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What do you know about Saint Valentine?

Complete the following text to find out more.

St Valentines Day: History and Legend

T
he history of Valentine's Day and its patron Saint is a mystery. But we do know
that February has been a month of romance (1)_______________ years. In ancient
Rome, February 14th was a holiday in honour of Juno. Juno (2)______________ the
Goddess of women and marriage.

One legend states that Valentine was a Christian priest (3)_______________ served during
the 3rd century in Rome. Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II, Rome was involved
(4)_______________ many bloody and unpopular wars. Claudius could not find soldiers to
join his army. He believed that Roman men did not want to leave their loves or families.
As a result, Claudius decided (5)________________ cancel all marriages and engagements
in Rome. Valentine disobeyed Claudius and continued to perform marriages in secret.
When Claudius discovered Valentine's actions, he sentenced (6)_______________ to death.

While in prison Valentine (7)_______________ in love with a young girl. She was his jailor's
daughter, who used to visit him during his imprisonment. Before his death he wrote her
a letter which he signed "From your Valentine. We still (8) _____________ this expression
today.

In the Middle Ages Valentine was one of the (9) _____________ popular saints in England
and France. Young men (10)_____________ poems and sent them to their loved ones. Girls
made cards to give to men. The sender was a secret as the cards were never signed.

Who is your secret Valentine?

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Somethin Stupid (Frank and Nancy Sinatra-1967)

The phonemic symbols represent the rhyming sound of the missing words in each verse.
Can you guess the words?

/ai/ /ei/
I know I stand in ____________, I practice every day to find
Until you think you have the Some clever lines to ______________
_____________ To make the meaning come through
To spend an evening with me But then I think Ill ______________
Until the evening gets ______________
/a:/ And Im alone with you
And if we go someplace to______________,
I know that theres a _____________ /e/
You wont be leaving with me The time is right
Your perfume fills my______________,
And afterwards we drop into The stars get ______________
A quiet little place And oh the nights so blue
And have a drink or two And then I go and spoil it all,
And then I go and spoil it all, By saying something stupid
By saying something stupid Like I love you.
Like I love you. I love you I love you

/ai/ Now listen to the song to see if you

I can see it in your _____________, were right:
That you despise the same old
______________
You heard the night before

/u/
And though its just a line
to_______________,
For me its _____________
It never seemed so right before

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Complete the crossword below with words from the text

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Level: A2 That you despise the same old lies

Key: Open Cloze You heard the night before
And though it's just a line to you,
1. for
For me it's true
2. was
It never seemed so right before
3. who
4. in
I practice every day to find
5. to
Some clever lines to say
6. him
To make the meaning come through
7. fell
But then I think I'll wait until
8. use
The evening gets late
9. most
And I'm alone with you
10. wrote

Song: http://youtu.be/PoSbnAFvqfA The time is right

Your perfume fills my head,

I know I stand in line, The stars get red

Until you think you have the time And oh the night's so blue
To spend an evening with me And then I go and spoil it all,
And if we go someplace to dance, By saying something stupid
I know that there's a chance Like "I love you".
I love you
I love you
You won't be leaving with me

And afterwards we drop into

A quiet little place
And have a drink or two
And then I go and spoil it all,
By saying something stupid
Like "I love you".

I can see it in your eyes,

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