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全新版大学英语第一册College English BookⅠ 河南城建学院外语系 Unit 5 　Romance ⅠBrief Introduction Blanchard got to know a lady through the notes she made on in the margin of a book. Then they began to write to each other and fell in love. Finally, Blanchard got through a test given by Maynell, and won the beauty’s heart. Ⅱ Culture Backgrounds 文化背景 1.Definition of Love 2. Saint Valentine’s Day (情人节) 3.World War Ⅱ 1.Definition of “l ve” Love is a strong feeling of caring and liking someone, especially who you are familiar with . 爱情是两个人彼此的关爱和喜欢。 Witty sayings about “love” “It is love that makes the world go round.” 爱是推动世界的力量。 “Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.”建立在面貌基础上的爱情,会和美貌一样很快消失。 “The course of true love never runs smooth.” 真正的爱情多磨难。 Love is a universal emotion that expresses itself in every culture. 爱情在是一种大众情感，在不同的文化中有不同的含义。 2.Saint Valentine’s Day（圣瓦伦西节） It’s the lover’s festival. Today it is marked by the exchange of romantic cards,flowers, chocolates of heart shape and other gifts. An Origin of Valentine One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men -- his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentines actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death. Grand Central Station Grand Central Station lies in Manhattan, New York, and it is the largest and busiest railway station in the world. As you approach it from 42nd Street, you’ll be facing this triumphant facade featuring a fifty-foot pediment with statues of Hercules, Minerva and Mercury surrounding a clock. This interior of Grand Central is also an amazing sight and will transport you to another time. (to be continued) (continued) The