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FEBRUARY 14th. LOVE IS IN THE AIR
Here it comes again: the day for exchanging love messages, chocolates, roses, and promises.
On February 14th millions of people will receive Valentine cards – paper or electronic, sentimental or comic, in verse or in prose.
A card is obviously a must, whether you have a boyfriend or girlfriend, brother or sister or just want to convey a message to someone you secretly admire. No matter how popular the electronic mail gets, handwritten letters always have a special appeal.
Did you know?
In spite of the unromantic reputation of the British, over 16 million Valentine cards are sent each year on February 14th. 39% of Valentine cards are sent by women and 61 by men (of course).
Originally, Valentine cards were only sent by men to women. They were all handmade and elaborately decorated.
The oldest exiting Valentine card can be found in the British Museum. It was sent in the year 1415.
Britons exchanged over ten million text messages on Valentine’s Day, 2001.
St. Valentine’s Day is now celebrated in many countries, including Russia and China. But in atheist China your flowers can be confiscated if the police see you in the street with a bouquet.
I’ll be your sweetheart, if you will be mine,
All my life I’ll be you Valentine
Poems express your feelings in a very special and elegant way, and in a few words.
The only problem with sending a card to someone is the age-old dilemma of whether to sign it or not.
But the element of mystery is precisely what makes Valentine’s Day so magical. There is nothing in the word so exiting as the idea of getting a love message and then trying to guess who it’s been sent by. What if someone you have a secret crush on might have a secret crush on you, too?
So our advice is not to sign the card. But if you want the recipient to guess who the author is (deep down you probably do), just drop some clue or hint as to who the message is from.
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Special Days
In this week's magazine we take a look at three 'Special Days'. These are holidays that are important in lots of different countries popular around the world and is always on February 14th. It is a day for lovers and you send flowers and a card to the person you love.
In some countries people celebrate the Day of the Dead, but now people often celebrate____, I think it's because lots of people know about it because of films from the USA. People celebrate it on October 31st. Children wear witches clothes and play 'trick or treat' and eat lots of sweets or candy.
_____is a very special day in the USA. Everybody knows the date and the name and date of the holiday is July 4th. Friends and family usually have a meal together and watch fireworks.
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parades, constitution, observed, Independence, states, main, guns
Independence Day.
In the USA ___ there is no provision for national holidays. Each state has the right to decide which holiday to observe. Many ___ have holidays of their own, but there are also major holidays ___ in nearly all the USA.
The ___ holiday in the USA is Independence Day celebrated on the 4th of July. On that day in 1776 the Declaration of ___ was adopted. It is a patriotic holiday celebrated with firing of ___ , fireworks, ___ and open-air meetings.
Provision – положение, условие Major - главный Observe - соблюдать Was adopted – была принята