情人节的来历英文.docx

1、情人节的来历英文情人节的来历英文【篇一：关于情人节的中英双语介绍】洛基提醒：英语学习已经进入互联网时代情人节，又叫圣瓦伦丁节或圣华伦泰节 （st. valentines day）, 即每年的2月14日，是西方的传统节日之一.男女在这一天互送巧克力、贺卡和 花,用以表达爱意或友好，现已成为欧美各国青年人喜爱的节日.大概这 世上有多少情人就有多少关于情人节来历的诠释吧 .和中国人现在用近乎狂热的热情过起了圣诞节一样 ，情人节也已经悄悄渗透到了无数年轻人的心目当中，成为中国传统节日之外的又一个重要节日 .情人节英文简介：st. vale nti nes day has roots in severa

2、l differe nt lege nds that have found their way to us through the ages. one of the earliest popular symbols of the day is cupid（ 爱神丘比特）,theroma n god of love, who is represe nted by the image of a young boy with bow and arrow.,vale ntine was beheaded（ 斩首）,not only because he was a christia n, but al

3、so because he had performed a miracle. he supposedly cured the jailers daughter of her bli ndn ess. the ni ght before he was executed, he wrote the jailers daughter a farewell letter, sig ning it from your vale ntine. ano ther lege nd tells us that this same vale nti ne, well-loved by all, received

4、notes to his jail cell from children and friends who missed him. 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 lege nds say he was bur ned at the stake.february

5、14 was also a roma n holiday, held in honor of a goddess. young men ran domly chose the n ame 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 the n to the early america n coloni es. throughout the ages, peop

6、le also believed that birds picked their mates on february 14!in ad 496 sain pope gelasius i n amed february 14 as vale nti nes day. although its not an official holiday, most america ns observe this day.whatever the odd mixture of orig ins, st. vale nti nes day is now a day for sweethearts. it is t

7、he day that you show your frie nd or loved one that you care. you can send candy to some one you think is special. or you can send roses, the flower of love. most people send vale nti nes, a greet ing card n amed after the no tes that st. vale nti ne received in jail. vale ntines can be sen time nta

8、l, romantic and heartfelt( 真心真意的).they can be funny andfrien dly. if the sen der is shy, vale nti nes can be anonym ous.america ns of all ages love to send and receive vale ntin es. han dmade vale nti nes created by cutt ing hearts out of colored paper, show that a lot of thought was put into making

9、 them pers on al. vale nti nes can be heart-shaped, or have hearts, the symbol of love, on them .in eleme ntary schools childre n make vale nti nes for their classmates and put them in a large decorated box, similar to a mailbox. on february 14, the teacher ope ns the box and distributes the vale nt

10、i nes to each stude nt. after the students read their valentines they have a small party with refreshme nts.for tee nagers and adults, major n ewspapers throughout the country have a vale nti nes day offer. anyone can send in a message, for a small fee of course, desti ned for a would-be sweetheart,

11、 a good frie nd, an acqua intance or eve n a spouse of fifty years. the message is printed in a special section of the n ewspaper on february 14.情人节中文简介：每年2月14日，是西方传统的圣瓦伦丁节(valentines day),又称情 人节.公元三世纪时，古罗马有一位暴君叫克劳多斯(claudius).离暴君的宫 殿不远，有一座非常漂亮的神庙.修士瓦伦丁 (valentine)就住在这里. 罗马人非常崇敬他，男女老幼，不论贫富贵贱，总会群集在他的

12、周围，在 祭坛的熊熊圣火前，聆听瓦伦丁的祈祷.古罗马的战事一直连绵不断，暴君克劳多斯征召了大批公民前往战场 人们怨声载道.男人们不愿意离开家庭，小伙子们不忍与情人分开.克劳 多斯暴跳如雷，他传令人们不许举行婚礼，甚至连所有已订了婚的也马 上要解除婚约.许多年轻人就这样告别爱人，悲愤地走向战场.年轻的姑 娘们也由于失去爱侣，抑郁神伤.瓦伦丁对暴君的虐行感到非常难过.当一对情侣来到神庙请求他的帮 助时,瓦伦丁在神圣的祭坛前为它们悄悄地举行了婚礼 .人们一传十，十传百，很多人来到这里，在瓦沦丁的帮助下结成伴侣.一对情侣在巴黎一个公园里的情侣墙前合影 这座用蓝色瓷砖镶嵌而成的墙上，用全世界的不同文字写

13、满了 311个意为我爱你的句子.消息终于传进了宫殿，传到了暴君的耳里.克劳多斯又一次暴跳如雷， 他命令士兵们冲进神庙，将瓦伦丁从一对正在举行婚礼的新人身旁拖 走,投入地牢人们苦苦哀求暴君的劾免，但都徒劳而返.瓦伦丁终于在 地牢里受尽折磨而死.悲伤的朋友们将他安葬于圣普拉 (st. praxedes)教堂那一天是2月14日,那一年是公元270年.另外还有一个版本.传说中瓦伦丁是最早的基督徒之一 ，那个时代做一名基督徒意味着危险和死亡.为掩护其他殉教者，瓦伦丁被抓住，投入了 监牢.在那里他治愈了典狱长女儿失明的双眼 .当暴君听到着一奇迹时，他感到非常害怕，于是将瓦伦丁斩首示众.据传说,在行刑的那一

14、天早晨 瓦伦丁给典狱长的女儿写了一封情意绵绵的告别信 ，落款是:fromyour valentine ( 寄自你的瓦伦丁)【篇二：情人节英语介绍】there are vary ing opinions as to the orig in of vale nti nes day. some experts state that it orig in ated from st. vale nti ne, a roman who was martyred for refusing to give up christianity. he died on february 14, 269 a.d., t

15、he same day that had bee n devoted to love lotteries.关于情人节的起源有许多种说法。有关人士认为情人节是一个名叫 桑特 瓦伦丁的人士发起的。他是罗马人，因为拒绝放弃基督教而于 公元前269年2月14日惨遭杀害，这一天也正好是全城盛行彩票抽 奖的日子。lege nd also says that st. vale ntine left a farewell n ote for the jailers daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it from your vale ntine.

16、other aspects of the story say that saint vale nti ne served as a priest at the temple duri ng the reig n of emperor Claudius. Claudius the n had vale ntine jailed for defy ing him .in 496 a.d. pope gelasius set aside february 14 to hon our st. vale ntine. 而另外一种说法更具有传奇色彩，相传桑特瓦伦丁曾留下一本日记给了狱卒的女儿，署名为 你的

17、情人”，据说 这名狱卒的女儿就是桑特 瓦伦丁的情人。还有其它的说法也颇为有趣。比如说有人认为在克劳迪亚斯君王统治时期，桑特 瓦仑丁曾经是一名神父，因为公然挑战克劳迪亚斯君王的权威身陷囹圄。所以 公元前496年罗马教皇格莱西亚斯特意将 2月14日作为一个特别的日子以纪念桑特 瓦伦丁。gradually, february 14 became the date for excha nging love messages and st. vale ntine became the patr on saint of lovers. the date was marked by sending poem

18、s and simple gifts such as flowers. there was often a social gathering or a ball.此后2月14日就成为了一个具有特殊意义的日子。在这天人们向自 己心仪的人传递信息以示爱意。而理所当然的桑特 瓦仑丁也就成为了为恋爱中的男女们牵线搭桥的人。在 2月14日这天人们会特意做诗或者用一些小礼物送给自己心爱的人。而且人们还会组织各种各 样的聚会来庆祝这个特殊的节日。in the un ited states, miss esther howla nd is give n credit for sending the first

19、 vale nti ne cards. commercial vale nti nes were in troduced in the 1800s and now the date is very commercialised. the tow n of lovela nd, colorado, does a large post office bus in ess around february 14. the spirit of good con ti nues as vale nti nes are sent out with sen time ntal verses and child

20、re n excha nge vale ntine cards at school.艾瑟霍兰德小姐是美国第一位因为发送情人节卡片而受到荣誉奖励 的人。早在19世纪初情人节就已处露商业化的端倪。而如今情人节 已经完全被商业化了。 比如每当每年2月14日来临的时候，一些城镇如罗夫兰、克罗拉多等，这里的人们都要派送大量的为情人节特 备的卡片。而在这天人们往往吟歌做诗并且把这些写入卡片中送 送个自己喜欢的人以表达自己的爱意。而在学校里孩子门也喜欢互增 贺卡来度过这个特殊的节日。久而久之就形成了一种习俗并且延续 至今天.一年一度浪漫的七夕节，与恋人相依相偎共同度过，心中满是甜蜜 的滋味。你知道七夕节的来

21、历，那你知道怎么用英语来介绍我们中 国的情人节吗？下面就让小编为你解答吧 中国的七夕节的英文是 chin ese vale nti nes day. 下面就是关于七夕节情人节的介绍：raise your head on august 4 and gaze at the stars, you will find something romantic going on in the sky.vale nti nes day in china, the seve nth day of the seve nth lunarmon th, falls on august 4 this year.that

22、 is, on mon day eve ning, niu lang and zhi nu will meet on a bridge of magpies （鹊桥） across the milky way （银河） chin ese grannies will remind childre n that they would not be able to see any magpies on that eve ning because all the magpies have left to form a bridge in the heave ns with their win gs.r

23、oma ntic lege nd,eastthe lege nd has bee n han ded dow n for n early 2 mille nnia. the story has bee n recorded as far back as the jin dyn asty （256-420 ad）. poets composed hun dreds of verses on the love story and many types of chin ese opera tell the story.the chin ese people believe that the star

24、 vega （织女星）of the milky way, is zhi nu and, at the con stellati on of aquila（天鹰座）,on the western side of the milky way, niu lang waits for his wife.zhi nu was said to be the youn gest of seve n daughters of the quee n of heave n. with her sisters, she worked hard to weave beautiful clouds in the sky

25、, while niu lang was a poor orphan cowherd, drive n out of his home by his elder brother and his cruel wife.niu lang lame nted over his Ion ely and poor life with an old cow, his only frie nd and compa nion. the magical cow kin dly told him of a way to find a beautiful and nice woman as his life com

26、pa nion.un der the directi on of the cow, niu lang went to the riverside on an eve ning, where the seve n fairies slipped out of their heave nly palace to bathe.he took one of the beautiful silk dresses the fairies had left on the bank. whe n the fairies left the water, the youn gest could nt find h

27、er clothes and had to see her sisters fly back to heave n without her.the n niu lang came out with the dress and asked the youn gest fairy, zhi nu, to stay with him.several years passed on earth, which were on ly a few days in heave n. niu lang and zhi nu livedhappily together and had two childre n

28、before the quee n of heave n discovered zhi nus abse nee.she was so anno yed she had zhi nu brought back to heave n. seeing his beloved wife flying in the sky, niu lang was terrified. he caught sight of the cowhide hanging on a wall. the magicalcow had told him before dying of old age: keep the cowh

29、ide(牛皮)for emerge ncy use.putting the cowhide on, he went after his wife with his two childre n.with the help of the cowhide, niu lang was able to follow zhi nu into heave n. he was about to reach his wife whe n the quee n showed up and pulled off her hairp in to draw a line betwee n the two. the li

30、ne became the silver river in heave n, or the milky way.zhi nu went back to the heave nly workshop, going on weav ing the clouds. but she was so sad, and missed her husba nd across the silver river so much that the clouds she weaved seemed sad. fin ally, the quee n showed a little mercy, allow ing t

31、he couple to meet once every year on the silver river.well-k nown poemone of the most famous poems about the lege nd was writte n by qin gua n of in the song dyn asty (960-1279).fairy of the magpie bridgeamong the beautiful clouds,over the heavenly river,crosses the weav ing maide n.a ni ght of ren

32、dezvous,across the autu mn sky.surpasses joy on earth.mome nts of ten der love and dream,so sad to leave the magpie bridge.eter nal love betwee n us two,shall withstand the time apart.(tra nslated by kylie hsu)鹊桥仙宋？秦观 织云弄巧 飞星传恨 银汉迢迢暗度 金风玉露一相逢 便胜却人间无数 柔情似水 佳期如梦 忍顾鹊桥归路两情若是久长时又岂在朝朝暮暮compared with love stories in western lege nds, the story of niu lang and zhi nu seems not as intense or passi on ate. love does nt kill or break up the barrier betwee n them. they just wait patie ntly on the riverba nk, believ ing