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1、TheOriginofValentiile’sDayEveryyear,thefourteenthdayofFebruaryhasmillionsacrosstheworldpresentingtheirlovedoneswithcandy,flowers,chocolatesandotherlovelygifts.Inmanycountries,restaurantsandeateriesareseentobefilledwith[1]coupleswhoareeagertocelebrateth
2、eirrelationshipandthejoyoftheirtogethernessthroughdeliciousfood.Therehardlyseemstobeayoungmanorwomanwhoisnotkeentomakethemostof[2]theday.WehaveheardofthenameSt.Valentinetimeandagain[3].ButwhoisthisSt.Valentine?Theoriginofthislover’sdaygoesbackasearlyas
3、270A.D.andstartedwiththeconflictbetweenakindpriestandamightyruler.每年的2月14日,世界各地的数百万人会送给爱人们糖果、鲜花、巧克力还有其它可爱的礼物。在许多国家,大大小小的餐馆里,坐满了一对对的情侣,他们想用美味佳肴来庆祝爱情和在一起的快乐。几乎没有哪个年轻人不想充分利用这一天。我们一次又一次地听到“圣?瓦伦丁”这个名字。但这个人是谁呢?情人节的历史可以追溯到公元270年,它起源于一个善良的牧师和一个强大的统治者之间的冲突。Duri
4、ngthelifetimeofValentine,thegoldeneraofRoman4empirehadalmostcometoanend.Lackofgoodadministratorsledtofrequentcivilstrife[4].TheRomanEmpirefacedcrisisfromallsides.Theempirehadgrowntoolargetobeshieldedfromexternalaggressionandinternalchaos[5]withexisting
5、forces.Naturally,moreandmorecapablemenwererequiredtoberecruitedassoldiersandofficerstoprotectthenation.WhenClaudiusbecametheemperor,hefeltthatmarriedmenweremoreemotionallyattachedtotheirfamilies,andthus,willnotmakegoodsoldiers.Hebelievedthatmarriagemad
6、ethemenweak.Soheissuedanedictforbidding[6]marriagetoassurequalitysoldiers.在瓦伦丁生活的年代,罗马帝国的黄金时代已经接近尾声。优秀领导者的缺乏导致了频繁的内战。罗马帝国面临着各方面的危机,由于帝国面积的扩张,以现有的力量已无法抵御外界侵略和内部动乱。自然地,就需要招募越来越多有能力的男性作为为士兵和军官来保护国家。当克劳狄斯成为君主的时候,他觉得已婚男人会更眷恋他们的家庭,因此他们不会成为优秀的士兵。他认为是婚姻削弱了他们的力
7、量。所以为保证士兵质量,他颁布了一项禁婚令。ThebanonmarriagewasagreatshockfortheRomans.Buttheydarednotvoicetheirprotestagainstthemightyemperor.ThekindbishopValentinealsorealizedtheinjusticeoftheedict.Hesawthetrauma[7]ofyoungloverswhogaveupallhopesofbeingunitedinmarriage.He4
8、plannedtocounterthemonarch’sorderssecretly.Wheneverloversthoughtofmarrying,theywenttoValentinewhometthemafterwardsinasecretplaceandperformedmarriagesforthem.Butsuchthingscannotbehiddenforlong.ItwasonlyamatteroftimebeforeClaudiuscametokn
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