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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,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,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 frightening 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-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,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 death 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 water 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.参加者,remove /rmu/v.移开,Haunted Attraction,s,Haunted attractions are entertainment venues designed to thrill and scare patrons.They include haunted houses,corn mazes,and hayrides etc.,haunt /hnt/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,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,The telling of ghost stories and viewing of horror films are common fixtures of Halloween parties.Episodes of television 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,Symbols,Jack-o-Lanterns 南瓜灯/杰克灯,Jack-o-lanterns are traditionally 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 include 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 on Christmas Day.圣诞节时吃火鸡是英格兰的传统.,-traditionally,In England,turkey is traditionally eaten on Christmas Day.在英格兰,圣诞节时按传统要吃火鸡.,model v.,oneself/sth on sb/sth 以某人某事物作榜样;仿效,The design of the building is modelled on classical Greek forms.那建筑物的设计是模仿希腊的古典形式.,supernatural adj.超自然的（自然或物理规律无法解释的）;神灵 幻术等的,figure n.数字（尤指0至9）,图解;图表,（绘画等中的）人或动物的像,画像,肖像,身材;（尤指）体态,相貌,vampire n./vmpa(r)/吸血鬼,skeleton /skeltn/n.（动物或人的）骨骼,骨架,extend /kstend/v.使（某物）（在空间或时间上）更大,更长,伸长,延长,延展,fiction /fkn/n.小说,celebrity /slebrt/n.名人;闻人,generic /dnerk/adj.属的;类的;一般的,The generic term for wine,spirits and beer is alcoholic beverages.葡萄洒 烈性洒 啤酒的通称是酒类饮料.,archetype /ktap/n.原始模型;原型,ninja /nind/n.忍者,Teenage Mutant（/mjutnt/n.突变异种）Ninja Turtles 忍者神龟,Bats,owls and other nocturnal animals are also popular symbols of Halloween.They were originally feared because people believed that these creatures could communicate with the spirits of the dead.,Black cats are also symbols of Halloween and have religious origins as well.Black cats were considered to be reincarnated beings with the ability to divine the future.During the Middle Ages it was believed that witches could turn themselves into black cats.Thus when such a cat was seen,it was considered to be a witch in disguise.,Othe
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