基础英语轻松学【11】情人节的由来
<p> 本课您将学到：爱的多种表达法，<span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="caught">caught</span>，<span word="as">as</span> <span word="for">for</span>句型</p><p> 后天是2.14情人节（<span word="Valentines">Valentines</span> <span word="Day">Day</span>），你一定已经安排好了烛光晚餐、玫瑰花束和甜言蜜语了吧，可是万一女朋友心血来潮问起：亲爱的，为什么情人节要叫<span word="Valentines">Valentines</span> <span word="Day">Day</span>呢？你该怎么回答？别担心，今天大妮子就为你补上这一课情人节的由来。</p><p> 首先，让我们来认识一下这位<span word="Saint">Saint</span> <span word="Valentine">Valentine</span>：</p><p> <span word="St">St</span>. <span word="Valentine">Valentine</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="priest">priest</span>（神父） <span word="who">who</span> <span word="helped">helped</span> <span word="marry">marry</span>（为证婚） <span word="young">young</span> <span word="lovers">lovers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="secret">secret</span>.</p><p> 这样做当然会触怒统治者了，所以不久：</p><p> <span word="He">He</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="caught">caught</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="jail">jail</span>（监狱）. <span word="There">There</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="fell">fell</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="letter">letter</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="died">died</span>, <span word="signed">signed</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="Valentine">Valentine</span>.</p><p> 为了纪念这位伟大的神父，在他死的那天人们以他的名字命名了一个节日，一个见证爱情的日子。</p><p> 你也许会觉得奇怪，为什么那个时候的人们不能公开结婚呢？那是因为当时的统治者认为士兵们一旦结婚了，就不会安心打仗，所以为了国家的强大，就禁止青年人结婚。现在看来这种想法简直太愚蠢了，是吧！</p><p> 现代社会我们的口号是爱要说，爱要做（别误会，就是要通过某种方式来表达的意思嘛），所以你千万不可错过情人节这个绝好时机，看法宝：</p>
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