情人节竟是这么来的？附最经典的5封英文情书

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你知道情人节由来是什么吗？随着全球化日益加深，2月14日逐渐在小年轻们中间兴起。情侣们互赠礼物表达爱意，今天一线口语给你科普情人节的由来并附英文情书。

每年2月14日都是“虐狗节”，街上闻到的都是情侣的味道，那么你知道情人节的由来是什么吗？情人节这一天你会和男朋友怎么庆祝呢？你写过情书给你爱的人吗？今天的常用英语口语内容要给大家讲述一下情人节的由来，并且送给大家史上最经典的英文情书，快向你爱的人告白吧！

• 情人节的由来

• 情人节英文情书

一、情人节的由来

Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. 

瓦伦丁节，也叫圣瓦伦丁节或者圣瓦伦丁盛典，人们会在每年2月14日庆祝这个节日。

Originating as a Western Christian feast day honoring one or more early saints named Valentinus, Valentine's Day is recognized as a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance in many regions around the world, although it is not a public holiday in any country.

这是一个发源于西方基督教节日，纪念一个或几个（后面故事有提到）名叫瓦伦丁的神父，在全世界很多民族中，瓦伦丁节是一个具有重大文化意义、宗教意义和商业意义的一个浪漫庆典，尽管在很多国家这并不是一个法定节假日。

According to legend, during his imprisonment Saint Valentine restored sight to the blind daughter of his judge, and before his execution he wrote her a letter signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell.

另有一种传说认为，瓦伦丁在监狱里治愈了典狱长女儿的双眼，使其恢复光明。他们相互爱慕对方，瓦伦丁在殉道前，给她写了一封情意绵绵的信。

二、情人节英文情书

1. Johnny Cash wishes wife June Carter Cash a happy 65th birthday in 1994 

约翰尼·卡什在妻子琼·卡特65岁生日时写给妻子的情书（1994年）

“We get old and get used to each other. We think alike. We read each others minds. We know what the other wants without asking. Sometimes we irritate each other a little bit. Maybe sometimes take each other for granted. But once in awhile, like today, I meditate on it and realise how lucky I am to share my life with the greatest woman I ever met.”

“我们渐渐变老，也早已习惯了彼此。我们想法一致、灵魂互通。无需询问我们便知道对方想要什么。偶尔我们也会惹对方不高兴，但那或许是因为我们真正把对方视作了理所当然的伴侣。有时候比如今天，我沉思之后意识到，能够与你这样一个我所见过的最伟大的女人共度余生，我是多么的幸运。”

2.Winston Churchill tells wife Clementine Churchill of his undying love (1935) 

温斯顿·丘吉尔写给挚爱的妻子克莱芒蒂娜·丘吉尔的一封情书（1935年）

My darling Clemmie, in your letter from Madras you wrote some words very dear to me, about having enriched your life. I cannot tell you what pleasure this gave me, because I always feel so overwhelmingly in your debt, if there can be accounts in love.' 

“我亲爱的克莱米，你在来信中提到的那些丰富你生活的话语对我来说非常珍贵。我无法向你形容这带给我的快乐。如果爱情也有账户，那我已经淹没在这份情债中。”

3.John Keats tells next door neighbour Fanny Brawne he can not live without her (1819) 

约翰·济慈写给邻居芬妮·布朗的一封情书（1819年）

“I cannot exist without you - I am forgetful of every thing but seeing you again - my Life seems to stop there - I see no further. You have absorb'd me.'”

“如果没有你，我要怎么活呢？看不到你的时候，我记不起任何事情，我的生活似乎停滞了，我什么也看不到。你吸引了我的全部注意。”

4.Ernest Hemingway professes his love to Marlene Dietrich (1951) 

欧内斯特·海明威写给演员玛琳·黛德丽的一封情书（1951年）

“I can't say how every time I ever put my arms around you I felt that I was home.'”

“每次我将你搂在怀中时，我的感觉就像是回到了家中。”

5.Napoleon Bonaparte sends his love to Josephine de Beauharnais (1796) 

拿破仑·波拿巴写给约瑟芬·博阿内斯的一封情书（1796年）

“Since I left you, I have been constantly depressed. My happiness is to be near you. Incessantly I live over in my memory your caresses, your tears, your affectionate solicitude. The charms of the incomparable Josephine kindle continually a burning and a glowing flame in my heart.”

“自从离开你之后，我一直感到很抑郁。我的快乐是与你相随的。只有不停地回忆你的抚摸、你的泪水，你亲切的关怀，我才得以活下去。亲爱的约瑟芬啊，你用你那无与伦比的魅力燃起我心中炙热的火苗。”

压箱底的英文情书都拿出来送给大家了，还不快去表白你的男神女神？当情人节碰上春节，空气里都弥漫着幸福和甜蜜的味道，祝大家情人节快乐，新年更美好！