Valentine‘s Day

1、2015.11.29ChineseWeasten Chinese valentines day originated in the story of niulang and zhinv. In every year the lunar July seven, they were alowed to meet on the magpie bridge.So on this day, lovers can pray for them, looking forward to get good love .There are varying opinions as to the origin ofVa

2、lentinesDay. Some experts state that it originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. He died on February 14, 269 A.D., the same day that had been devoted to love lotteries.Legend also says that St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailers daught

3、er, who had become his friend, and signed it From Your Valentine.Other aspects of the story say that Saint Valentine served as a priest at the temple during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Claudius then had Valentine jailed for defying him. In 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honour St

4、. Valentine.Gradually, February 14 became the date for exchanging love messages and St. Valentine became the patron saint of lovers. The date was marked by sending poems and simple gifts such as flowers. There was often a social gathering or a ball.In the United States, Miss Esther Howland is given

5、credit for sending the first valentine cards. Commercial valentines were introduced in the 1800s and now the date is very commercialised.The town of Loveland, Colorado, does a large post office business around February 14. The spirit of good continues as valentines are sent out with sentimental vers

6、es and children exchange valentine cards at school.Many Valentines Day customs involved ways that single women could learn who their future husbands would be. Englishwomen of the 1700s wrote mens names on scraps of paper, rolled each in a little piece of clay, and dropped them all into water. The fi

7、rst paper that rose to the surface supposedly had the name of a womans true love.許多情人節(jié)風(fēng)俗涉及到單身女性可以獲悉他們未來的丈夫是誰呢。1700年的英格蘭女性把男人的名字寫在紙片上，把每一小塊放在泥里滾，然后把他們?nèi)紒G進(jìn)水里。第一個浮出水面的就被認(rèn)為是真愛。Also in the 1700s, unmarried women pinned five bay leaves to their pillows on the eve of Valentines Day. They pinned one leaf to

8、 the center of the pillow and one to each corner. If the charm worked, they saw their future husbands in their dreams.同樣在1700年代，未婚女性會在情人節(jié)前夕把五片桂葉別在她們的枕頭上。她們別 一片葉子在中間之后把另外四片別到四個角落。如果有效的話，她們會在夢里看到她們未來的丈夫。One of the oldest customs was the practice of writing womens names on slips of paper and drawing th

9、em from a jar. The woman whose name was drawn by a man became his valentine, and he paid special attention to her. Many men gave gifts to their valentines. In some areas, a young man gave his valentine a pair of gloves. Wealthy men gave fancy balls to honor their valentines.最古老的風(fēng)俗是把女人的名字寫在紙片上，然后就把它們

10、從一個罐子里面拖出來。那個被拖出來的女人的名字就會成為他的情人，他也會對她特別的關(guān)注。許多男人把禮物送給他們的情人。在一些地方，年輕的小伙子會給他的情人節(jié)一副手套。富有的男人會舉行舞會來紀(jì)念他們的情人。Valentine cards became popular in Great Britain in the nineteenth century. Noted artist Kate Greenaway created cards which featured joyful children and beautiful gardens. Esther Howland was one of th

11、e first Valentine card manufacturers in the United States.情人節(jié)卡片在十九世紀(jì)的英國變得越來越受歡迎。藝術(shù)家凱特格林納指出創(chuàng)建卡片是以快樂的兒童和美麗的花園為特點(diǎn)的。 1.To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.愛人和被人愛是人生最大的幸福2.True loves the gift which God has given to man alone beneath the heaven.真愛是上帝單獨(dú)賜予普天下蕓蕓眾生的禮物。3.Dont cry because it is over, smile because it happened.不要因?yàn)榻Y(jié)束而哭泣，微笑吧，為你的曾經(jīng)擁有。4.There will always be people wholl hurt you, so you need to continue trusting, just be careful.生活中總會有人想傷害你，你仍然需要繼續(xù)相信別人，只是小心點(diǎn)而已。5.Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we fi