我是怎样地爱你 (勃朗宁夫人（英）)
我是怎样地爱你？让我逐一细算。
how do i love thee? let me count the ways.
我爱你尽我的心灵所能及到的
i love thee to the depth and breadth and height
深邃、宽广、和高度－－正象我探求
my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
玄冥中上帝的存在和深厚的神恩。
for the ends of being and ideal grace.
我爱你的程度，就象日光和烛焰下
i love thee to the level of everyday's
那每天不用说得的需要。我不加思虑地
most quiet , by sun and candle-light
爱你，就象男子们为正义而斗争；
i love thee freely, as men strive for right;
我纯洁地爱你，象他们在赞美前低头。
i love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
我爱你以我童年的信仰；我爱你
i love thee with the passion put to use
以满怀热情，就象往日满腔的辛酸；
in my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith
我爱你，抵得上那似乎随着消失的圣者
i love thee with a love i seemed to lose
而消逝的爱慕。我爱你以我终生的
with my lost saints, -- i love thee with the breath,
呼吸，微笑和泪珠－－假使是上帝的
smiles, tears,and all my life -- and, if god choose;
意旨，那么，我死了我还要更加爱你！
i shall but love thee better after death.
情人节物语valentine's day
a holiday from work. no one gets a day off[1]. on valentine's day people usually send romantic cards to someone they love or want to be loved by. the cards are called valentines. they are very colourful, often decorated with hearts, flowers or birds, and have humorous or sentimental verses printed inside. the basic message of the verse is always be my valentine, be my sweet heart or lover. a valentine is anonymous, or sometimes signed guess who. the person receiving it has to guess who sent it. this can lead to interesting speculation. and that's half the fun of valentines.
the affectionate message might be carried by a heart - shaped box of chocolate candies, or by a bouquet of flowers tied with red ribbon. but in whatever form, the message is the same - will you be my valentine?
one of the symbols of st. valentine's day is the roman god of love, called cupid. cupid is often printed on the card, who is winged infant without wearing anything, poised to shoot his arrow into a heart. he would shoot an arrow of love into a person's heart to make the person fall in love[2] immedia-tely, maybe with the first person to come along. sometimes one arrow would go through[3] two hearts, holding them together. so on february 14th not only do we have picture of the christian st. valentine but we also have pictures of the non-christian cupid, the roman god of love.
but it is from the christians that we get the stories about valen-tine's day that most people have come to believe[4]. one story is about a christian man whose name sounded something like valentine. he lived around 250 a.d. at that time the roman emperor claudius refused to allow any roman soldiers to get married for any reason whatsoever. christian couples came to valentine to be married. so valentine would marry them in a christian way. he was discovered and put in prison by the emperor.one tradition says that he wrote notes to his friends by marking on leaves and then throwing them out the window of his prison. and the leaves were shaped like a heart.
there are many favourite songs of valentine's day. here is one of them: let me call you sweetheart, i'm in love with you. let me hear you whisper, that you love me , too. keep the lovelight shining, in your eyes so true . let me call you sweetheart, i'm in love with you.
二月十四日是一个复杂而又有趣的节日。首先，情人节不是一个休假日。没人放假。在情人节这一天，人们爱谁或想得到谁的爱，就可给那个人寄去充满浪漫情趣的卡片。这种卡片叫情人卡。情人卡色彩鲜艳，常装饰有心、花或鸟，里面还印有幽默或感伤性的诗句。这些诗句传递的基本信息总是做我的情人吧、做我甜蜜的心上人吧、情人。情人卡是不署名的，有时也可签上猜是谁。收到卡片的人要猜是谁寄的。这样可产生有趣的推测，这也正是情人卡的一些乐趣。
你可以用一个心脏形状的盒子，里面放上巧克力糖，来传递爱的信息，也可用彩带扎上一束鲜花来传递。不管用什幺方式，都是一样的--你愿做我的情人吗？
情人节的标志之一是罗马爱神--丘比特。丘比特经常被印在卡片上，他是一个赤身裸体、长有翅膀的婴儿，手里拿着箭，摆出一副要射心的姿势。他把爱之箭射中一个人的心，这个人会很快坠入爱河，可能是和他（她）第一个见到的人。有时候，一只箭会射中两颗心，把它们穿在一起。所以在二月十四日，我们不仅有基督的圣瓦伦登的画像，还有非基督的罗马爱神丘比特的画像。
注释：
1. get a day off：休假一天。我们知道，off通常是离开、关掉的意思。那幺拿一天离开、关掉一天自然就是可以不需要去上班上学啦！于是就是休假一天。
2. fall in love：坠入爱河（恋爱）。fall原意是落下、跌倒的意思，跌倒到爱里去了，自然就是最最幸福的时刻了，那就是坠入爱河的感觉啦！
3. go through：穿过。此处是指爱神之箭穿透了两个人的心。把他们的心连起来了。
4. it is from the christians that we get the stories about valentine's day that most people have come to believe.：这是一个强调句式。被强调的from the christians戴上了it is这个帽子，就成了主角了。而剩下的句子成分则由that来引导，按原序被扔在了后面了。
sorry for making you cry
for turning away
as you walk on by
but baby i need to be strong
and i need to move on with my life
you know it's not that i don't care
so don't make me feel bad
it's not fair
baby you know all the reasons
i made my decisions in life
now a girl's gotta do
what a girl's gotta do
and a boy had to become a man
and i'm sorry for saying
but it's love that i need
and that love i just can't get from you
it's funny how things turn around
one day i am lost
then i'm found
it happened so fast
i knew it would last
from the first time
i first looked in your eyes
although it's so soon this i know
i'll never be on my own
dreams turn to tears
she buries my fears
and i will cherish this love ever more
you know it's not easy to do
turning my back on me and you
but baby i need someone there
who will love me and care for my life
smiles they turned into tears
and all of my dreams
they all disappeared
baby this cannot be right
so i'll turn down the light
on our love
now a boy's gotta do
what a boy's gotta do
and a girl had to do what she can
and i'm sorry for saying
but it's love that i need
and that love i just can't get from you
it's funny how things turn around
one day i am lost
then i'm found
it happened so fast
i knew it would last
from the first time
i first looked in your eyes
although it's so soon this i know
i'll never be on my own
dreams turn to tears
she buries my fears
and i will cherish this love ever more
and everything that could gone wrong
has gone wrong at some time
now i can see the light
it was love at first sight
and i'm not gonna let this girl go
it's funny how things turn around
one day i am lost
then i'm found
it happened so fast
i knew it would last
from the first time
i first looked in your eyes
although it's so soon this i know
i'll never be on my own
dreams turn to tears
she buries my fears
and i will cherish this love ever more
yes i will
with you
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