背景音樂：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfBZIClY7KU

Hello, this is Teacher Bear, 我是Bear老師。

小朋友，每年的二月十四號是西洋情人節(Every February 14th is Valentine's Day) ，跟華人的情人節「七夕」是不同的日子喔(It is a different day from Chinese Valentine's Day "Qixi")。你知道什麼是情人嗎(Do you know what a lover is)？情人就是來自不同家庭的兩個人，他們相愛並且想一直在一起(Lovers are two people from different families who love each other and want to be together forever)，就像你的爸爸、媽媽一樣(just like your mom and dad)。

那麼，你知道為什麼西洋情人節叫Valentine's Day？Valentine是一個人的名字(Valentine is the name of a person)，這個人是誰呢(Who is this)？讓Bear老師來說給你聽(Let me tell you)。

大概在兩千年以前(About two thousand years ago)，在西方有一個羅馬帝國統治著很多國家(the Roman Empire ruled over many countries in the West)，羅馬帝國常常跟別的國家打仗(The Romans often fought with other countries)，因此這個國家的某個皇帝叫Claudius規定所有的男人在當兵以前都不可以結婚(Therefore, the Roman emperor Claudius stipulated that men couldn't marry until they had served as soldiers)，因為這個皇帝擔心男人們結婚以後，就不想離開孩子和太太去打仗了(Because the emperor was worried that men wouldn’t want to leave their children and wives to go to war if they got married)。這個法律讓很多情人們非常難過，因為他們真的很想在一起(This law made many couples very unhappy, because they really wanted to be together)。小朋友，你可以問問爸爸、媽媽或你的爺爺、奶奶，如果當時有人阻止他們結婚，是不是很難過呢？

有一位天主教神父Valentine看到了這個情形，覺得皇帝的規定非常不合理(A Christian priest, Valentine, saw this situation and felt that the emperor's regulations were very unreasonable)，因為讓相愛的兩個人結婚是神賜給人的權利(Because it was a right given by God to get married if two people loved each other)，因此，他就答應偷偷地幫這些情人們主持婚禮(so he agreed to secretly help these lovers to hold the wedding ceremony)。但最後卻被羅馬帝國皇帝發現了(The emperor of the Roman Empire finally found out)，結果皇帝非常生氣(As a result, the emperor was very angry)，就在二月十四號這一天處死了神父Valentine(and executed Father Valentine on February 14th)。小朋友，你覺得神父Valentine是不是非常勇敢呢(Do you think Father Valentine is very brave)？

神父Valentine犧牲了以後(After the sacrifice of Father Valentine)，大家非常感謝神父Valentine(everyone was very grateful to Father Valentine)，就把二月十四號訂為情人節(and set February 14th as Valentine's Day)。每年的情人節，情人們會在一起慶祝，並且紀念神父Valentine(Every Valentine's Day, lovers will celebrate together and commemorate Father Valentine)。小朋友，天主教的神父也叫「Father」，所以「神父Valentine」你可以叫他「Father Valentine」。

小朋友，聽了這個故事以後，你有什麼感想呢(What do you think after hearing this story)？如果你是神父Valentine，你願意冒著生命危險偷偷地為情人們主持婚禮嗎(If you were Father Valentine, would you risk your life to secretly preside over weddings for lovers)？還是你覺得不值得呢(Or do you think it's not worth it)？每個人都有不同的價值觀，當然就會做出不同的選擇與決定(Everyone has different values, and of course they will make different choices and decisions)。有的人很偉大，願意為了更多人的利益犧牲自己(Some people are so great that they are willing to sacrifice themselves for the benefit of other people)；有的人很自私，為了自己的利益犧牲別人(some people are very selfish and sacrifice others for their own benefit)。

小朋友，你不一定要同意神父Valentine的決定，但是，你卻不能不尊敬他，因為他願意為了別人犧牲自己，是不是呢？還是你有別的想法呢(You don't have to agree with Father Valentine's decision, but you have to respect him, because he is willing to sacrifice himself for others, don’t you think? Or do you have other ideas)？請多思考思考(Please think about it)，多跟別人談談喔(and talk to others)。

小朋友，如果有人為你犧牲自己的利益，你能怎麼用英文謝謝他呢？你可以說：

“Thank you for the sacrifice you made for me.”

請跟Bear老師再說一次喔：

“Thank you for the sacrifice you made for me.”

小朋友，你大概還沒有情人(You probably don't have a lover yet)，但是你一定非常祝福情人們都能幸福快樂地在一起，對不對(but you must wish all lovers to be together happily, right)？Bear老師祝福你現在努力充實自己，將來才能有智慧找到最適合你的情人喔(I hope you can work hard to enrich yourself now, so that you will have the wisdom to find the most suitable lover for you in the future)。

我們下次見嘍(See you next time)！

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