英语新闻视频 Your views on Valentine's Day

Q1: How will you celebrate Valentine’s Day today?
1.
We’ll go shopping, and then study.
Maybe not. We’ll probably go shopping and watch a movie.
2.
I’m single, so I’ve never really celebrated¹ Valentine’s Day.
I got up very early this morning and we plan to walk around the shops at Xidan. I’ll just hang out with my good friends from school since I don’t have a boyfriend.
3.
Have dinner together.
4.
I’m married so I don’t think I need to celebrate Valentine’s Day any more.
5.
We celebrated our last Valentine’s Day in Tianjin. He set off many fireworks for me. Today we are going to watch a movie and go shopping. In the evening we’ll invite my Mum and Dad to join us
The four of us will celebrate together, because my parents are the two people I love most in the world and he is the third, so the four of us will be together.
6.
This is my son and this is my daughter. My wife is at work now. I think I’ll buy her a rose this evening. Nothing too romantic. It’s just that I’ll do more at home because today is Valentine’s Day
7.
I’ll buy her a huge beautiful bouquet² of flowers to make up for last year, because I was too busy at that time.
8.
Buy some nice stuff for my mum.
Q2: What does Valentine’s Day mean to you?
1.
If I wasn’t single, I think it would be romantic: To be woken up in the morning by a text message from my boyfriend telling me how he plans to spend the day. And when you’re not expecting it, he’ll give me a big surprise.
2.
For me it’s not a very important day.
Just so-so.
It’s an opportunity to enhance relationships between couples and to preserve family harmony.
3
Maybe you are shy of telling her something, but it’ll be easier to find a time to say it on Valentine’s Day
4.
It’s the day for couples to be together and happy.
5.
It’s for lovers, and to be happy.
6.
(Woman) My feelings about today are warm, soothing³ and romantic. He didn’t celebrate Valentine’s Day until he met me.
(Man) But after a while, I enjoyed celebrating it.
7.
I think it’s like an anniversary. Happiness is all over the place.
And lots of people celebrate this special day.
For me selling a rose is kind of like sending out a blessing⁴ of happiness
Q3: What’s the most important thing in a relationship?
1.
Love?
2.
First comes love
But sincerity⁵ is very important too.
3.
I think we need to trust each other.
That’s the foundation and assurance of love.
4.
The most important…is that the two of us work hard together…well to be honest, to make money in order to raise two children.
5.
(Woman) I think it is tolerance⁶ and trust. It’s honest feelings that I think is most important.
(Man)I think it is trust.
6.
You should have each other in your hearts and commit yourself to your lover sincerely.
7.
The family love between us. That’s the most important in my opinion. That’s why I chose my husband. The feeling of being with him is quite different from being with others. So the romance of Valentine’s Day doesn’t mean as much to me as the ordinary daily life with him.

1 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

2 bouquet   

n.花束，酒香

参考例句：

• This wine has a rich bouquet.这种葡萄酒有浓郁的香气。
• Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。

3 soothing   

adj.慰藉的；使人宽心的；镇静的

参考例句：

• Put on some nice soothing music.播放一些柔和舒缓的音乐。
• His casual, relaxed manner was very soothing.他随意而放松的举动让人很快便平静下来。

4 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。

5 sincerity   

n.真诚，诚意；真实

参考例句：

• His sincerity added much more authority to the story.他的真诚更增加了故事的说服力。
• He tried hard to satisfy me of his sincerity.他竭力让我了解他的诚意。

6 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。