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1、ReferenceforTeaching一、异域风情1. Valentine'sDayValentine'sDay(情人节)isnamedforSaintValentine,anearlyChristianchurchmanwhoreportedlyhelpedyounglovers.ValentinewaskilledforhisChristianbeliefsonFebruary14morethan1700yearsago,butthedaythathashisnameisevenearlierthantha
2、t.Morethan2000yearsago,theancientRomanscelebrated(庆祝)aholidayforlovers.Aspartofthecelebration,girlswrotetheirnamesonpiecesofpaperandputtheminalargecontainer.Boysreachedintothecontainerandpulledoneout.Thegirlwhosenamewaswrittenonthepaperbecamehisloverorsweethe
3、artforayear.LoversstillputtheirnamesonpiecesofpaperandtheysendeachotherValentine'sDaycardsthattelloftheirlove.Sometimestheyalsosendgifts,likeflowersorchocolatecandy.Americansusuallysendthesegiftsandcardsthroughthemailsystem.Butsomeuseanotherwaytosendthismessa
4、ge.Theyhaveitprintedinanewspaper.Thecostisusuallyafewdollars.Someofthemessagesaresimpleandshort,“Jane,Iloveyouverymuch.”Otherssaymore.Thisone,forexample,“Don,rosesarered.Violets(紫罗兰)areblue.IhopeyoulovemeasmuchasIloveyou.Forever,Mary.”Mostofthenewspapersthatp
5、rintsuchmessagesarelocal,butUSATodayissoldthroughouttheUnitedStatesand90othercountriesaswell.ThismeanssomeonecansendaValentinemessagetoaloverinafar-awaycityortownalmostanywhereintheworld.Thesemessagescost80dollarsandmore.Anemployee(职员)ofUSATodaysaysreaderscan
6、haveasmallheartorroseprintedalongwiththeirmessagesthisyear.WillthiskindofValentine'sDaymessagereachtheoneyoulove?Well,justmakesureheorshereadsthenewspaper.2. Cluster-of-lightsFestivalPeopletravelenormousdistancesjusttobehomewiththeirfamiliesforthishappiestand
7、mostimportantofHinduholidays.Andthehomeslookinviting,too,throughoutthelate-autumnweekofDiwali,especiallyatnight,ascelebrantslinewindowsills,porches,andgardenwallswithlongrowsoftinyearthenwareoillamps,whosecottonwicksgiveoffasoft,pulsatingglow.DiwaliisasortofN
8、ewYear,atwhichtimepeoplestrivetosettleoldfeudsandquarrelsand,iftheycanaffordit,buybrand-newclothesinwhichtocelebrate.Inthemountainregion,bonfiresdevourtheyear'saccumulationofcombustiblega
