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Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is celebrated all over the world every year on the 14th of February. It is a special day to celebrate love and affection. Valentine's Day is not a national holiday in the UK, so schools, offices, and government buildings are open on Valentine's Day. People usually give cards, letters, or gifts to the people that they love. People also exchange chocolates and flowers. Some couples go out on dates or take a romantic trip to celebrate this day. Nowadays, it is a very commercial holiday. Shops start selling chocolate boxes, heart-shaped objects like cushions, flowers, and other types of gifts only days after Christmas has finished.

		   
情人节每年都在2月14日全世界庆祝。这是一个特殊的日子，用来庆祝爱与情感。在英国，情人节不是国定假日，所以学校、办公室和政府机构都在情人节开放。人们通常会给自己爱的人送卡片、信件或礼物。人们也会交换巧克力和鲜花。一些情侣会约会或者进行浪漫之旅来庆祝这一天。如今，情人节是一个非常商业化的节日。商店在圣诞节结束后的几天就开始销售巧克力盒子、心形物品如靠垫、鲜花和其他类型的礼物。
		
	

This celebration actually comes from St. Valentine, who was a Roman priest who lived during the 3rd Century. The emperor Claudius II thought that men without wives and children were better soldiers, so he decided that young men could not get married, and this way, they would be better soldiers. Valentine thought that this was wrong, so he continued to marry young couples in secret. However, Claudius II found out about what he was doing, so he was killed.

		   
这一庆祝活动实际上源于圣瓦伦丁，他是一位生活在公元3世纪的罗马神父。皇帝克劳狄斯二世认为，没有妻子和孩子的男人是更好的士兵，因此他决定年轻人不能结婚，这样他们就会成为更好的士兵。瓦伦丁认为这是错误的，所以他继续秘密地为年轻夫妇主持婚礼。然而，克劳狄斯二世发现了他在做什么，于是他被杀害。
		
	

We don't really know why it is celebrated on the 14th of February. Some people say that Valentine might have died in the middle of February, but others believe that it is because of another Roman celebration called Lupercalia, which was celebrated on the 15th of February. In this tradition, members of the Luperci, who were Roman priests, would go to a cave where they thought that the babies Romulus and Remus, who were the founders of Rome, were looked after by a wolf or Lupa. At this cave, the priests killed or sacrificed a goat and a dog so that the women would be more fertile the next year. They also did this to make the land more fertile too so that they would have enough food the following year. After they sacrificed a goat and a dog, the ladies put their names in a big pod. The young male Romans took a name from the pot, and the man and the woman became a couple. These couples often married, so this could be one of the reasons why Valentine's Day is celebrated on the 14th of February.

		   
我们不知道为什么情人节是在2月14日庆祝的。有人说瓦伦丁可能在二月中旬去世，但也有人认为这是因为另一个罗马庆祝活动——卢佩卡利亚节，该节在2月15日庆祝。在这个传统中，卢佩尔基成员——罗马神父，会去一个洞穴，他们认为罗穆卢斯和雷姆斯，即罗马的创始人，是被一只狼或卢帕照顾着的。在这个洞穴里，神父们会献祭一只山羊和一只狗，这样女人们明年就会更加能生育。他们也这样做是为了让土地更加肥沃，以便他们明年有足够的食物。在他们祭祀了一只山羊和一只狗后，女士们把自己的名字放在一个容器里。年轻的罗马男人从容器里取出一个名字，男人和女人就成了一对。他们通常会结婚，所以这可能是为什么情人节在2月14日庆祝的原因之一。
		
	

Although Valentine's Day is a well-known celebration all over the world, in the UK only 59% of people who are in relationships are going to celebrate it this year. Romantic dinners are going to be the most popular way to celebrate this year. 43% of the people who are going to celebrate it are planning to celebrate it this way. 43% is quite high compared to the percentage of people who are going to have dinner out at a restaurant. Only 29% are going to go out on a date and have dinner with their partner, and the least popular option this year is to go on a romantic trip. Only 14% of those who are going to celebrate Valentine's Day are going to go on holiday.

		   
尽管情人节在全球范围内是一个著名的庆祝活动，在英国，只有59%的恋爱中的人今年会庆祝它。浪漫的晚餐将成为今年庆祝的最受欢迎方式。有43%的人打算用这种方式来庆祝。相比之下，只有29%的人打算和伴侣外出约会并在餐厅吃晚餐，而今年最不受欢迎的选择是去浪漫的旅行。只有14%的人打算庆祝情人节去度假。
		
	

The main reason why a lot of people don't celebrate Valentine's Day is because they think that it is too commercial. People believe that the only reason why Valentine's Day is so popular is that the shops want to sell a lot of products to make money. So they believe that it is a waste of money and that you should show your love every day, not only once a year. Other reasons for not celebrating are believing that it is too old-fashioned or because it is too expensive. Like we said before, romantic dinners at home are going to be the preferred option on Valentine's Day this year. This is probably because of the cost of living crisis. Rent, food, and bills like water, gas, or electricity have gone up so much that people can't afford to go on special dates at a restaurant. Instead of buying gifts and spending a lot of money at a restaurant, they are going to have a romantic date night with their partner with a home-bake meal or a takeaway.

		   
很多人不庆祝情人节的主要原因是因为他们认为情人节太商业化了。人们认为情人节之所以如此受欢迎，是因为商店想要卖很多产品来赚钱。所以他们认为这是浪费钱，你应该每天都表达爱意，而不仅仅是一年一次。其他不庆祝的原因包括认为它太老式了或者因为它太昂贵了。就像我们之前说的，今年在家里举行浪漫晚餐将成为情人节的首选。这可能是因为生活成本的危机。租金、食物和水、气、电等账单已经涨得太多，以至于人们无法负担在餐厅进行特别约会。与其在餐厅购买礼物并花大量的钱，他们将和伴侣共度浪漫的夜晚，吃自制的晚餐或外卖。
		
	

Having a takeaway is much cheaper because you don't have to buy drinks. Alcohol is quite expensive in England, and a pint of beer costs around £5.90. That means that if the two of you have a pint of beer at a bar, a pub, or a restaurant, that would be more than £10. So by having a home-baked meal or a takeaway at home, you would be saving that amount of money, which is a lot. A date night in can also make you feel special but at a lower cost.

		   
外卖更便宜，因为你不必购买饮料。在英格兰，酒精相当昂贵，一品脱啤酒价格约为5.90英镑。这意味着如果你们两个人在酒吧、酒馆或餐厅喝一品脱啤酒，那将超过10英镑。因此，通过在家吃自制晚餐或外卖，你将节省这笔钱，这是很多钱。在家举行约会晚宴也可以让你感觉特别，但成本更低。
		
	

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