Before 1800 ,many people spent one day a week at church. this was called a "holy day” in England. On that day, people rested and prayed.
In the early 1800s, Sunday was the "holy day”. But many workers played games and had fun on that day.And them they did not go to work on Monday mornings because they felt too tired. In the US, workers called them "blue Mondays”.
To solve the problem of"blue Monday”, in 1874, Saturday afternoon became a holiday in ENgland. At one o’clock everyone stopped working. This was the beginning of the weekend idea in England. By 1930, most American offices were closed on Saturday afternoons. By1940, offices in the US were closed all day on Saturday, and the two-day weekend began.
參考答案:1800年以前，很多人每一周会在教堂里度过一天。在英国，这一天被叫做”瞻礼日“。
在那一天，人们静坐祈祷。
在19世纪早期，星期天成了”瞻礼日“。但是很多工人在那一天会开开心心玩游戏。然而他们周一早上不用去上班，因为他们感觉太累了。而在美国，工人们却把那一天叫做”郁闷的星期一“。
为了解决”郁闷的星期一“的问题，1874年，在英国，周六下午变成了休息日。
在1：00时，每一个人停止工作，在英国人的意识里，那是周末的开始。
到了1930年，很多美国办事室职员周六的下午就可以下班。到了1940年，美国官员周六也不用上班了，双休日也就开始了。
