邂逅2.14情人節快樂（中英文版）

雖說這情人節年年都過，可對於它的來歷神馬，大家未必清楚吧！(對噢，每年就知道掏錢買禮物，還真沒研究過這個問題餒?(???)?)所以，虎虎請來了宇宙超級無敵美女外教Alison老師來告訴我們到底這“搶錢”的情人節是咋來的？

History of Valentine’s Day

The history of Valentine’s Day is quite dramatic and dates back to 300 AD in Rome, Italy. The Emperor Claudius II believed that single men were better soldiers than married men, so he forbid all young men to marry. A man named Valentine thought this was very wrong, so he continued to perform marriages in secret. When he was caught and put in prison to be killed, he sent the first “valentine” to his lover, signing the card “from your Valentine”. That phrase is still used today!

哇塞，這個叫Valentine的哥們太“蟀”啦~他的一封簽名信就開啟了後世的“情人節”哇！好吧，這國王也實在是太不近人情了，不準年輕男子結婚簡直就是耍流氓嘛！(話說虎虎俺也是個血氣方剛的帥小虎，幸虧沒生在那啥年代，不然可就報銷了俺這麼俊俏滴臉哇！)

在中國，情人節貌似是成年人的專利節日 (雖然虎虎也偷偷看到校園裡的小盆友偷偷送禮物給心儀的誰誰來著，pia~)。情人節前，各大花店，禮品店前總是人頭攢動，各商家還會不失時機推出各種情人節活動來吸引廣大戀著的和沒戀著的'人前來消費。不過，Alison老師告訴虎虎，在美國，情人節可是不論大人小孩都可以光明正大滴慶祝喲！在情人節這天，學校會為孩子們舉辦各式各樣的party，大家都會事先準備個小盒子並在盒子頂部掏出個洞，猜猜這是用來幹啥滴？(想知道嗎？很想知道嗎？真的想知道嗎？…虎虎還是請Alison老師來告訴大家吧…)

Valentine’s Day Activities

Celebrating Valentine’s Day changes as you grow up. Children celebrate by having parties at school. Each child decorates a “valentine post box” and cuts a square hole in the top. Then, each child makes valentines for every classmate, which include candy and a card with a nice message or joke on it. At the school party, children deliver their valentines to all of the other valentine post boxes in the class. In high school and university, people still send each other cards, but chocolates and flowers from “secret admirers” are also common. Schools can also hold “sweetheart dances” or events like “date auctions” where people come to “bid money” for dates.

原來這盒子是用來裝卡片的呀！看來高中生、大學生的情人節過法還是挺相似噢，都得燒錢去買巧克力和花，這年頭男淫真的很辛苦哎！虎虎表示鴨梨很大！