( Saint Valentine ’ s Day )

Предварительно разделить на команды заранее и дается задание - выучить 3 стиха о любви от каждой команды.

(все поделены на группы по 8 человек, звучит музыка Stevie Wonder “ I just called to say « I LOVE YOU ”. На экране слайд презентации – Приложение)

Ведущие (парень и девушка) выходят навстречу друг другу, Ведущий 1 читает стих и дарит Ведущей валентинку. Звучит музыка .

Ведущий 1. Good afternoon, dear friends! We are glad to see you again at our party!

Ведущий 2. Here it comes again: the day for exchanging love messages, chocolates, roses and promises – St. Valentine’s Day! But do you know the origin of this holiday?

Let’s do a small quiz. ( на СЛАЙДЕ 2)

St. Valentine was:

• a priest in the Roman Empire who helped persecuted Christians during the reign of Claudius II, was thrown in jail and later beheaded on Feb. 14.
• a Catholic bishop of Terni who was beheaded, also during the reign of Claudius II.
• someone who secretly married couples when marriage was forbidden, or suffered in Africa, or wrote letters to his jailer's daughter, and was probably beheaded.
• all, some, or possibly none of the above

Ведущий 1. Yes, you are absolutely right! But who is this mysterious saint and why do we celebrate this holiday ? (СЛАЙД 3)

Ведущий 2 The history of Valentine's Day and its patron saint is in mystery. One legend tells that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he cancelled marriage for young men. But Valentine continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.

Ведущий 1 This is the legend of Valentine’s Day began…