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1、HalloweenHappy Halloween Halloween is a holiday celebrated on October 31.By tradition,Halloween begins after sunset.Long ago,people believed that witches gathered together and ghosts roamed the world on Halloween.Today,most people no longer believe in ghosts and witches.But these supernatural beings
2、 are still a part of Halloween.The colors black and orange are also a part of Halloween.Black is a symbol for night and orange is the color of pumpkins.A jack-o-lantern is a hollowed-out pumpkin with a face carved on one side.Candles are usually placed inside,giving the face a spooky glow.Dressing u
3、p in costumes is one of the most popular Halloween customs,especially among children.According to tradition,people would dress up in costumes(wear special clothing,masks or disguises)to frighten the spirits away.Popular Halloween costumes include vampires(creatures that drink blood),ghosts(spirits o
4、f the dead)and werewolves(people that turn into wolves when the moon is full).Trick or Treating is a modern Halloween custom where children go from house to house dressed in costume,asking for treats like candy or toys.If they dont get any treats,they might play a trick(mischief or prank)on the owne
5、rs of the house.The tradition of the Jack o Lantern comes from a folktale about a man named Jack who tricked the devil and had to wander the Earth with a lantern.The Jack o Lantern is made by placing a candle inside a hollowed-out pumpkin,which is carved to look like a face.There are many other supe
6、rstitions associated with Halloween.A superstition is an irrational idea,like believing that the number 13 is unlucky!Halloween is also associated with supernatural creatures like ghosts and vampires.These creatures are not part of the natural world.They dont really exist.or do they?Witches are popu
7、lar Halloween characters that are thought to have magical powers.They usually wear pointed hats and fly around on broomsticks.Bad omens are also part of Halloween celebrations.A bad omen is something that is believed to bring bad luck,like black cats,spiders or bats.Jack-o-lantern 南瓜灯 根据牛津英语词典（Oxfor
8、d English Dictionary）的记载，在17世纪，Jack-o-lantern的本意是“一个提着灯笼的男人；守夜人”，在这里，Jack这个名字可以指代任何人，就像jack of all trades（万事通）里的Jack一样。到了1673年，Jack-o-lantern这个词又被赋予了新的含义，指代户外出现的神秘亮光，也就是鬼火（will-o-the-wisp）。每年万圣节前夜制作灯笼的习俗起源于不列颠群岛（the British Isles），不过当时人们用的不是南瓜，而是大头菜（turnip）。后来在北美洲，人们发现南瓜更容易掏空，就选择了南瓜来做灯笼，渐渐地，Jack-o-l
9、antern就用来指代南瓜灯了。Trick-or-Treating 不给糖，就捣乱 对于孩子们来说，万圣节最重要的的活动就是“trick or treat（不给糖就捣乱）”了，不过这个习俗也是后来才有的。虽然在20世纪早期，北美洲的年轻人就有在万圣节之夜穿奇装异服、雕刻南瓜灯的习俗，不过却没有挨家挨户讨糖果的说法。倒是在19世纪，苏格兰以及英格兰某些地区的孩子们有着guising（穿化装服并常带面具登门拜访）和souling（富人要向祷告者分发食物）的习惯。牛津英语语料库（Oxford English Corpus）中说道，trick or treat相当于guising的现代版。Mischi
10、ef Night 恶作剧之夜 虽说孩子们嘴里喊着“不给糖就捣乱”，但他们并不会真的做出什么坏事，一般来说，他们的家长都会陪在他们身边。相反，在北美洲，恶作剧会发生在万圣节之前的10月30日的夜晚，青少年们会砸南瓜，扔鸡蛋，用厕纸来装饰树木Fill in the blanks In Halloween,children put on costumes and walk around the neighborhood.They ring doorbells and ask for treats.The custom of trick-or-treating _1_(become)popular i
11、n recent years.But do you know where it started?Today I Found Out showed that the custom _2_(begin)with a Celtic tradition.It celebrated the end of the year by _3_(dress)up as evil spirits.Here is _4_ the Celts believed.As we move from one year to the next,the _5_(die)and the living would overlap.De
12、mons would wander the earth again.Dressing up as demons was a defense mechanism.You might come across a real demon wandering the Earth.If you were dressed up,they would think you were one of _6_(they).has become begandressing what dead them As for the trick-or-treating traditions,they began in the M
13、iddle Ages.Children would dress up in the costumes,sometimes poor adults did too.During Halloween,they would go around door to door,singing and praying in order _7_(get)food or money.They were often said to be on behalf of the dead,_8_ was called“souling”.The children were called“soulers”.The earlie
14、st citations of“trick or treat”in print was _9_ the Calgary Herald,3rd November,1927.“Halloween came and went.The greatest activity was manifested(注意)by the very young,who wandered in droves from door to door,_10_(heavy)disguised and demanding trick or treat.To treat was to be untracked.”to get whichfrom heavily