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万圣节 Allhallowmas Hallowmas all saints' day 1.万圣节从10月31号晚上开始。 Halloween starts on the evening of October 31st.

2.有些儿童在万圣节前夕用南瓜做灯笼. Some children make lanterns out of pumpkins at Halloween.

万圣节简介 在每年的11月01日是西方传统的“鬼节”——万圣节。10月31日是万圣节前夕.通常叫做万圣节前夜.不过这一天的气氛却远不像它的名称那样让人听上去就“毛骨悚然”。每当万圣节到来，孩子们都会迫不及待地穿上五颜六色的化妆服，戴上千奇百怪的面具，提着一盏“杰克灯”走家窜户，向大人们索要节日的礼物。万圣节最广为人知的象征也正是这两样——奇异的“杰克灯”和“表演魔术或者给糖果”的恶作剧。 “杰克灯”简介 “杰克灯”的样子十分可爱，做法也极为简单。将南瓜掏空，然后在外面刻上笑眯眯的眼睛和大嘴巴，再在瓜中插上一支蜡烛，把它点燃，人们在很远的地方便能看到这张憨态可掬的笑脸。这可是孩子们最喜欢的玩物了。 然而万圣节的重头戏还是在餐桌上，你既要准备好美食来招待那些前来捣乱的“小鬼”，更要在这个特别的节日为你的餐桌装扮一番。千万不要让你的客人们小瞧了你哦！...

Words & stories 1.万圣节的庆祝活动来源于All Hallows Day 或 All Saints Day，每年的11月1日。原先是异教徒们纪念死者的节日，但是逐渐演变成一个纪念基督圣者的节日。 2.Halloween 这个字来自于All Hallows Eve，也就是All Hallows Day的前一天。人们认为在当天晚上，亡者的灵魂会重新复活（rebirth）。

3.Dressing up in costumes 是最受欢迎的万圣节风俗之一，尤其受孩子们的欢迎。按照传统，人们会dress up in costumes(穿戴着一些特別的服裝，面具或者装饰)来吓跑灵魂。

4.流行的万圣节服裝包括vampires(吸血鬼)，ghosts(死者的灵魂)和werewolves(每当月圆时变成狼形的人)。

5.Trick or Treating 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treats（类似糖果和玩具之类）。如果他们要不到任何treats，他们可能就会对屋主 trick了(恶作剧或胡闹)。

6.Jack o' Lantern 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。Jack o' Lantern是用蜡烛插在中间挖空且雕刻成脸形的的南瓜做成的。

7.和万圣节有关的superstitions还有很多。Superstition是一种不合常理的想法，比如人为13是不吉利的数字。 8.万圣节还和一些supernatural creatures（如鬼魂和吸血鬼）有关。这些生物不是自然界的一部分。他们实际上是不存在的...或者他们其实真的存在？

9.Witches 是万圣节很受欢迎的人物，人们认为他们有强大的魔力。他们通常戴着尖顶的帽子，骑在扫帚(broom)上飞来飞去。 10.Bad omens 也是万圣节庆祝活动的一部分。人们相信bad omen会带给人类厄运，譬如黑猫，蜘蛛（spider）或者蝙蝠（bat）。

在蘇格蘭，小孩要糖果時會說：“The sky is blue, the grass is green, may we have our Halloween.”（天是藍色，草是綠色，齊來慶祝萬聖節前夜）然後以唱歌跳舞等方式來博得糖果

History & Custom Custom 1.The day is often related with the colors black and orange, and is strongly associated with symbols like the jack-o‘-lantern.

2. Halloween activities include : Trick-or-treating;

wearing costumes, attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires,

visiting haunted attractions, pranks（treaks）, telling scary stories, watching horror films.

History The celebration has some elements of a festival of the dead. The ancient Celts believed that the border between this world and the Otherworld became thin on Samhain, allowing spirits (both harmless and harmful) to pass through. It is believed that the need to scare off harmful spirits led to the wearing of costumes and masks. Their purpose was to disguise(扮演) oneself as a harmful spirit and thus avoid harm.

Origin of name The term Halloween, originally spelled Hallowe’en, is shortened from All Hallows' Even – e'en is a shortening of even, which is a shortening of evening. This is ultimately derived from Old English.It is now known as "Eve of" All Saints' Day, which is November 1st.

Myths & Folklore If the flame of a candle flickers（摇晃） and then turns blue, there's a spirit in the room. If a bird flies through your house, it indicates（暗示） important news. If it can't get out, the news will be death. If you feel a chill up your spine（脊椎）, someone is walking on your future grave.

A bat in the house is a sign of death. If a bird flies towards you, bad fortune is imminent（about to happen）. If your palm itches, you will soon receive money. If you itch it, your money will never come. A hat on a bed will bring bad luck.

A person born on Halloween will have the gift of communicating with the dead. Crows are viewed as a bad omen, often foretelling death. If they caw （cry of a crow）, death is very near. If a person experiences great horror, their hair turns white.

Translate the two poems below as horrific as possible

1.My Mother Has Killed Me My mother has killed me, My father is eating me, 　 My brothers and sisters sit under the table, 　 Picking up my bones, 　　 And they bury them 　　 under the cold marble stones.

2.Lizzie Borden Took An Axe Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty whacks. 　 When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.

Use the following 3 sentences and make up a short scary story

As the shades of the evening drew on, I found myself within view of the HOUSE OF USHER. I could not help thinking of that lady, when, one evening, having informed me that she was dead, Usher stated his intention of saving her corpse for a fortnight. That was a cool evening, which was also the seventh day of Madel’s death, I was sleepless turning over on the bed suddenly I heard a low, weak vocie……

Halloween jokes Frostbite.（冻伤） 1 What do you get when you cross a vampire and a snowman? Frostbite.（冻伤）

Because vacuum cleaners （吸尘器）are too heavy... 2 Why do witches use brooms to fly on? Because vacuum cleaners （吸尘器）are too heavy...

Because they don't have any body to go out with. 3 Why don't skeletons ever go out on the town? Because they don't have any body to go out with. 

They're so wrapped up in themselves. 4 Why do mummies have trouble keeping friends? They're so wrapped up in themselves.