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. 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 lights are called jack-o'-lanterns, which means "Jack of the lantern".
The children also put on strange masks and frightening costumes every Halloween. Some 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.
萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夕是美國(guó)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(wàn)圣節(jié)前夜。但實(shí)際上這不是一個(gè)真正的宗教節(jié)日，而主要是孩子們的節(jié)日。
每年秋天蔬菜成熟可以食用的時(shí)候，孩子們就會(huì)挑出大個(gè)兒的橙色南瓜。然后在南瓜上刻上一張臉，把一根點(diǎn)燃的蠟燭放在里面�？雌饋�(lái)就好像有人在向南瓜外面張望。這些燈就叫做“iack-o'-lantems”，意思也就是“杰克的燈”。
每年萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夕孩子們還戴上奇怪的面具，穿上嚇人的服裝。有些孩子把臉?biāo)⒊晒治�。然后他們拿著盒子或袋子挨家挨戶串門。每來(lái)到一個(gè)新房子他們就說(shuō)：“不款待就搗亂!給錢還是吃的!”大人們就會(huì)把用來(lái)招待的錢或糖放在他們的袋子里了。
不僅孩子，許多成年人也喜歡萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夕和萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夕晚會(huì)。因?yàn)檫@一天他們可以根據(jù)自己的想象把自己裝扮成名流或幽靈。這會(huì)帶給他們年輕的快感。
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reation directors help plan the party, but the young people themselves take charge of the entertainment and the decorations — a necessary part of halloween. dried corn stalks, pumpkin faces, and piles of apples create the harvest atmosphere; and cutouts of witches on their brooms, goblins, ghosts and black cats symbolize the witchcraft aspect of the holiday. the freshments — apple cider, popcorn and pumpkin pie, and witches made of spicy ginger cookies — also carry out both themes.
there is an occasional adult halloween dance in a bright orange and black setting, with paper-made black cats, witches and grinning skeletons floating above the dance floor. but halloween has become mainly a young people‘s holiday — and the younger the child the more exciting he finds it.
萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夜
10月31日，當(dāng)一輪滿月從空中升起的時(shí)候，小妖精、妖魔鬼怪、恐怖的巫婆、小搗蛋鬼——孩子們把小臉蛋藏在奇形怪狀的面具后——會(huì)突然出現(xiàn)在朋友及鄰居面前，并威嚇著說(shuō)：“不給糖，要倒霉�！�
萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夜，顧名思義，就是僅一個(gè)晚上的節(jié)日。在一年中的這一夜，孩子們的心靈充滿了單純的夢(mèng)幻奇境。他們是節(jié)日的主人，而父母或其他大人只能起陪襯作用。在老師和商人的鼓勵(lì)下，在前一年歡度萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夜的美好回憶的*下，孩子們(3至11歲)幾星期前便開(kāi)始準(zhǔn)備服裝和節(jié)日裝飾了。雖然家長(zhǎng)往往都要幫助孩子們準(zhǔn)備服裝，但在節(jié)日那晚，他們一定要裝出一副被突然出現(xiàn)的帶面具的鬼怪嚇著了的樣子。那時(shí)，會(huì)有穿著黑色長(zhǎng)袍、戴著尖尖高帽子的小巫婆出現(xiàn)，她們乘著神掃帚飛過(guò)屋頂，飛到臨街鄰居的屋頂上；還會(huì)有披著床單的鬼怪出現(xiàn)，他們邊跑邊露著帆布鞋和短襪子；還有那可怕的海盜，他們戴著繪有骸髏及交叉的大腿骨的三角帽。有的孩子手提用南瓜刻成的人面形燈籠，但每個(gè)孩子都手拿著袋子或聯(lián)合國(guó)兒童基金會(huì)發(fā)的盒子，上面寫著：“不給糖，要倒霉�！焙芸�，這些袋子、盒子里便都裝滿了糖果。
十幾歲的孩子玩那些惡作劇的游戲，有時(shí)使大人們相當(dāng)為難。他們向過(guò)往的車輛扔雞蛋或西紅柿；往玻璃窗、汽車擋風(fēng)玻璃上涂抹難以擦掉的蠟；把南瓜滾下長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的山路；搬走門廊里的家具；偷走垃圾箱蓋；在籬笆上亂涂亂寫，到處惹是生非；這樣來(lái)消耗掉他們多余的精力。警察雖然警惕性很高，但也只能逮捕那些真正的犯罪者。在許多社區(qū)人們舉辦交際舞會(huì)或街區(qū)晚會(huì)，以分散那些搞惡作劇的年輕人的精力。會(huì)后由商業(yè)界為服裝頒發(fā)獎(jiǎng)品。雖然文藝指導(dǎo)幫助策劃晚會(huì)，但是年輕人都親自負(fù)責(zé)組織活動(dòng)和動(dòng)手裝飾，這些是萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夜的必可不少的一部分。曬干的玉米稈、用南瓜雕刻成的人臉以及一堆堆的蘋果，使晚會(huì)增加了豐收的氣氛；用各種東西雕刻成的乘掃帚的巫婆、妖魔鬼怪和黑貓標(biāo)志了節(jié)日的魔力。晚會(huì)上供應(yīng)的新鮮食品——蘋果酒、爆米花、南瓜餡餅以及制成巫婆形的辣姜餅——既增加了豐收的氣氛，又標(biāo)志了節(jié)日的魔力。
萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夜偶爾也有成年人的舞會(huì)，舞臺(tái)背景為鮮艷的橙色和黑色，舞場(chǎng)上還舞動(dòng)著用紙做成的黑貓、巫婆及齜牙咧嘴的骷髏。盡管如此，萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夜主要是孩子們的節(jié)日—一孩子越小，就越興奮。
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Every November 1 is the western traditional "ghost festival" -- Halloween. Halloween is on October 31. Often called Halloween. But the mood of the day far don't let a person sounds like its name is "creeps". When Halloween came, the children can't wait to wear colorful costumes, wearing strange masks, carrying a lamp that "jack-o-lanterns" go home channeling households and adults for holiday gifts. The most visible symbol of Halloween is what both - fantastic "jack light" and "performing magic or candies" prank.
"Jack light" looks very cute, very simple also. Will be hollowed pumpkin, and then on the outside to the smiling eyes and a big mouth, and then in the melon with a candle, lit it, people in the far away place to see the smiling face of materials. This is the children's favorite plaything.
Halloween concentrates primarily on the table, however, you should be ready to food to serve those who come to rock the boat "kid", even more in this special holiday table something up for you. Don't let your guests think you oh!
A year the most "haunted" night, all kinds of monsters, pirates, alien visitors and witches are set off. Before the Christian era, the celtics at a ceremony in summer not grateful to god and the grace of the sun. At the time of Nostradamus lit and sorcery to ward off evil monster is said to be wandering around. The Romans later with nuts and apples to celebrate the harvest festival on October 31, amalgamation with Celtic. In the middle ages, people put on the animal model of clothes, put on scary masks to on Halloween drive away the ghost in the dark night. Although later Christian replaces the Celtic and Roman religion, the custom of the early still preserved. Now, the children with serious psychological wear various costumes and masks for Halloween party, the ball often hung on the wall around the paper covering the witches, black cats, ghosts and skeletons, out of the window and the door was hanging grin crack mouth or repulsive-looking pumpkin lanterns. The children also hanging often try to bite the apple.
每年的11月01日是西方傳統(tǒng)的“鬼節(jié)”——萬(wàn)圣節(jié)。10月31日是萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夕.通常叫做萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夜.不過(guò)這一天的氣氛卻遠(yuǎn)不像它的名稱那樣讓人聽(tīng)上去就“毛骨悚然”。每當(dāng)萬(wàn)圣節(jié)到來(lái)，孩子們都會(huì)迫不及待地穿上五顏六色的化妝服，戴上千奇百怪的面具，提著一盞“杰克燈”走家竄戶，向大人們索要節(jié)日的禮物。萬(wàn)圣節(jié)最廣為人知的象征也正是這兩樣——奇異的“杰克燈”和“表演魔術(shù)或者給糖果”的惡作劇。
“杰克燈”的樣子十分可愛(ài)，做法也極為簡(jiǎn)單。將南瓜掏空，然后在外面刻上笑瞇瞇的眼睛和大嘴巴，再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。這可是孩子們最喜歡的玩物了。
然而萬(wàn)圣節(jié)的重頭戲還是在餐桌上，你既要準(zhǔn)備好美食來(lái)招待那些前來(lái)?yè)v亂的“小鬼”，更要在這個(gè)特別的節(jié)日為你的餐桌裝扮一番。千萬(wàn)不要讓你的客人們小瞧了你哦!
一年中最“鬧鬼”這天夜里，各種妖魔鬼怪、海盜、外星來(lái)客和巫婆們紛紛出動(dòng)。在*紀(jì)元以前，凱爾特人在夏未舉行儀式感激上蒼和太陽(yáng)的恩惠。當(dāng)時(shí)的占卜者點(diǎn)燃并施巫術(shù)以驅(qū)趕據(jù)說(shuō)在四周游蕩的妖魔怪。后來(lái)羅馬人用果仁和蘋果來(lái)慶祝的豐收節(jié)與凱爾特人的10月31日溶合了。在中世紀(jì)，人們穿上動(dòng)物造型的服飾、戴上可怕的面具是想在萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夜驅(qū)趕黑夜中的鬼怪。盡管后來(lái)*教代替了凱爾特和羅馬的宗教活動(dòng)，早期的習(xí)俗還是保留下來(lái)了�，F(xiàn)在，孩子們帶著開(kāi)玩笑的心理穿戴上各種服飾和面具參加萬(wàn)圣節(jié)舞會(huì)，這些舞會(huì)四周的墻上往往懸掛著用紙糊的巫婆、黑貓、鬼怪和尸骨，窗前和門口則吊著齜牙裂嘴或是面目可憎的南瓜燈籠。孩子們還常常試圖咬住懸掛著的蘋果。
