关于情人节的英语美文

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　　英文美文欣赏

　　西方情人节传统 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.

　　情人节是每年的2月14日，它在这一天庆祝的原因是因为这一天是恋人的保护神“圣瓦伦丁”定下来的。

　　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.

　　这一天世界各地的情侣都以赠送诗歌、卡片、鲜花和糖果等等来庆祝。他们也可能以社交聚会或举行舞会来纪念这个日子。

　　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.

　　许多情人节风俗涉及到单身女性可以获悉他们未来的丈夫是谁呢。1700年的英格兰女性把男人的名字写在纸片上，把每一小块放在泥里滚，然后把他们全都丢进水里。第一个浮出水面的就被认为是真爱。

　　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.

　　同样在1700年代，未婚女性会在情人节前夕把五片桂叶别在她们的枕头上。她们别 一片叶子在中间之后把另外四片别到四个角落。如果有效的话，她们会在梦里看到她们未来的丈夫。

　　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.

　　最古老的风俗是把女人的名字写在纸片上，然后就把它们从一个罐子里面拖出来。那个被拖出来的女人的名字就会成为他的情人，他也会对她特别的关注。许多男人把礼物送给他们的情人。在一些地方，年轻的小伙子会给他的情人节一副手套。富有的男人会举行舞会来纪念他们的情人。

　　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.

　　情人节卡片在十九世纪的英国变得越来越受欢迎。艺术家凯特格林纳指出创建卡片是以快乐的儿童和美丽的花园为特点的。

　　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.

　　受英国卡片的鼓舞，她在1847年开始制作她自己的。她的卡片以蕾丝边、纸花和叶子为特色。其他卡制造着强调丘比特是胖的、维纳斯有翼的儿子、爱神。在罗马帝国，丘比特是以爱神阿佛洛狄忒的儿子闻名的。

　　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.

　　在美国和加拿大，孩子们和他们的朋友交换情人。一些学校中，孩子们举行一个班级派对把所有的情人塞进他们已经装饰过的盒子里。

　　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.

　　在一天将要结束的时候,老师或着一个孩子会分发卡片。许多孩子们从红色的纸桌布、墙纸样本、和从杂志上剪下的图片中找到了自己情人。有时他们会买一些装备，里面包括了所有找情人需要的东西。还有很多孩子们把他们最大、最花俏的卡片给了他们的父母和老师。

　　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.

　　在欧洲，人们有多种庆祝情人节的方式。英国的孩子们会唱特别的情人节歌曲和接受糖果、水果、金钱礼物。在英格兰的某些地方，人们烤情人节小面包准备李子、或葡萄干。意大利人会举行的情人节大餐。

　　　经典英语美文

　　情人节英文求爱信English Courtship Letter

　　Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo

　　朱丽叶·德鲁埃致维克多·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，我最爱的人，好让我感受到您的甜蜜，好让你与家人的欢乐、与朋友和爱慕您的人的欢乐不会变为对我嫉妒和令我伤心。您想我吧，因为您就是我的生命和灵魂。想想我对您的爱如此深沉、纯洁、专一吧，祝愿我能与您相聚在一起吧。我马上要就寝了，还在 为您和您的亲人祈求上帝。我相信我的祈祷不会得不到回音，因为我不惜用生命换得您的亲人还有您自己的幸福。

　　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，我的爱，那么您也会觉得您爱我的心一点也不亚于我想您知道我是多么爱您。我爱您，我对您的爱超过了人间世上的一切。今夜尽情地为您的成功而欢乐吧，我的维克多，尽情地赞美您的美丽，赞美您的天才吧，为能与欢乐的家人团聚而高兴吧!要是您在欢乐的时刻没有把我忘怀，我定当感到自豪和宰福。不管怎么样，最重要的是，我不想强求或委屈您，我只想受着您直到瞑目之时。

　　英语美文欣赏

　　Valentine day 情人节 英语诗歌

　　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?