英语原版阅读：Valentine's Day

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英语原版阅读：Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day (情人节)的起源——一篇英语文章

英文诗valentine翻译

情人节用英语怎么写，怎么读

一、英语原版阅读：Valentine's Day

今天分享一篇阅读理解。可以学完节日后进行同步阅读，也可以作为日常的阅读材料。

每日10分钟英语阅读，养成习惯，孩子的英语学习不用愁。

这篇阅读的题目是 Valentine's Day

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1.Valentine's Day is always February 14th.

情人节总是在2月14日。

 February 14th 2月14日

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2.It is a holiday about love.

这是一个关于爱情的节日。

3.Hearts, doves, and cupids are all symbols of Valentine's Day.

心、鸽子和丘比特都是情人节的象征。

symbols of Valentine's Day 情人节的象征

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4.There are many legends about the original Valentine that the holiday' s name comes from.

关于最初的情人节名字的来源有很多传说。

 original Valentine 最初的情人节comes from 来源

5.These days, Valentine's day is about love and appreciation.

如今，情人节是关于爱和感激的。

 appreciation 感激appreciate 动词，欣赏，感谢

6.You can show your family how much you love them.

你可以告诉你的家人你有多爱他们。

 show your family 告诉你的家人how much you love them 你有多爱他们

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7.Valentine' s Day is a great day to show your parents how much you care.

情人节是一个向你的父母表达你有多在乎他们的日子。

 show your parents 向你的父母表达 how much you care 你有多在乎

8.It is a great day to get a card or a sweet treat for your friends, classmates, and teachers, too!

给你的朋友、同学和老师一张卡片或一个甜蜜的方式是很棒的一天!

get a card 得到或给一张卡片a sweet treat 甜蜜的款待

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9.What are you going to do on Valentine's Day?

情人节你打算做什么?

再来读一遍完整的文章：

Valentine's Day is always February 14th. It is a holiday about love. Hearts, doves, and cupids are all symbols of Valentine's Day.

There are many legends about the original Valentine that the holiday' s name comes from. These days, Valentine's day is about love and appreciation. You can show your family how much you love them.

Valentine' s Day is a great day to show your parents how much you care. It is a great day to get a card or a sweet treat for your friends, classmates, and teachers, too! What are you going to do on Valentine's Day?

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一、Valentine's Day (情人节)的起源——一篇英语文章

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The Origins of Valentine's Day
There are several interpretations as to the origin of Valentine's Day. Let the romantic in you decide.

The Feast of Lubercus
The first interpretation has this celebration originating as a pagan tradition in the third century. During this time hordes of hungry wolves roamed outside of Rome where shepherds kept their flocks. The God Lupercus, was said to watch over the shepherds and their flocks and keep them from the wolves. Every February the Romans celebrated a feast called Lupercalia to honor Lupercus so that no harm would come to the shepherds and their flocks. Also during Lupercalia, but in honor of the goddess Juno Februata, the names of young women were put into a box and names were drawn by lot. The boys and girls who were matched would be considered partners for the year, which began in March. This celebration continued long after wolves were a problem to Rome.

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St. Valentine's Day
As Christianity became prevalent, priests attempted to replace old heathen practices. To Christianize the ancient pagan celebration of the Feast of Lubercus, the church officials changed the name to St. Valentine's Day. To give the celebration further meaning and eliminate pagan traditions, priests substituted the drawing of Saints names for the names of the girls. On St. Valentine's Day the priest placed saint's names into an urn or box. The young people then drew a name from the container. In the following year, the youth was supposed to emulate the life of the saint whose name he had drawn.

By the fourteenth century they reverted back to the use of girl's names. In the sixteenth century they once again tried to have saintly valentines but it was as unsuccessful as the first attempt.

While it can't be proved historically, there were seven men named Valentine who were honored with feasts on February 14th. Of these men, two stories link incidents that could have given our present day meaning to St. Valentine's Day.

One of these men named Valentine was a priest during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Valentine was revered by the young and old, rich and poor, with people of all walks of life attending his services. At this time Emperor Claudius was heavily recruiting men to serve as soldiers for his wars without much success. The men preferred not to leave their wives, families and sweethearts to fight in foreign lands. Claudius became angry and declared that no more marriages could be performed and all engagements were cancelled.

Valentine thought this to be unfair and secretly married several couples. When Claudius found out, he threw Valentine in prison where he died. Friends of the priest retrieved his body and buried it in a churchyard in Rome.

Another version had St. Valentine jailed for helping Christians. While Valentine was in prison he cured a jailer's daughter of blindness. Claudius became enraged and had Valentine clubbed and beheaded on February 14, 269 A.D.

Yet another story claims that Valentine fell in love with the jailer's daughter and wrote her letters that were signed "From your Valentine."

All of the seven Valentines eventually evolved into one. In 496 Pope Gelasius declared the day in honor of St. Valentine. Through the centuries the Christian holiday became a time to exchange love messages and St. Valentine became the patron saint of lovers. Lovers' quarrels come under his jurisdiction and, naturally, he is the patron saint of engaged couples and of anyone wishing to marry.

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February 14th - The Day the Birds Began to Mate
The Europeans also believed that on February 14th the birds began to choose their mates. In fact Chaucer, in his "Parlement of Foules," wrote: "For this was Seynt Valentine's Day when every foul cometh ther to choose his mate."

John Donne wrote:

Hail Bishop Valentine! whose day this is;
All the air is thy diocese,
And all the chirping choristers
And other birds are thy parishioners:
Thou marryest ever year
The lyric lark and the grave whispering dove;
The sparrow that neglects his life for love,
The household bird with the red stomarcher;
Celebrations
Thous mak'st the blackbird speed as soon,
As doth the goldfinch or the halcyon . . .
This day more cheerfully than ever shine,
This day which might inflame thyself, old Valentine!

The Christian tradition of drawing names on St. Valentine's Eve continued in England and other places. The tradition of birds choosing their mates on St. Valentine's Day led to the idea that boys and girls would do the same. Now when a youth drew a girl's name, he wore it on his sleeve, and attended and protected her during the following year. This made the girl his valentine and they exchanged love tokens throughout the year. Later this was changed to only men giving love tokens to females, usually without names but signed "with St. Valentine's Love."

Later, in France, both sexes drew from the valentine box. A booked called Travels in England, written in 1698, gives an account of the way it was done:

On St. Valentine's Eve an equal number of Maids and Bachelors get together, each writes their true or some feigned name upon separate billets, which they roll up and draw by way of lots, the Maids taking the Men's billets, and the Men the Maids'; so that each of the young Men lights upon a Girl that he calls his Valentine, and each of the Girls upon a young Man which she calls hers. By this means each has two Valentines--but the Man sticks faster to the Valentine that is fallen to him than to the Valentine to whom he is fallen. Fortune having thus divided the company into so many couples, the valentines give balls and treats to their mistresses, wear their billets several days upon their bosoms or sleeves, and this little sport ofen ends in Love. This ceremony is practised differently in different Countries, and according to the freedom or severity of Madame Valentine. This is another kind of Valentine, which is the first young Man or Woman chance throws in your way in the street, or elsewhere . . .

St. Valentine's Day was mentioned by Shakespeare. The poet, Drayton, wrote verses entitled "To His Valentine," in which he expressed the idea of the birds' mating on St. Valentine's Day.

Each little bird this tide
Doth choose her beloved peer,
Which constantly abide
In wedlock all the year.

情人节的传说(中英文版)

February 14 is Valentine's Day.It is celebrated as a lovers' holiday today,with the giving of candy,flowers,or other gifts between couples in love.Valentine's Day has roots in several different legends that have found their way to us through the ages.

In Rome it's said that it originated in 5th Century as a tribute to St.Valentine,a Catholic bishop.

For eight hundred years prior to the establishment of Valentine's Day,the Romans had practiced a pagan celebration in mid-February commemorating young men's rite of passage to the god Lupercus.The celebration featured a lottery in which young men would draw the names of teenage girls from a box.The girl assigned to each young man in that manner would be his female companion during the remaining year.

In an effort to do away with the pagan festival.Pope Gelasius ordered a slight change in the lottery.Instead of the names of young women,the box would contain the names of saints.Both men and women were allowed to draw from the box,and the game was to emulate the ways of the saint they drew during the rest of the year.Needless to say,many of the young Roman men were not too pleased with the rule Changes.

Instead of the pagan god Lupercus,the Church looked for a suitable patron saint of love to take his place.They found an appropriate choice in Valentine,who,in AD270 had been beheaded 3 by Emperor Claudius.

Claudius had determined that married men made poor soldiers.So he banned marriage from his empire.But Valentine would secretly marry young men that came to him.When Claudius found out about Valentine,he first tried to convert him to paganism.But Valentine reversed the strategy,trying instead to convert Claudius.When he failed,he was stoned and beheaded.

During the days that Valentine was imprisoned,he fell in love with the blind daughter of his jailer.His love for her,and his great faith,managed to miraculously heal her from her blindness before his death.Before he was taken to his death,he signed a farewell message to her,"From your Valentine."The phrase has been used on his day ever since.

Although the lottery for women had been banned by the church,the mid-February holiday in commemoration of St.Valentine was stilled used by Roman men to seek the affection of women.It became a tradition for the men to give the ones they admired handwritten messages of affection,containing Valentine's name.

Another Valentine was an Italian bishop who lived at about the same time,AD 200.He was imprisoned because he secretly married couples,contrary to the laws of the Roman emperor.Some legends say he was burned at the stake.

February 14 was also a Roman holiday,held in honor of a goddess.Young men randomly chose the name of a young girl to escort to the festivities.The custom of choosing a sweetheart on this date spread through Europe in the Middle Ages,and then to the early American colonies.Throughout the ages,people also believed that birds picked their mates on February 14!

In AD 496 Saint Pope Gelasius I named February 14 as"Valentine's Day".Although it's not an official holiday,most Americans observe this day.

The first Valentine card grew out of this practice.The first true Valentine card was sent in 1415 by Charles,duke of Orleans,to his wife.He was imprisoned in the Tower of London at the time.

Cupid,another symbol of the holiday,became associated with it because he was the son of Venus,the Roman god of love and beauty.He is represented by the image of a young boy with bow and arrow.Cupid often appears on Valentine cards.

Whatever the odd mixture of origins,St.Valentine's Day is now a day for sweethearts.It is the day that you show your friend or loved one tht you care.You can send candy to someone you think is special.Or you can send roses,the flower of love.

2月14日是"情人节"。如今它被人们作为情侣的节日来庆祝，相爱的人之间互赠糖果、鲜花或其他礼物。关于"情人节"的来历，有许多不同的传说经历了漫长的岁月，一直流传至今。

在罗马，据说它源自于5世纪，是为了纪念天主教的主教圣·瓦伦丁。

在"情人节"确立前800年，罗马人就已经有了一项在2月中旬举行的异教徒庆典活动，年轻人通过庆典来纪念卢帕克斯神。这项庆典的特点是进行抽签，让年轻的男子从盒子里抽取十几岁少女的名字。通过这种方式分配给每一位年轻男子的女孩就成了他那一年的女伴。

为了废除这个异教的节日，罗马教皇盖拉西厄斯命令抽签活动必须稍作改动：盒子里面装的不再是年轻女孩的名字，而是圣徒的名字。男人和女人都可以从盒子里抽签，游戏的目的是让他们在本年度里仿效他们所抽到的圣徒的行为方式。不用说，很多罗马的年轻人并不喜欢这种规则的改变。

教会决定寻找一位更适合的爱的守护神来代替异教的卢帕克斯神。他们发现瓦伦丁是是一个非常恰当的人选，他于公元270年被克劳迪亚斯王斩首。

克劳迪亚斯王坚信已婚男人是无用的战士，因此在他的王国内禁止结婚。但是瓦伦丁却秘密地帮助那些来找他的年轻人主持婚礼。当克劳迪亚斯王发现瓦伦西的行为后，他先是试图使瓦伦丁皈依异教，然而瓦伦丁却将计就计，反过来要使克劳迪亚斯王改信基督教。他失败了，于是被乱石砸死并被砍了头。

瓦伦丁在被囚禁的日子里，与监狱长那盲眼的女儿相爱了。在他死前，他对她的爱和极度的忠诚竟然奇迹般地治好了她的眼睛。在他被押赴刑场之前，他在给她的诀别信中，签下了"你的瓦伦丁"。从那以后这句话一直被沿用至今。

虽然抽签得女人的活动已经被教会禁止，但罗马的男人依旧利用二月中旬这个纪念瓦伦丁的节日来追求女人的爱情。男人将他们手写的爱情字条签上瓦伦丁的名字，然后送给他们所爱慕的女人，这逐渐演变成了一种传统。

另一位瓦伦丁是一位意大利主教，生活在同一时代，大约公元200年。他被投进监狱是因为他秘密地帮别人主持婚礼，这违反了当时罗马帝国的法律。有一些传说说他是被绑在火刑柱上烧死的。

2月14日也是罗马人为表示对女神的敬意而庆祝的节日。年轻的男子随便挑选一个年轻女子的名字，该女子便赔他度过这个节庆。中世纪时，在这个日子里选择意中人的习俗传遍了整个欧洲，然后又传到了早期的美洲殖民地。千百年来，人们一直相信鸟儿在2月14日选择配偶。

在公元496年，圣徒罗马教皇盖拉西厄斯1世把2月14日命名为"瓦伦丁节"（情人节）。虽然这不是一个官方节日，但大数美国人都很重视这一天。

第一张情人节卡片就是在这种情况下诞生的。1415年，奥尔良公爵查尔斯将第一张真正的情人节卡片送给了他的妻子。那时，他正被关在伦敦塔内。

丘比特是这个节日的另一个象征，之所以与这个节日有联系，是因为他是罗马爱情和美丽的女神维纳斯的儿子。他被描述成一个带着弓和箭的小男孩的形象。丘比特常常出现在情人节卡片上。

无论渊源有多么复杂，"情人节"如今已是情侣们的节日。这是你用来表达你对朋友和爱人的关心的日子。你可以把糖果送给对你来说很特别的人，也可以送爱情的花朵--玫瑰。
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二、英文诗valentine翻译

Valentine day

　　情人节

　　You are supposed to buy a rose

　　in such pink atmosphere;

　　I wonder if roses bloom

　　only for us.

　　在如此浪漫的氛围里，

　　注定你要买一束玫瑰；

　　只是我怀疑它们

　　为我们还是为自己开放。

　　the store owner winks,

　　afterwards, you can return them.

　　With a little money,

　　I hold the rose’ destination;

　　when the day passes,

　　who else will care her petals paled

　　somewhere else?

　　花店老板冲我们眨眼，

　　过后，可以退货。

　　只用了一点点钱，

　　我握着一束玫瑰的命运。

　　情人节过后，

　　谁还会叹息她的花瓣

　　在哪里凋谢?

三、情人节用英语怎么写，怎么读

情人节用英文表达：

Valentine's Day

Saint Valentine's Day

例句：

1. 如同每一个平常的日子，我在这个情人节里所拥有的东西，就是对你的爱。

On this Valentine’s Day, just like every day, all I have is love for you.

2. 如果你将在情人节的那天出去吃饭而非在家，这里有一些关于怎样吃出健康的建议。

If you’re going to dine out instead of at home this Valentines day, here’s how to dine out healthily.

3. 至少在情人节和结婚周年里，你只要买一张卡片给一个人（在绝大多数州如此）。

At least with Valentine’s Day and your anniversary you only have to buy a card for one person (in most states).

4. 庆祝你自己的爱情是你应得的——这就是情人节的意义所在。

You deserve to celebrate your love - that’s what Valentines day is all about.

5. 1415年，奥尔良公爵查尔斯将第一张真正的情人节卡片送给了他的妻子。

The first true Valentine card was sent in 1415 by Charles, duke of Orleans, to his wife.

6. 经历多年的积淀，有一些亘古不变的因素能使情人节对那些可爱的女士而言变成特别的日子。

Over the course of years there have been some constant factors to making Valentine's Day special for those lovely ladies out there.

7. 情人节礼物是什么呢？玫瑰和巧克力？

What about the valentine? Rose and chocolate?

8. 这里有好多选择给你，事实上世界各地的人们都在寻找让自己的情人节过得终生难忘的好点子。

There are plenty of choices for you.In fact, lovers from all over the world look for Valentine's ideas to make this day unforgettable.

9. ——我寄出有女孩子照片的情人节贺卡，以代替试图在十二月寄出的贺卡。

I send out Valentine’s cards with the girls’ photo, instead of trying to mail cards in December.

10. 情人节这天有很多方法让自己因做好事而自我感觉良好的事情。

There are plenty of ways to do good and feel good this Valentine’s Day.