關於情人節的英語美文

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　　英文美文欣賞

　　西方情人節傳統 Valentine's Day

　　St Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 of each year, the reason why it is celebrated on this day is because this was the day that the Patron Saint of Lovers "St Valentine" was supposedly executed on.

　　情人節是每年的2月14日，它在這一天慶祝的原因是因為這一天是戀人的保護神“聖瓦倫丁”定下來的。

　　On this day lovers all around the world mark this occasion as a day for sending poems, cards, flowers or candy, etc. They might also be a social gathering or ball to mark the occasion.

　　這一天世界各地的情侶都以贈送詩歌、卡片、鮮花和糖果等等來慶祝。他們也可能以社交聚會或舉行舞會來紀念這個日子。

　　Many Valentine's Day customs involved ways that single women could learn who their future husbands would be. Englishwomen of the 1700's wrote men's names on scraps of paper, rolled each in a little piece of clay, and dropped them all into water. The first paper that rose to the surface supposedly had the name of a woman's true love.

　　許多情人節風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，把每一小塊放在泥裡滾，然後把他們全都丟進水裡。第一個浮出水面的就被認為是真愛。

　　Also in the 1700's, unmarried women pinned five bay leaves to their pillows on the eve of Valentine's Day. They pinned one leaf to 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 一片葉子在中間之後把另外四片別到四個角落。如果有效的話，她們會在夢裡看到她們未來的丈夫。

　　One of the oldest customs was the practice of writing women's names on slips of paper and drawing them 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.

　　最古老的風俗是把女人的名字寫在紙片上，然後就把它們從一個罐子裡面拖出來。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注。許多男人把禮物送給他們的情人。在一些地方，年輕的小夥子會給他的情人節一副手套。富有的男人會舉行舞會來紀念他們的情人。

　　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 the first Valentine card manufacturers in the United States.

　　情人節卡片在十九世紀的英國變得越來越受歡迎。藝術家凱特格林納指出建立卡片是以快樂的兒童和美麗的花園為特點的。

　　Inspired by a British card, she began production in 1847. Her cards featured lace and paper flowers and leaves. Other card manufacturers emphasized Cupid, the pudgy, winged son of Venus, the goddess of love. In Roman lore, Cupid is known as Eros, the son of Aphrodite.

　　受英國卡片的鼓舞，她在1847年開始製作她自己的。她的卡片以蕾絲邊、紙花和葉子為特色。其他卡製造著強調丘位元是胖的、維納斯有翼的兒子、愛神。在羅馬帝國，丘位元是以愛神阿佛洛狄忒的兒子聞名的。

　　In the United States and Canada, children exchange valentines with their friends. In some schools, the children hold a classroom party and put all the valentines into a box they have decorated.

　　在美國和加拿大，孩子們和他們的朋友交換情人。一些學校中，孩子們舉行一個班級派對把所有的情人塞進他們已經裝飾過的盒子裡。

　　At the end of the day, the teacher or one child distributes the cards. Many children make their own valentines from paper doilies, red paper, wallpaper samples, and pictures cut from magazines. Sometimes they buy kits that include everything needed to make valentines. Many children send their largest, fanciest cards to their parents and teachers.

　　在一天將要結束的時候,老師或著一個孩子會分發卡片。許多孩子們從紅色的紙桌布、牆紙樣本、和從雜誌上剪下的圖片中找到了自己情人。有時他們會買一些裝備，裡面包括了所有找情人需要的東西。還有很多孩子們把他們最大、最花俏的卡片給了他們的父母和老師。

　　In Europe, people celebrate Valentine's Day in many ways. British children sing special Valentine's Day songs and receive gifts of candy, fruit, or money. In some areas of England, people bake valentine buns with caraway seeds, plums, or raisins. People in Italy hold a Valentine's Day feast.

　　在歐洲，人們有多種慶祝情人節的方式。英國的孩子們會唱特別的情人節歌曲和接受糖果、水果、金錢禮物。在英格蘭的某些地方，人們烤情人節小麵包準備李子、或葡萄乾。義大利人會舉行的情人節大餐。

　　　經典英語美文

　　情人節英文求愛信English Courtship Letter

　　Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo

　　朱麗葉·德魯埃致維克多·雨果

　　Oh! Think of me, my sweet beloved, so that I may feel it and so that your joy amid your delightful family, your kind friends and admirers may not be changed into bitterness and grief for me. Think of me. of whom you are the life and soul. Think of my love so profound, so pure, and so devoted, and wish I were with you. I am going to bed praying God for you and yours. I trust my prayers will not be fruitless, as I am asking for their happiness and yours, should it be at the cost of my own life.

　　啊，您想我吧，我最愛的人，好讓我感受到您的甜蜜，好讓你與家人的歡樂、與朋友和愛慕您的人的歡樂不會變為對我嫉妒和令我傷心。您想我吧，因為您就是我的生命和靈魂。想想我對您的愛如此深沉、純潔、專一吧，祝願我能與您相聚在一起吧。我馬上要就寢了，還在 為您和您的親人祈求上帝。我相信我的祈禱不會得不到迴音，因為我不惜用生命換得您的親人還有您自己的幸福。

　　If you knew how I need to know that you are happy, my beloved, almost as much as to know I am loved by you! I love you, more than anything else in the world. Enjoy your success, this evening, my Victor, your beauty, your genius, and be happy with your delightful family. I will be proud and happy myself, provided amid all this you do not forget me. Above all I do not wish to importune or compromise you. I only want to love you to my last sight.

　　要是您知道我是如何祝福您，我的愛，那麼您也會覺得您愛我的心一點也不亞於我想您知道我是多麼愛您。我愛您，我對您的愛超過了人間世上的一切。今夜盡情地為您的成功而歡樂吧，我的維克多，盡情地讚美您的美麗，讚美您的天才吧，為能與歡樂的家人團聚而高興吧!要是您在歡樂的時刻沒有把我忘懷，我定當感到自豪和宰福。不管怎麼樣，最重要的是，我不想強求或委屈您，我只想受著您直到瞑目之時。

　　英語美文欣賞

　　Valentine day 情人節 英語詩歌

　　Valentine day

　　情人節

　　You are supposed to buy a rose

　　in such pink atmosphere;

　　I wonder if roses bloom

　　only for us.

　　在如此浪漫的氛圍裡，

　　註定你要買一束玫瑰;

　　只是我懷疑它們

　　為我們還是為自己開放。

　　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?

　　花店老闆衝我們眨眼，

　　過後，可以退貨。

　　只用了一點點錢，

　　我握著一束玫瑰的命運。

　　情人節過後，

　　誰還會嘆息她的花瓣

　　在哪裡凋謝?