十七. Say it with Flowers(1)

　　Young men often give flowers to young women when they are in love. The tradition may have come from Turkey(土耳其).

　　In the 1700s in Turkey, it was quite popular for people in love to send each other baskets full of strange things. The baskets were sent secretly to the person who was receiving it. Usually, an old woman who sold flowers or fruit on the street left the basket beside the door of that person.

　　【漢語翻譯】

　　花語寄情(1)

　　戀愛中(be in love)的年輕男士經常(often)送花(flower)給女友，這個傳統(tǒng)(tradition)可能來自(come from)土耳其。

　　18世紀的土耳其，熱戀中的人相互贈送裝滿奇怪(strange)物品的籃子，這種做法在當時很流行(popular)。籃子(basket)被秘密地(secretly)送給接收籃子的人(person)。通常(usually)，由街上賣花或水果(fruit)的老婆婆把籃子送到那人的門旁邊(beside the door)。?

　　十七. Say It with Flowers (2)

　　These baskets included many kinds of gifts: flowers, stones,

　　candles, etc. Each thing in the basket had a special meaning. By working out the secret message hidden in each gift, the person who received the basket began to understand little by little the true feelings of the person who sent it.

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