Halloween[h?l??i:n]

October31stisHalloweenHalloweenisoneoftheworld’soldestholidays,celebratedinseveralcountriesaroundtheworldincludingtheUSA,Canada,England,Ireland,Scotland,Mexico,LatinAmerica,andSpain.萬圣節(jié)是世界上最古老的節(jié)日之一，在10月31日這天，有許多國家，如：美國,加拿大,英格蘭,愛爾蘭,蘇格蘭,墨西哥,拉丁美洲,西班牙等，都會慶祝萬圣節(jié)的來臨。OriginofHalloween萬圣節(jié)起源TheCelticpeopleslivedover2,000yearsagoIntheplacethatisnowIreland,theUnitedKingdom,andNorthernFrance.Halloween’soriginsdatebacktotheancientCelticfestivalofSamhain(pronouncedsow-in).在2000多年前的愛爾蘭及法國北部，住著一群凱爾特人，而萬圣節(jié)就是起源于古凱爾特人的一個叫做Samhain的節(jié)慶。FortheCelticpeoples,theNewYearwascelebratedonNovember1stofeveryyear.ThisdatemarkedtheendofSummerandthebeginningofWinter.FortheCelticpeoples,theNewYearwascelebratedonNovember1stofeveryyear.

ThisdatemarkedtheendofSummerandthebeginningofWinter.Andthistimeofyearoftenassociatedwithhumandeath.凱爾特人選在每年November1st

，11月1日慶祝新年，正值夏天結(jié)束，冬天剛開始的時節(jié)，多半讓人聯(lián)想到黑暗的死亡。TraditionsofHalloween許多關(guān)于Halloween的習俗，包括變裝打扮，不給糖就搗蛋的游戲，打彩罐的游戲，刻南瓜燈籠等習俗，都可以追溯到凱特爾人Samhain節(jié)。ManyofthetraditionsassociatedwithHalloweencanbetracedbacktotheancientfestivalsofSamhain,suchascostuming,trick-or-treating,pinata,pumpkincarving.萬圣節(jié)的傳統(tǒng)習俗SymbolsofHalloweenModerndayHalloweencelebrationsusemanysymbolstohelpmaketheholidaymoreinteresting.Doyouknowwhattheyare？現(xiàn)代人用許多東西來慶祝萬圣節(jié)，讓這個節(jié)日變得更有趣。你知道有哪些東西嗎？萬圣節(jié)的象征

pumpkin[p?mpkin]

owlblackcatmaskmoonActivitiesandgamesofHalloween萬圣節(jié)的活動和游戲TheywatchscarymoviesTheywearcostumes.Theyplaytrick-o’-treatTheyplaypinata.