，no supper.

不劳无获。

practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

Heaven never helps the man who will not act.

自己不动，叫天何用。

No pains, no gains.

没有付出就没有收获。

Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.

世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。