研究生英语Unit 2.ppt

Unit 2 When Love Outgrows Gifts on Valentine’s Day Background Valentine’s Day is celebrated on the 14th February each year. Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he stopped the young men from marrying. Origin Valentine realized the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriage with a young lady in secret. When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death. 1. Send Valentine’s card 2. Exchange gifts between lovers 3. Kiss 1. Candy 2. chocolates Symbols Flowers The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance. It is also called Chinese Valentine’s Day, Qi Qiao Jie（七巧节）, the Daughter’s Festival（女儿节）. It is important day for girls. A handsome but poor orphan who lived with his elder brother and sister-in-law. After his parents passed away, the boy’s brother inherited the house and the land. But all he had was an old ox. As a cowherd, the boy had to work on the farm and talked with his ox. With the ox’s help, the cowherd fell in love with the Emperor’s seventh daughter, Weaving Maid. Weaving Maid was good at handcrafting, especially weaving clothes. They soon had two children two years later. However, the emperor missed the beautiful sky once woven by Weaving Maid. He ordered his daughter’s grandmother to find her and bring back to him. As Weaving Maid was flying to heaven with her grandmother, the cowherd put on his ox’s hide and put their children into two bamboo baskets laced with（系上） his wife’s magical fairy clothes to chase after his love. But the grandmother created a milky way in the sky to keep the lovers apart. They could meet each other once in a year on the day of the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. Therefore, it is h