* * *VALENTINE'S DAY * * * DIA DOS NAMORADOS* * *

A ORIGEM DO DIA DOS NAMORADOS

No Brasil comemoramos o dia dos namorados no dia 12 de junho.
Na Europa e na América do Norte, essa festa é tradicionalmente comemorada no dia 14 de fevereiro, dia de São Valentim.
Sua origem está na Roma Antiga, nas festas pagãs de Lupercália, que aconteciam em meados de fevereiro. O festival era dedicado a Lupercus (protetor dos rebanhos e pastores) e Juno (deusa do amor). Em 496, as comemorações da Lupercália foram incorporadas às tradições cristãs e celebradas no dia 14 de fevereiro, em memória de São Valentim, padre romano morto em 270. No século XVII, ingleses e franceses passaram a celebrar o Dia de São Valentim como o dia da união dos namorados.
Um século depois, a data foi adotada nos Estados Unidos. Canadenses, mexicanos e australianos também mantêm a tradição: no dia 14 de fevereiro os casais participam de missas e trocam presentes, pedindo proteção e felicidade ao santo. Mas, ao contrário da versão brasileira do dia de São Valentim, o nosso Dia dos Namorados, é comum nos países europeus as pessoas presentearem não somente seus namorados(as), mas aqueles que gostam, como mães, pais, irmãos, amigos.
No Brasil, apesar de ser comemorado às vésperas do dia de Santo Antônio, o famoso santo casamenteiro, tudo começou com uma campanha realizada em 1949 pelo publicitário João Dória - na época na Agência Standard Propaganda - sob encomenda da extinta loja Clipper.
Para melhorar as vendas de junho, então o mês mais fraco para o comércio, e com o apoio da confederação de Comércio de São Paulo, instituiu a data com o slogan: "Não é só de beijos que se prova o amor".
A Standard ganhou o título de agência do ano e a moda pegou, para a alegria dos comerciantes. Desde então, 12 de junho se tornou uma data especial, unindo ainda mais os casais apaixonados, com direito a troca de presentes, cartões, bilhetes, flores, bombons....uma infinidade de opções para se dizer "Eu Te Amo!".

ORIGIN

February 14 is Valentine's Day. Although it is celebrated as a lovers' holiday today, with the giving of candy, flowers, or other gifts between couples in love, it originated in 5th Century Rome as a tribute to St. Valentine, a Catholic bishop.
For eight hundred years prior to the establishment of Valentine's Day, the Romans had practiced a pagan celebration in mid-February commemorating young men's rite of passage to the god Lupercus. The celebration featured a lottery in which young men would draw the names of teenage girls from a box. The girl assigned to each young man in that manner would be his sexual companion during the remaining year.
In an effort to do away with the pagan festival, Pope Gelasius ordered a slight change in the lottery. Instead of the names of young women, the box would contain the names of saints. Both men and women were allowed to draw from the box, and the game was to emulate the ways of the saint they drew during the rest of the year. Needless to say, many of the young Roman men were not too pleased with the rule changes.
Instead of the pagan god Lupercus, the Church looked for a suitable patron saint of love to take his place. They found an appropriate choice in Valentine, who, in AD 270 had been beheaded by Emperor Claudius.
Claudius had determined that married men made poor soldiers. So he banned marriage from his empire. But Valentine would secretly marry young men that came to him. When Claudius found out about Valentine, he first tried to convert him to paganism. But Valentine reversed the strategy, trying instead to convert Claudius. When he failed, he was stoned and beheaded.
During the days that Valentine was imprisoned, he fell in love with the blind daughter of his jailer. His love for her, and his great faith, managed to miraculously heal her from her blindness before his death. Before he was taken to his death, he signed a farewell message to her, "From your Valentine." The phrase has been used on his day ever since.
Although the lottery for women had been banned by the church, the mid-February holiday in commemoration of St. Valentine was still used by Roman men to seek the affection of women. It became a tradition for the men to give the ones they admired handwritten messages of affection, containing Valentine's name.
The first Valentine card grew out of this practice. The first true Valentine card was sent in 1415 by Charles, duke of Orleans, to his wife. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London at the time.
Cupid, another symbol of the holiday, became associated with it because he was the son of Venus, the Roman god of love and beauty. Cupid often appears on Valentine cards.

FONTE: www.ebec.com.br/site/valentine.asp



Uma música romântica ajuda a entrar no clima do dia dos namorados. Que tal praticar inglês cantando?

Primeiro assista ao vídeo e tente identificar as palavras erradas:



Agora com a letra em mãos, você consegue identificar as palavras que estão erradas?

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Real in my life?


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I want to know,

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If you ever go,

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Utiliza também o vídeo com a tradução da música (após "algumas" tentativas)



Essa atividade é um treino básico para a compreensão oral. O vocabulário trabalhado é simples e fácil de identificar. Outra sugestão para a música, em um nível mais avançado, seria trabalhar com as formas condicionais.

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