2017-2018学年高中英语 Unit 3 Celebration课时跟踪练（三）Lesson 2 amp; Lesson 3-Pre-reading 北师大版必修1.docVIP

课时跟踪练(三) Lesson 2 Lesson 3 — Pre-reading Ⅰ.阅读理解 A Several different stories are told about the origin of Saint Valentine’s Day. One legend dates as far back as the days of the Roman Empire. According to the story, Claudius, the Emperor of Rome, wanted to increase the size of his army. He knew that it would be easier to get young men who were not married to join. Therefore he made a rule that no young man could marry until he had served a certain number of years in the army. A priest (牧师) named Valentine broke the rule and secretly married a great many young people. Finally, Claudius found ou