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1、Halloween Halloween is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate every year. It means “holy evening,“ and it comes every October 31, the evening before All Saints Day. However, it is not really a church holiday, it is a holiday for children mainly. Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat
2、, children pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin! These lights are called jack-o-lanterns, which means “Jack of the lantern“. The children also put on strange masks and frightenin
3、g costumes every Halloween. Some children paint their faces to look like monsters. Then they carry boxes or bags from house to house. Every time they come to a new house, they say,“Trick or treat! Money or eat!“ The grown-ups put treat-money or candy in their bags. Not only children, but most grown-
4、ups also love Halloween and Halloween parties because on this day,they can disguise themselves as personages or ghost as their imaginations will lead them. This bring them the satisfaction of being young.,万圣夜，Halloween，在每年的10月31日，万圣夜起源于不列颠凯尔特人的传统节日，他们认为该日是夏天正式结束的日子，也就是新年伊始，严酷的冬季开始的一天。那时人们相信， 故人的亡魂会在
5、这一天回到故居地在活人身上找寻生灵，借此再生，而且这是人在死后能获得再生的唯一希望。而活着的人则惧怕死魂来夺生，于是人们就在这一天熄掉炉火、烛光，让死魂无法找寻活人，又把自己打扮成妖魔鬼怪把死人之魂灵吓走。之后，他们又会把火种烛光重新燃起，开始新的一年的生活。,Origin,Main Activities,Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration for children on Halloween. Children go in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as cand
6、y or sometimes money, with the question, “Trick or treat?“ The word “trick“ refers to “threat“ to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given.,Trick-or-Treat,customary /kstmri/ adj. 依照习俗的; 习惯上的 refer /rf/ v. refer to 提到 说到或涉及到某人/某事物 threat /ret/ n. 恐吓; 威胁 He received de
7、ath threats from a stranger. perform /pfm/ v. 施行（某事） mischief /mstf/ n. 恶作剧, 捣蛋, 顽皮 Those girls are fond of mischief. property /prpt/ n. 财产; 资产 Dont touch those tools they are not your property. 不要动那些工具-那不是你的东西.,One common game is dunking or apple bobbing. Apples float in a tub or a large basin of w
8、ater and the participants must use their teeth to remove an apple from the basin.,Apple Bobbing,bob v. 上下疾动（尤指在水上） common /kmn/ adj. 普通的; 通常的; 常见的 dunk /dk/ v. 将（食物）浸入液体（再吃） dunk a biscuit in ones coffee 将饼乾泡入咖啡. float /flut/ v. 漂浮; 飘 tub /tb/ n. 盆, 桶 basin /besn/ n. 水槽; 水池 participant /ptspnt/ n. 参
9、加者 remove /rmu / v. 移开,此外，还有一些和万圣节派对有关的游戏。其中最常见的就是“咬苹果”（bobbing for apples），在游戏中，苹果会漂浮在一个装满水的大盆子或是木桶的水面上，而参加者则要设法用牙齿咬起漂浮在水上的苹果,Haunted Attractions,Haunted attractions are entertainment venues designed to thrill and scare patrons. They include haunted houses, corn mazes, and hayrides etc.,haunt /hnt/
10、 v. （指鬼魂）常出没於（某处） a haunted house 经常闹鬼的房子 常到（某处） This is one of the cafes I used to haunt. 这是我以前常去的一家咖啡馆. 经常浮现於（某人）脑际 The memory still haunts me. 那回忆仍然萦回在我的脑际. attraction /trkn/ n. 吸引; 吸引力 tourist attraction 旅游胜地 entertainment /enttenmnt / n. 娱乐 venue /venju/ n. 聚集地点; 会场 thrill /rl/ v. 使（某人）感到兴奋或激动
11、scare /ske(r) / v. 恐吓（某人） patron /petrn/ n. 顾客 include /nklud/ v. 包括 corn /kn/ n. 谷物 a corn-field 庄稼地 maze /mez/ n. 迷宫 hayride /herad/ n. (尤指夜间)乘坐装有干草的大车(或拖橇等)出游,corn maze,hayride,The telling of ghost stories and viewing of horror films are common fixtures of Halloween parties. Episodes of televisio
12、n series and Halloween-themed specials (with the specials usually aimed at children) are commonly aired on or before Halloween, while new horror films are often released theatrically before Halloween to take advantage of the atmosphere.,Ghost Stories/Horror Films/Halloween-themed Specials,fixture /f
13、kst(r)/ n. （建筑物内的）固定装置（如澡盆 水箱 马桶等） episode /epsud / n. （电视或无线电广播的）一集 the final episode 大结局 aim /em/ v. aim at sb. 针对某人 air v. 播送; 播放 release /rlis/ v. 发行影片 书 唱片等 release a film, book, record, etc theatrically theatre 戏院; 剧院; 露天剧场 - theatrical /trkl / (adj.) 戏院的;（指行为）为产生某种效果而夸张的, 做作的 - theatrically t
14、ake advantage of 利用; 占的便宜 He took advantage of the good weather to go for a walk. 他趁着天气好,出去散散步 She took advantage of my generosity. 她利用了我的慷慨（取得比我想给的多）. atmosphere /tmsf(r)/ n. 气氛; 情绪 The atmosphere changed as soon as she walked in. 她一进来气氛就变了,Symbols,Jack-o-Lanterns 南瓜灯/杰克灯,Jack-o-lanterns are tradit
15、ionally carried by guisers on All Hallows Eve in order to frighten evil spirits.,Costumes Halloween costumes are traditionally modeled after supernatural figures such as vampires, monsters, ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils. Over time, in the United States the costume selection extended to incl
16、ude popular characters from fiction, celebrities, and generic archetypes such as ninjas and princesses.,tradition /trdn/ n. 世代相传（尤指无文字记载）的习俗，传统 By tradition, people play practical jokes on 1 April. 按照传统风俗, 4月1日可以开恶作剧的玩笑. They decided to break with tradition. 他们决定要打破传统. - traditional adj. 按照传统的; 传统的 Its traditional in England to eat turkey o
