1. Romantic
Romantic
The
The
Most
Most
Day
Day of of
the
the
Year
Year

2. In the third century, Roman Emperor Claudius
decided that single men made better soldiers
than those with wives and families. He outlawed
marriage for young men. Valentine was a priest.
He continued to perform marriages for young
lovers secretly. When Valentine’s actions were
discovered. Claudius ordered that he be put to
death. Since then, St. Valentine became the
symbol of romance. Gradually, people began to
celebrate love and romance on February 14th.

3. Kid's Valentine Kid's Valentine Kid's Valentine Kid's Valentine
Timmy : Mom! I want to buy some Valentine’s
Day cards! How many cards do I need?
Mom : Whom do you want to give them to?
Timmy : Let’s see, there are Jenny, Lisa, Christina
and Mrs. Williams, my homeroom-
teacher.
Mom : Aren’t you forgetting someone?
Timmy : Oh, yeah, you, of course!

4. A Symbol of Valentine's Day
Cupid is the son of Venus, the Goddess
of Love. He is responsible for people
falling in love. If Cupid’s arrow hits you,
you will fall in love with the first person
you see. How romantic! Let’s read a
poem about Cupid together :

5. Cupid Came (邱比特來了) Cupid came the other day;
He did his thing and flew;
And now my heart is filled with love,
A love meant just for you.
Cupid came the other day;
He did his thing and flew;
And now my heart is filled with love,
A love meant just for you.
有一天邱比特來了；
他完成他的任務就飛走了；
現在我的心中洋溢著愛情，
這愛只給你一人。

6. My heart is yours on this special day.
Love,
Ted
Be my Valentine?
From your secret
admirer
Be my steady!
Your Valentine
Be Mine!
Love,
Terry

7. I’m very happy
when I’m with you.
Yours,
May
You rock my world!
Love,
Eric
I love you with all my heart and soul.
OXXOXX
Helen
Happy
Valentine’s Day
From your
Valentine

8. Without you, I’d fall to pieces.
Hugs and
kisses,
Chris
You make my heart skip a beat.
Love,
Bob

9. Chinese Valentine’s Day
Long long ago, a poor boy worked very hard
with an old ox. People called him Cowherd.
After only a couple of years he owned a small
farm and house.

10. One day the ox suddenly opened its mouth and
talked, telling the Cowherd that the heavenly
Weaving Maid and her sisters were going to
bathe in the river and he should go there and steal
the clothes of the Weaving Maid while she was in
the water. Then she would become his wife. The
cowherd followed the ox's words and hid himself
at the river bank, waiting for the girls to bathe.

11. When the girls were taking bath, the Cowherd rushed out and grabbed the Weaving Maid's clothes. After taking bath, other girls returned to the Heaven except Weaving Maid. The cowherd told her that if she was willing to be his wife, he would return the clothes to her. Finally, Weaving Maid agreed, and they had a happy marriage.

12. When Jade Emperor knew this, he was very
angry and separated them. He forced Weaving
Maid to move to Star Vega and Cowherd to
Star Altair. Magpies were moved by their
true love and many of them formed a bridge for the
couple to meet in the evening of the 7th day of the
7th lunar month, the day that the Emperor allowed
them to meet once a year.

13. They said that it's hard to find a magpie on Chinese Valentine's Day, because all magpies fly to make the bridge for the Weaving Maid and Cowherd. The one thing to prove that is the feathers on the head of the magpies are much lesser after the Chinese Valentine's Day. If the night Chinese Valentine's Day rains, the rain are the tears of the Weaving Maid and Cowherd.