Halloween Halloween is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate every year. It means holy evening, and it comes every October 31, the even
ing 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 lige 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.
万圣节前夕
万圣节前夕是美国人年年都会庆祝的秋季节日。它的意思是“神圣的夜晚”,在每年的10月31日,也就是万圣节前夜。但实际上这不是一个真正的宗教节日,而主要是孩子们的节日。
每年秋天蔬菜成熟可以食用的时候,孩子们就会挑出大个儿的橙色南瓜。然后在南瓜上刻上一张脸,把一根点燃的蜡烛放在里面。看起来就好像有人在向南瓜外面张望。这些灯就叫做“iack-o-lantems”,意思也就是“杰克的灯”。
每年万圣节前夕孩子们还戴上奇怪的面具,穿上吓人的服装。有些孩子把脸刷成怪物。然后他们拿着盒子或袋子挨家挨户串门。每来到一个新房子他们就说:“不款待就捣乱!给钱还是吃的!”大人们就会把用来招待的钱或糖放在他们的袋子里了。
不仅孩子,许多成年人也喜欢万圣节前夕和万圣节前夕晚会。因为这一天他们可以根据自己的想象把自己装扮成名流或幽灵。这会带给他们年轻的快感。
万圣节
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Halloween is a holiday celebrated on October 31. By tradition, Halloween begins after sunset.
万圣节前夜是在10月31日庆祝的一个节日,根据传统,
万圣节前夜的庆祝活动从太阳落山开始。
Long ago, people believed that witches gathered together and ghosts roamed the world on Halloween.
在很久以前,人们相信在万圣节前夜女巫会聚集在一起,鬼魂在四处游荡。
Today, most people no longer believe in ghosts and witches. But these supernatural beings are still a part of Halloween.
现在,大多数人们不再相信有鬼魂和女巫的存在了,但是他们仍然把这些作为万圣节前夜的一部分。
The colors black and orange are also a part of Halloween. Black is a symbol for nigs, especially among children.
盛装是最受欢迎的万圣节风俗之一,尤其是受孩子们的欢迎。
According to tradition, people would dress up in costumes (wear special clothing, masks or disguises) to frig where children go from house to house dressed in costume, asking for treats like candy or toys. 欺骗或攻击是现代万圣节的风俗。孩子们穿着特殊的衣服走街串巷,讨取糖果和玩具之类的赏赐。
If they dont get any treats, they miges from a folktale about a man named Jack who tricked the devil and had to wander the Earth with a lantern.
南瓜灯的传统来自于一个民间传说。一个名叫Jack的人戏弄了恶魔,之后就不得不提着一盏灯在地球上流浪。
The Jack o Lantern is made by placing a candle inside a hollowed-out pumpkin, which is carved to look like a face.
南瓜灯是用雕刻成脸型,中间挖空,再插上蜡烛的南瓜做成的。
There are many other superstitions associated with Halloween. A superstition is an irrational idea, like believing that the number 13 is unlucky!
和万圣节有关的迷信还有很多。迷信是一种不合常理的想法,比如认为13是不吉利的数字!
Halloween is also associated with supernatural creatures like ghosts and vampires.
万圣节还和一些诸如鬼魂和吸血鬼之类的超自然的生物有关。
These creatures are not part of the natural world.
这些生物不是自然界的一部分。
They dont really exist... or do they?
他们实际上是不存在的......或许他们其实真的存在?
Witches are popular Halloween characters that are thougsticks.
他们通常戴着尖顶的帽子,骑在扫把上飞来飞去。
Bad omens are also part of Halloween celebrations.恶兆也是万圣节庆祝活动的一部分。
A bad omen is something that is believed to bring bad luck, like black cats, spiders or bats.
人们相信恶兆会带给坏运气,黑猫、蜘蛛或者蝙蝠都算是恶兆。