There is confusion over which Saint Valentine the day is named after.

到底是以哪个圣瓦伦丁的名字命名的还存在困惑。

Unlike many European countries, Wales does not celebrate Saint Valentine. It has its own Saint of Love.

与许多欧洲国家不同，威尔士不庆祝圣瓦伦丁。它有自己的爱圣。

It is either Valentine of Rome, who lived in the third century, or Saint Valentine, bishop of Terni, from the 14th century.

他或许是生活在3世纪的罗马圣教徒瓦伦丁，或者是14世纪的特尔尼大主教圣瓦伦丁。

I would say Saint Valentine's Day and International Women's Day, the 8th of March are the two most popular, so that's my answer.

我认为情人节和国际妇女节（3 月 8 日）是大家最经常送花的两个节日，这就是我的答案。

But instead of celebrating Saint Valentine, they celebrate Saint Anthony.

但他们不是庆祝圣瓦伦丁，而是庆祝圣安东尼。

Saint Valentine's Day massacre because that's really the deadline.

情人节大屠杀，因为那真的是最后期限。

Christianity has martyrs, and one of those martyrs was called Saint Valentine.

基督教有殉道者，其中一位殉道者被称为圣瓦伦丁。

Several different stories are told about the origin of Saint Valentine's Day.

关于圣瓦伦丁节的起源有几个不同的故事。

Saint Valentine defied the Emperor's orders and continued performing marriage ceremonies for young, love-struck couples in secret until he was discovered and put to death.

圣·瓦伦丁违抗皇帝的命令，继续秘密地为年轻的热恋情侣举行婚礼，直到事情败露他被处死。

Now Saint Valentine's Day is a time for people to give roses.

现在情人节是人们送玫瑰的日子。

Listen to the passage again and retell the story of the origin of Saint Valentine's Day.

再听一遍，复述情人节的由来。

After his death, Valentine was made a saint and the day of his death was named Saint Valentine's Day.

他死后，瓦伦丁被封为圣人，他去世的日子被定为圣瓦伦丁节。

As Christianity spread across the Roman Empire, Lupercalia was outlawed and replaced with a church-approved version held the day before known as Saint Valentine's Day that took its place.

随着基督教在罗马帝国境内的传播，“卢珀卡利亚”节被取缔，取而代之的是在其前一日进行庆祝的教堂所批准的节日版本，被称为圣·瓦伦丁节。

Our second topic is quite different – it has nothing to do with Spam – and that is Valentine's Day, or Saint Valentine's Day.

我们的第二个主题完全不同——它与垃圾邮件无关——那就是情人节，或圣瓦伦丁节。

Experts can't say for sure which one is the man behind the holiday, but some believe it's named after Saint Valentine of Rome, who died in 269 A.D. after defying the Emperor.

专家们无法确定情人节身后的那位是谁，但有些人认为节日是以罗马的圣·瓦伦丁命名的。

The couple would both take a steaming sip during the ceremony, but it was still another thousand years or so before the first known mention of Saint Valentine's Day popped up in 1382.

夫妇都会在仪式上啜饮一口热气腾腾的饮料，但在 1382 年第一次出现情人节这个称呼之前，还有大约一千年的时间。