情人节

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February 14th is not a national holiday — 二月十四日不是国定假日 —

businesses are open, the mail arrives, 商家照常营业，邮件照常送达，

and people go to work 人们照常上班

and school. 上学。

But it is Valentine's Day, a day to celebrate love. 但它是情人节，一个庆祝爱情的日子。

Friends and sweethearts give each other cards, candy, and flowers. 朋友和情侣会互赠卡片、糖果和鲜花。

Cards are the most popular gift. 卡片是最受欢迎的礼物。

Couples exchange romantic ones that say "I love you," 情侣们会交换写着“我爱你”的浪漫卡片，

while children and friends trade funny ones with jokes 而孩子们和朋友们则会交换带有笑话的有趣卡片

and warm greetings. 和温馨的问候。

Kids hand out little "valentines" at school parties. 孩子们会在学校派对上分发小小的“情人节卡片”。

Flowers and candy follow close behind. 鲜花和糖果紧随其后。

Red is the color of love, 红色是爱的颜色，

and red roses make this the busiest week of the year for florists. 红玫瑰使这一周成为花店一年中最繁忙的一周。

Stores fill with heart-shaped boxes of chocolate and little candy hearts printed with sweet sayings. 商店里摆满了心形巧克力盒和印有甜蜜话语的小糖心。

No one knows exactly how Valentine's Day began; some trace it back thousands of years. 没有人确切知道情人节是如何开始的；有些人将其追溯到几千年前。

But the heart of it is simple, 但它的核心很简单，

and it has never changed: 而且从未改变：

it is a day to stop 这是一个停下来

and tell the people you love 告诉那些你爱的人

that you love them — 你爱他们的一天 —

and that is worth doing on any day of the year. 而这在一年中的任何一天都值得去做。