英语作文素材之情人节的传说

　　The Legends Of Valentine's Day

　　February 14 is Valentine's Day.It is celebrated as a lovers' holiday today,with the giving of candy,flowers,or other gifts between couples in love.Valentine's Day has roots in several different legends that have found their way to us through the ages.

　　In Rome it's said that it originated in 5th Century as a tribute to St.Valentine,a Catholic bishop.

　　For eight hundred years prior to the establishment of Valentine's Day,the Romans had practiced a pagan celebration in mid-February commemorating young men's rite of passage to the god Lupercus.The celebration featured a lottery in which young men would draw the names of teenage girls from a box.The girl assigned to each young man in that manner would be his female companion during the remaining year.

　　In an effort to do away with the pagan festival.Pope Gelasius ordered a slight change in the lottery.Instead of the names of young women,the box would contain the names of saints.Both men and women were allowed to draw from the box,and the game was to emulate the ways of the saint they drew during the rest of the year.Needless to say,many of the young Roman men were not too pleased with the rule Changes.

　　Instead of the pagan god Lupercus,the Church looked for a suitable patron saint of love to take his place.They found an appropriate choice in Valentine,who,in AD270 had been beheaded 3 by Emperor Claudius.

　　Claudius had determined that married men made poor soldiers.So he banned marriage from his empire.But Valentine would secretly marry young men that came to him.When Claudius found out about Valentine,he first tried to convert him to paganism.But Valentine reversed the strategy,trying instead to convert Claudius.When he failed,he was stoned and beheaded.

　　During the days that Valentine was imprisoned,he fell in love with the blind daughter of his jailer.His love for her,and his great faith,managed to miraculously heal her from her blindness before his death.Before he was taken to his death,he signed a farewell message to her,"From your Valentine."The phrase has been used on his day ever since.

　　Although the lottery for women had been banned by the church,the mid-February holiday in commemoration of St.Valentine was stilled used by Roman men to seek the affection of women.It became a tradition for the men to give the ones they admired handwritten messages of affection,containing Valentine's name.

　　Another Valentine was an Italian bishop who lived at about the same time,AD 200.He was imprisoned because he secretly married couples,contrary to the laws of the Roman emperor.Some legends say he was burned at the stake.

　　情人节的传说

　　2月14日是情人节。今天它被人们作为情侣的节日来庆祝,给的糖果、鲜花、或其他礼物情侣之间的爱。情人节起源于不同的传说,我们找到了多年。

　　在罗马表示,它向St.Valentine起源于5世纪,天主教主教。

　　八百年情人节,前罗马人曾在2月中旬练习异教庆典纪念年轻男子成人礼的卢帕克斯神。这项庆典的特点是进行抽签,让年轻的男子从盒子里抽取十几岁少女的名字。通过这种方式分配给每一位年轻男子的女孩将是他那一年的女伴。

　　为了的异教徒的节日。罗马教皇盖拉西厄斯命令彩票活动必须一个细微的变化。年轻女性的名字,而是框将包含圣徒的名字。男性和女性被允许从盒子里,和游戏是模仿方式的圣德鲁在今年剩下的时间里。不用说,罗马的许多年轻人不太喜欢这种规则的改变。

　　来代替异教的卢帕克斯神的教会寻找一位更适合的爱的守护神来代替他。他们发现一个适当的选择在情人节,克劳迪亚斯王Valentine是斩首3。

　　克劳迪亚斯王坚信已婚男人是无用的战士。所以他在他的王国内禁止结婚。但是情人节会秘密嫁给那些来找他的年轻人。当克劳迪斯发现情人节时,他第一次尝试将他异教信仰。但情人节逆转的策略,而不是将克劳迪斯。当他失败时,他是用石头打死,斩首。

　　在情人节被囚禁的.日子里,他爱上了盲人他的狱卒的女儿。他对她的爱,他的伟大的信仰,竟然奇迹般地治好了她的眼睛在他的死亡。他被带到他去世之前,他签署了一份告别消息给她,“从你的情人。”这句话用在他的一天。

　　虽然抽签得女人的活动已经被教会禁止,2月中旬假日纪念St.Valentine罗马的男人依旧利用寻求女人的爱情。它变成了一个传统的男人给的他们钦佩的感情手写消息,包含瓦伦丁的名字。

　　另一个情人节是一个意大利主教住大约在同一时间,公元200年。他被监禁,因为他偷偷已婚夫妇,与罗马皇帝的法律。有一些传说说他是被绑在火刑柱上烧死的。