情人节双语介绍

中西方情人节
西方的情人节
St Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 in many countries around the world each year. This is a festival of love and romance, as well as flowers, chocolates, greeting cards. On that day, there are many activities for couples to celebrate, showing their love to mate. Gift exchanging is the most common and many people choose that day to propose or get married. In short, it’s a day of love.
情人节在每年的2月14日，世界上的许多国家都庆祝这个节日，虽然那一天在许多国家都是工作日。

这是一个关于爱、浪漫以及花、巧克力、贺卡的.节日。

在情人节当天，情侣们会有许多庆祝活动，向另一半表达爱意。

交换礼物是最为常见的。

很多人选择在这一天、求婚或结婚。

简单来说，这是一个爱的节日。

The origin of Valentine's Day情人节的由来
Valentine's Day originated in Rome. There are many versions of the legend, but the most romantic and credible are the following.
情人节最早起源于罗马。

关于它的传说有多种版本，但最为浪漫和可信的是如下一版。

Legend has it that in the third Century, the ancient Rome had a tyrant called Claudius. Not far from the tyrant's palace stood a very beautiful temple where friar Valentin lived. Valentin was knowledgeable and virtuous. The Romans respected him very much. All the people, regardless of the rank or age, liked to gather around him and listen to his prayers in front of the burning flame of the altar.
相传公元３世纪时，古罗马有一位暴君叫克劳迪亚斯。

离暴君的宫殿不远，有一座非常漂亮的神庙，修士瓦伦丁就住在这里。

瓦伦丁学识渊博、品德高尚，罗马人非常崇敬他，男女老幼不分贵贱，都喜欢群集在他周围，在祭坛的熊熊圣火前，聆听他的祈祷。

Then Rome was at war and all the men of a certain age were required to join the Roman army, so a large number of citizens were forced to go to the battlefield. People complained a lot and Rome was shrouded in a long and sad lovesickness. Claudius also forbade marriage ceremonies and even forced those who were engaged to break off their marriages at once. In this way, many young men bid farewell to their lovers and went to the war in sorrow. The girls were also depressed because of the loss of their lovers. Valentine felt very sad about the tyranny of Claudius
那时，古罗马一直战事不断，克劳多斯下令，凡是一定年龄范围内的男子，都必须进入罗马军队。

于是，大批公民被迫前往战场，人们怨声载道，整个罗马都被笼罩在绵长而悲郁的相思中。

克劳多斯又下令禁止国人举行结婚典礼，甚至强迫已经订了婚的马上解除婚约。

许多年轻人就这样告别了爱人，悲愤地走向战场，姑娘们也因失去爱侣而抑郁神伤。

瓦伦丁修士对克劳多斯的虐政感到非常难过。

Tyranny, however, cannot forbid love. One day, a couple quietly came to the temple and asked valentine to marry them. Deeply moved by their faithful love, Valentine risked his life to marry them in front of the sacred altar. After that he married many young people couples. Knowing this, Claudius flew into a rage and ordered his men to put Valentine in prison. There, he miraculously cured the warden's daughter of her blindness and deeply in love with her. Hearing of the miracle the cruel, Claudius felt very frightened and ordered Valentine beheaded. On the morning of the execution, Valentine wrote an affectionate farewell letter to the warden's daughter and then walked to his execution.
然而，暴政禁止不了爱情。

一天，一对情侣悄悄地来到神庙里，请求瓦伦丁为他们主持
婚礼。

瓦伦丁被他们坚贞的爱情深深地打动了，便在神圣的祭坛前冒险为他们举行了婚礼。

此后，许多年轻人在瓦伦丁的帮助下结成伴侣。

对此克劳多斯暴跳如雷，他命令士兵将瓦伦丁投入监狱。

在那里，他奇迹般地治愈了典狱长女儿失明的双眼，并且深深地爱上了她。

暴君克劳多斯听到这一奇迹后，感到非常害怕，下令将瓦伦丁斩首。

行刑的那天早晨，瓦伦丁给典狱长的女儿写了一封情意绵绵的告别信，然后走上刑场。

This day is February 14, 270 A.D. Since then, February 14 has been designated as "Valentine's Day" in memory of this kind-hearted friar Valentine
这一天是公元２７０年２月１４日。

自此以后，为了纪念这位心地善良的瓦伦丁修士，人们便将２月１４日定为“情人节”。

Customs 习俗
On this day lovers all around the world mark this occasion as a day for sending poems, cards, flowers or candy, etc.
在这一天情侣世界各地庆祝这一特殊场合,每天发送诗歌、卡片、鲜花或糖果等。

Englishwomen of the 1700's wrote men's names on scraps of paper, rolled each in a little piece of clay, and dropped them all into water. The first paper that rose to the surface supposedly had the name of a woman's true love.
17世纪的英国女人把男人的名字写在纸片上，用一小块粘土把每个人卷起来，然后把他们都扔到水里。

第一张浮出水面的纸上据说有一个女人真爱的名字。

在2月14日这天人们会特意做诗或者用一些小礼物送给自己心爱的人。

Also in the 1700's, unmarried women pinned five bay leaves to their pillows on the eve of Valentine's Day. They pinned one leaf to the center of the pillow and one to each corner. If the charm worked, they saw their future husbands in their dreams.
同样在17世纪，未婚妇女在情人节前夕把五片月桂叶别在枕头上。

他们把一片叶子别在枕头中央，每个角落别一片。

如果这种魅力奏效了，他们就会在梦中看到未来的丈夫。

One of the oldest customs was the practice of writing women's names on slips of paper and drawing them from a jar. The woman whose name was drawn by a man became his valentine. Many men gave gifts to their valentines. In some areas, a young man gave his valentine a pair of gloves. Wealthy men gave fancy balls to honor their valentines.
最古老的习俗之一是把妇女的名字写在纸条上，然后从罐子里画出来。

那个被一个男人取名的女人成了他的情人。

Expressions of love爱的表达
1. I love you to the moon and back. 我非常非常地爱你。

这句话源自于童书Guess How Much I Love You，书中的大、小兔子用比喻的方式表达对彼此的爱有多深，语言纯真且逗趣，非常讨喜。

2. To me, you are perfect. 对我来说，你是最完美的！
这句话出自电影Love Actually《真爱至上》里的台词。

3. My heart is all yours and yours only. 我的心只属于你。

4. Like you and me, some things are just meant to be. 我跟你就是命中注定要在一起！
5. You are my Valentine in every way. 你是我的完美情人。

6. I’m falling head over heels for you.我已为你神魂颠倒。

7.Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction 爱不是彼此凝视，而是一起注视着同一个方向
8.Love is a kind of chance encounter, and one can neither waiting nor preparing for it
爱是一种遇见，不能等待，也不能准备
9. If I could save time in a bottle the first thing that I'd like to do is to save every day until eternity passes away just to spend them with you. If I could make days last forever if words could make wishes come true .I'd save every day like a treasure and then again I would spend them with you. 如果我能把时间存入一个瓶子，我要做的第一件事就是，把每一天都存下来直到永恒，再和你一起慢慢度过。

如果我能把时间化作永恒，如果我的愿望能一一成真，我会把每天都像宝贝一样存起來，再和你一起慢慢度过。

10. You're always there for me. When things tend to go wrong .It's that faith you have in me.That makes our love strong
当我需要你时你永远在那里，就算是我犯了错误也沒关系，是你对我坚定的信心，让我们的爱更加茁壮。

11. We share so much together .And you always pull me through. Thank you for standing behind me In all that I do.
我们分享生命中的每一天，你永远带领着我，感谢你一直支持着我，不论我做了些什么。

12.A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you，only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.
生命中令人悲伤的一件事是你遇到了一个对你来说很重要的人，但却最终发现你们有缘无份，因此你不得不放手。

中国的情人节—七夕
七夕节是中国的传统节日之一，也被称为中国的情人节。

它是基于牛郎和织女的浪漫传说演变而来的。

夕节是中国农历的七月初七。

The Double Seventh Festival （Qixi Festival）is one of Chinese traditional festivals, and also known as a Chinese Valentine's Day. It's based on a romantic legend about the cowherd (Niulang) and the girl weaver (zhīnǚ). It falls on the 7th day of the 7th Chinese lunar month.
据传说，牛郎织女尽管彼此深爱，却被禁止生活在一起。

他们只被允许一年见一次面。

在这天，牛郎织女将在横跨银河的鹊桥上相会。

那天，人们会照旧坐在户外观看夜空中的星星。

他们相信能看见美丽天空中这场著名的相会。

According to a Chinese legend, Niu Lang and Zhi Nu are forbidden to live together although they love each other very much. They are only allowed to meet once a year.
On this very day Niu Lang and Zhi Nu will meet on a bridge of Magpies across the milky way. Traditionally people will sit outdoors to observe the stars in the evening. They believe they are able to see the famous meeting in the beautiful sky.
今天许多情侣通过庆祝七夕节来表达对彼此的爱意。

Today this day is celebrated by many couples to show their love .这个节日从汉朝开始就已经被庆祝了。

2015年5月20日，中国国务院将七夕节列入国家非物质文化遗产名录。

The festival has been celebrated since the Han Dynasty. On May 20, 2015, the Double Seventh Festival was added to the National Intangible Cultural Heritage list by the State Council of China.
七夕习俗customs
最流行的习俗是女孩们向织女祈祷获得一双巧手。

因为织女被认为美丽且精通缝纫，在七夕的晚上，女孩们会缝纫一些物品来进行比赛，并准备一些美味的水果来祭拜织女，以此来祈求精湛的缝纫技艺。

她们不仅希望能够拥有好的缝纫技艺，还祈祷自己能够有一份甜蜜的爱情。

The most prevalent custom is that of girls praying to Zhi Nu for skillful hands for
sewing. Because Zhi Nu is regarded as a beautiful woman deft at weaving, in the evening of the festival, girls sew some articles to compete with each other and prepare some delicious fruits to worship Zhi Nu in order to be endowed with the masterly sewing skill. Not only hoping for this skill, they also pray to have a sweet love.
2. 七巧贡案（祭织女星）的祭品包括：茶、酒、水果、龙眼、红枣、榛子、花生和瓜子。

晚上，年轻的女子们围坐在桌旁，展示她们的针线活，注视着织女星，祈求有个好丈夫和幸福的生活。

然后她们会玩游戏或者读诗，一直持续到深夜。

Worshiping the weaver fairy (the star Vega), involved a table of offerings: tea, wine, fruits, longans, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts, and melon seeds. In the evening young women sat around the table, displaying their needlework, gazing at Vega, and praying for a good husband and a happy life. Then they'd play games or read poems until midnight.
3. 为牛庆生：孩子们采来一束束野花，挂在牛角上以表示对传说中的牛的尊敬和纪念。

Honoring oxen: Children picked bunches of wild flowers and hung them on the horns of oxen in honor of the legendary ox.
4. 人们通常制作并食用“巧果”：不同形状的油炸的薄糕点。

People made and ate "Skill Fruit": fried, thin pastries of different shapes.
现在人们通常通过赠送鲜花、巧克力和其他礼物来庆祝中国的情人节，而不是遵循传统习俗。

Now people usually celebrate Chinese Valentine's Day by giving flowers, chocolates, and other presents to their sweethearts, instead of doing the traditional customs.。