萬(wàn)圣節(jié)

2024年3月16日發(fā)(作者：圣佛山)

1. The Custom of Halloween

Halloween is celebrated annually. It is on the night of

31October, when people once believed that ghosts could be

en. Now, in Britain and America, it is a time when children

have parties, dress up as witches, make lanterns out of

pumpkins from which the inside has been removed, and play

“trick or treat”.

Trick or treat is a traditional activity at Halloween. Children

dress in costumes and visit hous. At each hou they say

“Trick or treat”. This means that they will play a “trick”, or joke,

on the people in the hou unless they are given a “treat ”, e.g

sweets or money .Most people prefer to give treats rather

than having tricks played on them.

11月1日萬(wàn)圣節(jié)是西方的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日。萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夜，即10月31

日夜晚，是兒童們縱情玩樂的好時(shí)候。它在孩子們眼中，是一個(gè)充滿

神秘色彩的節(jié)日。夜幕降臨，孩子們便迫不及待地穿上五顏六色的化

妝服，戴上千奇百怪的面具，提上一盞“杰克燈”跑出去玩。“杰克燈”

的樣子十分可愛，做法是將南瓜掏空，外面刻上笑瞇瞇的眼睛和大嘴

巴，然后在瓜中插上一支蠟燭，把它點(diǎn)燃，人們?cè)诤苓h(yuǎn)的地方便能看

到這張憨態(tài)可掬的笑臉。

收拾停當(dāng)后，一群群裝扮成妖魔鬼怪的孩子手提“杰克燈”，跑到鄰

居家門前，威嚇般地喊著：“要惡作劇還是給款待”、“給錢還是給吃

的”。如果大人不用糖果、零錢款待他們，那些調(diào)皮的孩子就說(shuō)到做

到：好，你不款待，我就捉弄你。他們有時(shí)把人家的門把手涂上肥

皂，有時(shí)把別人的貓涂上顏色。這些小惡作劇常令大人啼笑皆非。

當(dāng)然，大多數(shù)人家都非常樂于款待這些天真爛漫的小客人。所以萬(wàn)

圣節(jié)前夜的孩子們總是肚子塞得飽飽的，口袋裝得滿滿的。

為了保護(hù)兒童和對(duì)他們加以引導(dǎo)，美國(guó)的學(xué)校和家庭常在萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前

夜為他們組織豐富多彩的晚會(huì)和娛樂活動(dòng)。孩子們自己動(dòng)手布置會(huì)

場(chǎng)，裝飾環(huán)境，然后裝扮成女巫或海盜等模樣表演各種節(jié)目或做游

戲玩。萬(wàn)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，然后讓孩子們?cè)诓挥檬值臈l件下用嘴去咬蘋果，

誰(shuí)先咬到，誰(shuí)就是優(yōu)勝者。

2.萬(wàn)圣節(jié)的歷史

Halloween 萬(wàn)圣節(jié)

History experts say Halloween goes back more than two thousand

years to the Celts of ancient Britain.

歷史專家說(shuō)萬(wàn)圣節(jié)要追溯到二千多年來(lái)凱爾特人的古老的英國(guó)。

October 31st was the Celtic Day of the autumn feast.

10月31日是凱爾特天的秋天的盛宴。

On that day, priests of the Celtic religion prayed that the spirits of

the dead would return to their homes for a few hours.在那一天,牧師

的凱爾特宗教祈禱死者的靈魂會(huì)返回家園了幾個(gè)小時(shí)。

The Celts built huge fires to frighten away evil spirits relead with

the dead on that night.

凱爾特人建造了巨大的火災(zāi)來(lái)嚇走邪惡的靈魂與死人發(fā)布的那天晚

上。

Hundreds of years later, the Roman Catholic Church made

November first a day to honor Christian Saints.

數(shù)百年后,羅馬天主教會(huì)使11月第一個(gè)一天紀(jì)念基督圣徒。

It was called Hallow Eve or Halloween.

它被稱作萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夕或圣徒。

The name came from the church. 這個(gè)名字來(lái)自教堂。

But the traditions were clor to the old Celtic beliefs. 但傳統(tǒng)接近

舊的凱爾特信仰。

People from Scotland and Ireland brought the traditions to

America. 從蘇格蘭和愛爾蘭人把這些傳統(tǒng)到美國(guó)。

Many people still believed spirits played tricks on people on the last

night of October.

許多人仍然相信精神就捉弄人在10月的最后一夜。

In the late 19th century, American boys helped the spirits with tricks