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1、ReferenceforTeaching一、异域风情1. Valentine'sDayValentine'sDay(情人节)isnamedforSaintValentine,anearlyChristianchurchmanwhoreportedlyhelpedyounglovers.ValentinewaskilledforhisChristianbeliefsonFebruary14morethan1700yearsago,butthedaythathashisnameisevenearlierthanthat.Morethan200
2、0yearsago,theancientRomanscelebrated(庆祝)aholidayforlovers.Aspartofthecelebration,girlswrotetheirnamesonpiecesofpaperandputtheminalargecontainer.Boysreachedintothecontainerandpulledoneout.Thegirlwhosenamewaswrittenonthepaperbecamehisloverorsweetheartforayear.Loversstillput
3、theirnamesonpiecesofpaperandtheysendeachotherValentine'sDaycardsthattelloftheirlove.Sometimestheyalsosendgifts,likeflowersorchocolatecandy.Americansusuallysendthesegiftsandcardsthroughthemailsystem.Butsomeuseanotherwaytosendthismessage.Theyhaveitprintedinanewspaper.Thecos
4、tisusuallyafewdollars.Someofthemessagesaresimpleandshort,“Jane,Iloveyouverymuch.”Otherssaymore.Thisone,forexample,“Don,rosesarered.Violets(紫罗兰)areblue.IhopeyoulovemeasmuchasIloveyou.Forever,Mary.”Mostofthenewspapersthatprintsuchmessagesarelocal,butUSATodayissoldthroughout
5、theUnitedStatesand90othercountriesaswell.ThismeanssomeonecansendaValentinemessagetoaloverinafar-awaycityortownalmostanywhereintheworld.Thesemessagescost80dollarsandmore.Anemployee(职员)ofUSATodaysaysreaderscanhaveasmallheartorroseprintedalongwiththeirmessagesthisyear.Willth
6、iskindofValentine'sDaymessagereachtheoneyoulove?Well,justmakesureheorshereadsthenewspaper.2. Cluster-of-lightsFestivalPeopletravelenormousdistancesjusttobehomewiththeirfamiliesforthishappiestandmostimportantofHinduholidays.Andthehomeslookinviting,too,throughoutthelate-aut
7、umnweekofDiwali,especiallyatnight,ascelebrantslinewindowsills,porches,andgardenwallswithlongrowsoftinyearthenwareoillamps,whosecottonwicksgiveoffasoft,pulsatingglow.DiwaliisasortofNewYear,atwhichtimepeoplestrivetosettleoldfeudsandquarrelsand,iftheycanaffordit,buybrand-new
8、clothesinwhichtocelebrate.Inthemountainregion,bonfiresdevourtheyear'saccumulationofcombustiblega
