Title: Valentine's Day Doesn't Represent Modern Love (Abigail Phillips, The Huffington Post, 12/02/2016) Created by Dariia Dziuba
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I'm a hopeless romantic. I tell my boyfriend that I love him every day. We have pet names. I love, love; I adore it. And I truly believe that without love this world would be a pretty miserable place. So you may be surprised to hear that I actually think Valentine's Day - or at least our Western, commercialised version - is vacuous, self-indulgent and materialistic. As well as being a self-confessed romantic, I also like to think of myself as a modern woman - independent, career driven and moral. For me Valentine's Day is the antithesis of all these things, so much so that Valentine's Day is as much about anti-love as it is about those hideous Clinton's Tatty teddy bears, sickly chocolates and petrol station flowers. I'm not saying that I represent all millennial women, but I do believe that our generation is less absorbed with commercialised holidays. We don't like being dictated to, being told what to do, say or think and we don't like big businesses taking our hard earned money. We also believe in gender equality; we understand that love exists in many different forms; and feel that we should celebrate love and happiness every day, not just once a year. ...Having one day a year designated for love is false. Valentine's Day doesn't make couples love each other more; it's just another added pressure in our already stressful modern lives. It's become just one of many opportunities to compete with our peers, fill the coffers of multi-million pound corporations, and ruin what is sacred about loving someone unconditionally. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/abigail-phillips/valentines-day-modern-love_b_9186436.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-dating-and-relationships
1. The author believes that:
St. Valentine's is a perfect holiday
Everyone should buy presents for each other on St. Valentine's
Celebrating love once a year is false
It is so sweet to see couples in the street and restaurants on that day
The author thinks that being a romantic means to celebrate love on St. Valentine's.
True
False
Not given
The word "miserable" means:
great
terrible
extremely unhappy and sad
extremely happy and exciting
Which of the statements is NOT GIVEN?
Restaurants are always busy on St. Valentine's because a lot of couples celebrate this day
The generation of millennial women don't like wasting money on teddy bears etc.
St. Valentine's adds more stress to the modern couples' lives
St. Valentine's day is commercialized
These statements are true about the text EXCEPT:
The author believes that love makes the world an extremely happy place
St. Valentine is more about anti-love than love
Couples will love each other more if they celebrate St. Valentine's
Modern women believe in gender equality and are independent