1、Halloween Day,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. celebrate /sl,bret /vt.慶祝;贊美 holy /huli/ adj.神圣的；圣潔 的,萬圣節(jié)前夕是美國人年年都會(huì)慶祝的秋季節(jié)日。它的意思是“神圣的夜晚”，在每年的10月31日，也就是萬圣節(jié)前夜 ,Five hundred years

2、 before Christ, when, living in Ireland, Scotland and other places it is believed that the spirits will be October 31 during the lifetime of the day return to place of residence, and the living creatures who seek to obtain regeneration opportunities. People worry that the ghost（鬼魂） to seize their ow

3、n lives, so when October 31 comes, will all the lights put out, making the ghost could not find the living, people would look like dressed up as ghosts and goblins to scare away the ghosts.,注釋：before Christ/krast/ 縮寫 B.C.公元前 與之相反的公元后縮寫為A.D,food,萬圣節(jié)的食品也許木有其他節(jié)日的食品來的多種多樣。但它的搞怪程度絕對(duì)第一。不信？那就讓我們一起看一組圖片,萬圣節(jié)

4、是在蘋果與南瓜豐收的季節(jié)，因此萬圣節(jié)的食品是一定少不了清脆可口的蘋果與香甜軟糯的南瓜。,The customs of the Halloween,Greenwich Village Halloween Parade（ 節(jié)日巡游）,Biting apple（bite bat vt.咬；啃）,Jake -O-Lantern （即南瓜燈）,Trick or treat,Jake -O-Lantern,故事是說一個(gè)名叫 JACK 的人，是個(gè)醉漢且愛惡作劇。一天 JACK 把惡魔騙上了樹，隨即在樹樁上刻了個(gè)十字，恐嚇惡魔令他不敢下來，然后 JACK 就與惡魔約法三章，讓惡魔答應(yīng)施法讓JACK 永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)犯

5、罪為條件讓他下樹。 JACK 死后，其靈魂卻既不能上天堂又不能下地獄，于是他的亡靈只好靠一根小蠟燭照著指引他在天地之間倘佯。,Trick or treat,But what can we do if no one come to the door, or if someone chased us away? Then wed play a trick on them, usually taking a piece of soap and make marks on their windows and so on . After wards we would go home and count

6、who got the most candy.,【注釋：come to the door（應(yīng)門）】,萬圣節(jié)前夜最流行的游戲是“咬蘋果”。游戲時(shí)，人們讓蘋果漂浮在裝滿水的盆里或是懸掛在半空，然后讓孩子們?cè)诓挥檬值臈l件下用嘴去咬蘋果，誰先咬到，誰就是優(yōu)勝者 。,Biting apple,Greenwich Village Halloween Parade（ 節(jié)日巡游）,其由來可追溯到公元前五世紀(jì)，當(dāng)時(shí)居住于愛爾蘭的凱爾特人（Celtic）將這天定為夏末，象征一年的結(jié)束，他們相信在新舊歲次交替的前夕，所有時(shí)空的規(guī)律也會(huì)暫時(shí)停頓，靈界大門在這晚會(huì)打開，所有鬼魂將趁機(jī)游走于人間，到處找尋適合的替身，以此

7、獲得重生的機(jī)會(huì)。所以，凱爾特人為了不成為鬼魂的目標(biāo)，便于當(dāng)晚熄滅家中爐火，裝成沒有人在家，同時(shí)，戴上猙獰可怕的面具，并打扮成鬼怪模樣一起走到街上巡游，營造喧嘩吵鬧的氣氛，以驅(qū)趕那些游魂野鬼。,Festival procession, former people dress up like all kinds of monsters but now people in addition to dress up as zombies, witches, vampire, ghosts or medusa classic monster outside, many people pursue innovation still dress up like AoTeMan, spider-man, or various other cartoon image. Now, lets see! 節(jié)日游行