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Unit1 Passage1 Valentine’s Day probably has its origin in the ancient Roman celebration called Lupercalia 牧神节 . It was celebrated on February 15. In the Roman calendar February was in the spring. The celebration honored the gods Lupercus and Faunus as well as the twin brothers Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome. As part of the ceremony the priests paired up young man and women. The girls names were placed in a box and each boy drew a girl’s name. The couple was paired then until the next Lupercalia.　　 In 260AD the emperor Claudius II, called Claudius the Cruel, decided that young soldiers would only be distracted by marriage and so ordered that young men may not marry. Valentinus Valentine , a Christian priest, defied the emperor and got married in secret. He was caught executed 处死 ，on February 14, the eve of Lupercalia. His name became associated with young love forever after. In 496, Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honor him as Saint Valentine and it has been St. Valentine’s Day ever since. In the Middle Ages, some of the customs of the Lupercalia still persisted in spite of the attempts of the Church to put an end to these non-Christian customs and Christianize the holiday. Both men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear the names on their sleeves for a week. Today we still sometimes “wear our hearts on our sleeves” when we cannot conceal our feelings.　　　In the 1600s, it became common to give flowers, particularly the rose, as a sign of love as the “language of flowers”. This came to Europe from Turkey. The color and placement of rose held a special significance--- a red rose, for example, meant beauty. Flowers have been part of Valentine’s Day ever since. 情人节可能起源于古罗马的牧神节庆祝活动被称为（牧神节）。它是在二月十五日庆祝。在罗马历二月是春天。庆祝尊重神卢帕克斯和福纳斯以及孪生兄弟罗穆卢斯和瑞摩斯，罗马的传奇缔造者。作为仪式的祭司配对，年轻人和妇女的一部分。女孩的名字被放置在一个盒子里，每个男孩都画上了一个女孩的名字。这对夫妇配对之后直到下一节。 在260ad皇帝克劳狄二世，叫做克劳狄斯残酷的年轻士兵，决定只会被婚姻等命令，年轻人不结婚。瓦伦廷（情人节），一个基督教牧师，违抗皇帝秘密结婚了。他被处决（处死），二月