the origin of valentiile’s day

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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