A. Watch this short video about one of the legends about the history of St Valentine and answer the questions. Check your answers in 'comments'.
1. When and where did St Valentine live?
2. Why was the Roman Empire crumbling?
3. What did Emperor Claudius II believe?
4. What did the Emperor do?
5. What did the bishop do?
6. What did the bishop do during his imprisonment?
7. Why was he sentenced to death?
8. What did he do before his execution?
B. Click here to listen to a podcast about St Valentine's Day. Answer the questions and then check them in 'comments'. You can also click here (you have the complete story and some of the vocabulary).
1. How do couples show their love for each other on St Valentine's Day?
2. What has the celebration become in recent years?
3. How many roses are sold worldwide?
4. Who do some historians suggest St Valentine was?
5. When did the duke of Orleans send what is considered the first St Valentine's card?
6. How did the duke seek solace for his confinement?
7. How is it celebrated in Japan?
8. What happens in Korea on 14th April?
9. What do Internet security experts say?
10. Who sends Valentine cards to criminals?
11. What kind of criminals?
12. Can you complete the poem?
________ are red
Violets are ________
You've got a warrant and
We'd ________ to ________ you!
*You can learn more about this festivity having a look at older posts.
2 comments:
1. He lived in Rome in the third century.
2. Because of the attacks of surrounding tribes.
3. He believed that marriage made soldiers weak.
4. He banned marriage.
5. He helped lovers by uniting them in the holy matrimony.
6. He healed his jailor's daughter, who was blind, and they became close and fell in love.
7. He had to agree with the emperor about the ban on marriage and give up his religion, but he refused.
8. He asked for pen and paper and signed a farewell message to his lover with the famous phrase: 'from your Valentine'.
B.
1. By sending cards, flowers and chocolates.
2. It has become big business.
3. More than 8 million.
4. He was a Roman martyr in the third century AD by a Roman emperor.
5. In 1415.
6. By writing love poems to his wife.
7. Women send chocolates to men.
8. It's known as 'black day' and it's when unfortunate men who received nothing on Valentine's Day gather to eat noodles and commiserate with each other.
9. Experts warn us to be wary because malicious hackers could use e-cards to spred viruses and spyware.
10. Police in Liverpool.
11. To those who failed to appear in court or have not paid fines.
12. Roses / blue / love / see
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