Le jour de la Saint-Valentin, le 14 février, est considéré dans de nombreux pays comme la fête des amoureux et de l'amitié.
Le 14 février, en Grande Bretagne et aux Etats Unis on envoie des cartes anonymes aux personnes que l'on aime ou que l'on apprécie (tels que ses professeurs préférés, les parents chéris, ou /et ses meilleurs amis).
Quelques faits historiques:♥♥♥
En anglais on l'appelle Saint Valentine's Day, ou plus simplement Valentine's Day. C'est la commémoration annuelle de L'amour et de l'affection entre deux personnes liées intimement .
Ce jour porte le nom d'un ou plusieurs martyrs chrétiens prénommés Valentin. Elle a été rayée du Roman calendrier Romain,en 1969 par le Pape Paul VI mais sa valeur religieuse a toujours été permise.
C'est traditionellement le jour où les amoureux expriment leur amour en s'offrant des fleurs et en s'envoyant des cartes (aussi appelées en anglais "valentines").
Voici quelques exemples de poèmes anglais traditionnels:
Traditional poems:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet,
And so are you.
Five little hearts, all in a row;
The First one says : “I love you so”
The second one says “Be my Valentine”
The third one says “Please be mine”
The fourth one says “I'll be your friend”
The fifth one says “Till the very end”.
S. Schmidt (professeur d'anglais)
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Nous nous sommes inspirés de ces poèmes pour en créer aussi en anglais en classe et en rimes:
saint Valentine's day Creative writing: Délhia
My heart is pink,
for you my Valentine,
I write with ink,
I just want you to be mine,
Creative writing: Elvire
My heart is blind,
You're in my mind,
My love is real, That's what I feel,
I looked at the sky,
Like I look at the ocean,
I believe your lies,
Like I trust your emotions.
Creative writing: Milena
Your eyes are shinning,
World is turning,
Fish are swimming,
And you are my Valentine.
Creative writing: Sarah
Your name's shiny in my heart,
Like a fabulous art.
You are my life,
You are my wife.
Creative writing: Nauréma
Your Heart is red,
Its beats are in my head,
The Gold of my life,
My love or my wife.
Creative writing: Ségolène
I think of you in Winter, while snow falls on my shoulders.
I think of you in Spring, while my heart's alarm ring.
I think of you every second of my life, until I become your wife.
Creative writing: Justine.B
Love and peace,
A person I met,
A fabulous Kiss,
I won't regret.
A fabulous meeting,
I didn't want to be torn,
I felt my heart beating,
And a story was born.
Creative writing : Adam G.
Your smile is pretty,
With you, my life is sunny,
No worry, just let me be free;
'Cause if it gets rainy, I'll fall on my knee.
Creative writing: Thomas D.
Flowers are green,
But what do they mean?
They just want to swim
In a water of dream.
Creative writing: Manon B.
Sand is sweet,
I can feel it under my feet,
Sun is beautiful,
As you are wonderful.
Creative writing: Marion C.
My heart of stone
Doesn't want to be alone,
My eyes are blue
And I miss you.
Creative wirting : Baptiste P
My eyes see red
Your eyes see blue
My heart has bled
I had no clue
As you can see
I'm not an angel
we're like the sea
I have to change
You are the one
Come on and swing
You're not someone
I'am waiting
I have to say
Come on my way