День Святого Валентина

1) Saint 2) Valentine’s Day

I want to tell you some 3) facts about Saint Valentine’s Day. People 4)celebrate it on the 14^th of February.

5) Nobody 6) knows the 7) origin of this holiday. Some people think it was a 8)Roman 9)festival 10) in honour of the 11) god of animal life. 12) Other people say that Saint Valentine was a 13) priest who married young people 14)against the 15) law.

Today young people 16) send 17) each other Valentine’s cards. There are 18)hearts, flowers, cakes, 19)cupids, 20)ribbons, 21)angels and rings on them. People started to 22) send Valentine’s cards in the 18^th 23) century.

24) Try to remember these Valentine’s poems :

Валентинка для тебя

И цветочек тоже,

Рядом быть с тобой всегда

Мне всего дороже.

Roses are red, My 25)darling Pete,

Violets are blue, You are so sweet.

Sugar is sweet

It’s the favourite holiday of young people and those who love each other.

19) cupid/’kju:pid/- купидон

1) saint / seint/- святой 20) ribbon/’ribәn/-лента

2)Valentine /’vǽlәntain /

3) fact/fǽkt/-факт 21) angel/’eimdзәl/- ангел

4) to celebrate/’selibreit/- 22) to send/send/- посилать

праздновать 23) century/’sentςuri/- век

5) nobody /’nou, bodi/- никто 24)to try /trai/- попробовать

6) to know /nou/- знать 25) darling/’da:liŋ/-дорогой

7) origin /’oridzin/- происхождение

8) Roman /’roumәn/- римский

9) festival /’festivәl/- праздник

10) in honour /’onә/- в честь

11) God /god/- Бог

12) other /’Λðә/-другой

13) priest /pri:st/ - священник

14) against /ә’geinst/- против

15) law/lo:/- закон

16) to send-посылать

17) each other/i:tς Λðә/- друг друга

18) heart /ha:t/- сердце