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National Siblings Day (NSD) is celebrated on April 10 each year in the USA. It is the brainchild of Claudia A. Evart, who created it after the deaths of her brother and sister. She wanted a day for all Americans to think about the importance of the relationships they have with their brothers and sisters. She created a Siblings Day Foundation to establish this special day and has managed to get 40 state governors to declare Siblings Day in their states. More and more people are accepting NSD and it now has a “Special Mark” from the US Patent and Trademark Office. If it keeps growing in popularity, it could be up there on the holiday calendar with Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.

每年的4月10日为美国的兄弟姐妹日KVWSOY(ejA#S1KEF*(D#。克劳迪娅·埃瓦特发起了该节日，她失去了自己的哥哥和姐姐vBJj@mcP_Dzm.Rk。她希望这天能够让所有美国民众认识到兄弟姐妹的重要性THSgqtV4HkY,K7。她通过建立“兄弟姐妹基金会”来创办这一特殊节日，美国四十州州长也承认了该节日6VUm*&3BnR]!+T%&。越来越多的人开始承认“兄弟姐妹日”，它还拥有了美国专利和商标局的特殊标志u+91YoKCAT。如果欢迎度继续增加，那么它将有可能与父亲节，母亲节一样登上日历A0XK8Qc.hk#qne。

Do you ever stop and think just how important your brothers and sisters are to you? Do you ever wonder what life would be like without a brother or sister, to be an only child? Our siblings are quite often the people with whom we have the longest relations. More often than not, we are together in infancy, play together, grow up together and grow old together. We share a million experiences, joys and disappointments. We often rely on them when we are in deepest need and celebrate with them our greatest achievements. Our brothers and sisters are perhaps the people who understand and trust us best. It is great that there is a day when we get to celebrate this wonderful bond and to say “thank you for being my brother or sister”.

兄弟姐妹的重要性你有想过吗？如果这个世界没有他们，只有你那会是什么样子？兄弟姐妹之间的亲情通常是最长久的l,I933M|;yGxjYme。我们往往从婴儿时期就生活在一起，一起玩，一起长大，一起变老OOqmgJ5yHU[eUF&K。我们共同分享快乐哀愁5zodl7c6aDHJ7XDQ&#。当我们伤心时，我们通常会从他们那里得到安慰，获得成功时与他们一同分享喜悦p=9P@BMn)#m。兄弟姐妹或许是最了解我们，最信任我们的人hnZ5DCo=pYsg-b%|Dg。我们能够在这天庆祝我们之间的关系，并说出“谢谢你成为我的兄弟姐妹”INDK0XHl)Bx。

译文属可可英语原创，未经允许，不得转载jl14MpCa5n0)。

重点讲解

1.manage to 成功完成

例句:Somehow, he'd managed to persuade Kay to buy one for him.

不知用了什么方法，他成功说服凯给他买了一个c*Bd&%qXK,g@_Go4u#w,。

2.state governor 州长

例句:This is where a committee nominates candidates to the state governor for appointment.

这也正是一委员会向州政府提名候选人以供任命之所在.

3.more often than not 往往

例句:More often than not she misses the bus.

她经常赶不上这班公共汽车.

4.rely on 依靠

例句:He can rely on my support when the crunch comes.

关键时刻，他可以依靠我的支持PpbnSMK-W=iZ@iU。