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1Valentine'sDayValentine'sDay(情人节)isnamedforSaintValentineanearlyChristianchurchman(牧师)whoreportedlyhelp

edyounglovers.ValentinewaskilledforhisChristianbeliefsonFebruary14morethan1,700yearsago,butthedaythathashisnameisevenearlierthanthat.Morethan2,000

yearsago,theancient(远古的)Romanscelebratedaholidayforlovers.Aspartofthecelebration,girlswrotetheirnamesonp

iecesofpaperandputtheminalargecontainer.Boysreachedintothecontainerandpulledoneout.Thegirlwhosenamewaswrittenonthepaperbecamehisloverorsweet

heartforayear.LoversstillputtheirnamesonpiecesofpaperandtheysendeachotherValentine\'sDaycardsthattell

oftheirlove.Sometimestheyalsosendgifts,likeflowersorchocolatecandy.Americansusuallysendthesegiftsandcardsthroughthemailsystem.Butsomeuse

danotherwaytosendthismessage.Theyhaveitprintedinanewspaper.Thecostisusuallyafewdollars.Someofthemessagesaresimpleandshort,

"Jane,Iloveyouverymuch.”Otherssaymore.Thisone,forexample,"Don,rosesarered.Violets(紫罗兰)areblue.Ihopeyoulovemeasmuch

asIloveyou.Forever,Mary."Mostofthenewspapersthatprintsuchmessagesarelocal,butUSATodayissoldthroughouttheUnitedStatesand90othercountriesas

well.ThismeanssomeonecansendaValentinemessagetoaloverinafar-awaycityortownalmostanywhereintheworld.Thesemessagescost80dol

larsandmore.Anemployee(职员)ofUSATodaysaysreaderscanhaveasmallheartorroseprintedalongwiththeirmessagesthisyear.WillthiskindofValentine'sDaymes

sagereachtheoneyoulove?Well,justmakesureheorshereadsthenewspaper.