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VOA慢速英语:Valentine's Day: A History of the Day of Love

2014-02-14来源:VOA

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短语讲解：

1. Valentine was executed for his Christian beliefs on February fourteenth, more than one thousand seven hundred years ago.

more than 不只是; 很; 超过; 在…次以上;
例句：More than 1000 turned up.
最后共有1000多人出席。

2. Each boy reached into the container and pulled out the name of a girl. That girl became his girlfriend for a year.

pull out 拔出; 退出
例句：Carefully pull out every nail.
小心拔出每颗钉子。

3. They send each other cards that express their love.

each other 互相，彼此
例句：Our dads know each other.
我们的爸爸们认识彼此。

4. The organization also says men will about twice as much on their partners as women will.

as much as 差不多
例句：He'll know as much as she does, right?
他知道的内幕和她一样多对不对?