外国节日介绍halloween万圣节英文资料

1、万圣节HalloweenHalloweenHalloween (also spelled Halloween) is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. It is largely a secular celebration but some have expressed strong feelings about perceived religious overto

2、nes.The day is often associated with the colors black and orange, and is strongly associated with symbols like the jack-o-lantern. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, pranks, telling scar

3、y stories, and watching horror films.HistoryHalloween has origins in the ancient festival known as Samhain (pronounced sow-in or sau-an),which is derived from Old Irish and means roughly summers end.This was a Gaelic festival celebrated mainly in Ireland and Scotland. However, similar festivals were

4、 held by other Celts for example the festival of Calan Gaeaf (pronounced kalan-geyf) which was held by the ancient Britons.The festival of Samhain celebrates the end of the lighter half of the year and beginning of the darker half, and is sometimes regarded as the Celtic New Year.he celebration has

5、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 thrTough. The familys ancestors were honoured and invited home whilst harmful spirits were warded off

6、. It is believed that the need to ward off harmful spirits led to the wearing of costumes and masks. Their purpose was to disguise oneself as a harmful spirit and thus avoid harm. In Scotland the spirits were impersonated by young men dressed in white with masked, veiled or blackened faces. Samhain

7、was also a time to take stock of food supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. Bonfires played a large part in the festivities. All other fires were doused and each home lit their hearth from the bonfire. The bones of slaughtered livestock were cast into its flames. Sometimes two bonfires

8、 would be built side-by-side, and people and their livestock would walk between them as a cleansing ritual.Another common practise was divination, which often involved the use of food and drink.The name Halloween and many present-day traditions, derive from the Old English era.Trick-or-treating and

9、guisingTrick-or-treating is a customary celebration for children on Halloween. Children go in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as candy or sometimes money, with the question, Trick or treat? The word trick refers to a (mostly idle) threat to perform mischief on the homeowners or t

10、heir property if no treat is given. In some parts of Ireland and Scotland children still go guising. In this custom the child performs some sort of show, i.e. sings a song or tells a ghost story, in order to earn their treats.There are several games traditionally associated with Halloween parties. O

11、ne common game is dunking or apple bobbing, in which apples float in a tub or a large basin of water and the participants must use their teeth to remove an apple from the variant of dunking involves kneeling on a chair, holding a fork between the teeth and trying to drop the fork into an apple28. An

12、other common game involves hanging up treacle or syrup-coated scones by strings; these must be eaten without using hands while they remain attached to the string, an activity that inevitably leads to a very sticky face.Some games traditionally played at Halloween are forms of divination. A tradition

13、al Irish and Scottish form of divining ones future spouse is to carve an apple in one long strip, then toss the peel over ones shoulder. The peel is believed to land in the shape of the first letter of the future spouses name. Unmarried women were told that if they sat in a darkened room and gazed i

14、nto a mirror on Halloween night, the face of their future husband would appear in the mirror. However, if they were destined to die before marriage, a skull would appear. The custom was widespread enough to be commemorated on greeting cards from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.The telling of

15、ghost stories and viewing of horror films are common fixtures of Halloween parties. Episodes of TV series and specials with Halloween themes (with the specials usually aimed at children) are commonly aired on or before the holiday, while new horror films, are often released theatrically before the h

16、oliday to take advantage of the atmosphere. Now with me in the studio Rob: 大家好, Im Rob Carter.Wang Fei: Rob, why are there so many pumpkins in stores and supermarkets at the moment?Rob: Well, pumpkins are a symbol of a festival called Halloween and its on the 31st October every year.Wang Fei: Hallow

17、een, 万圣节。每年的10月31日是西方的万圣节。So what are these pumpkins for then?Rob: Well, thats a good question. Actually Ive already bought one pumpkin, not for myself, but for my children. My daughter is four years old now and Im going to carve a Jack-O-Lantern for her, thats like a spooky face and Ill put a candl

18、e inside to light it up.Usually, I dont like putting on make-up but I like dressing up scarily.IntervieweeWang Fei: Jack-O-Lantern, 万圣节南瓜灯，Rob 将为自己的女儿在万圣节雕刻一个南瓜灯。So, what else do people do for Halloween? Lets hear more.Interviewee:Yeah, trick-or-treating, and with some friends. Usually, I dont like

19、putting on make-up but I like dressing up scarily.Interviewee:Trick-or-treating, yeah. We go in the streets, round where I live, knock on doors and get loads of sweets and money.Wang Fei: Trick or treating 意思是：你要款待我呢，还是想让我给你捣鬼呢？Rob: Trick or treating is something special that people do at Halloween.

20、 Now the second interviewee said she walks around the streets where she lives and knocks on doors saying trick or treating and she gets loads of sweets and money.Wang Fei: 她要在她住的附近挨家敲门，然后说 trick or treating，然后就会得到很多的糖果或者钱。Rob: Sweets, yes, but money? Mmm, I doubt it.Wang Fei: Anyway I wish her good

21、luck this year. Rob, are you going to do trick or treating this year?Rob: Well, yes and no. Usually its just the kids who go trick or treating, but this year Im going to go out with my daughter. This is her first year of doing trick or treating and shes very excited about it.Trick-or-treating, yeah.

22、 We go in the streets, round where I live, knock on doors and get loads of sweets and money. IntervieweeWang Fei: I reckon shell get a lot of sweets.Rob: I hope so, some for me as well.Wang Fei: 看来，如果你住在英国的话，万圣节的时候一定要准备一些糖果来应付那些敲门的孩子们。Rob: Yes, dont let the kids down, otherwise they might get nasty

23、and play a trick on you.Wang Fei: 孩子们失望生气之后，可能会跟你捣鬼。Wang Fei: So Rob, Halloween sounds like a happy festival for kids, doesnt it?Rob: Yes, it is a happy festival for kids. But at the same time, there is a more sinister side to HalloweenWang Fei: It sounds very scary.Rob: Yes, Halloween can be very s

24、cary. You always hear words like zombie!Weve got extra make-up, special effects, blood, vomit, pus, slime, all the usual things. Annie Wang Fei: Zombie 就是僵尸。Rob: Vampire!Wang Fei: Vampire 就是吸血鬼。Rob: And werewolf!Wang Fei: Werewolf 狼人。Rob: OK lets visit Charles Fox, a make-up shop in London and liste

25、n to Annie. Please try to hear what theyve prepared for Halloween.Annie: Well, Halloween is probably our busiest time of year, so weve been preparing for it for about a month now, ordering stuff in. Weve got extra make-up, special effects, blood, vomit, pus, slime, all the usual things. The masks ar

26、e just an arrangement of scary things: werewolves, skulls, scary clowns pretty much sold out the red devil, very popular. Things that have been really selling this year is our zombie kit, which weve got. Another big seller is vampire fangs, very big.Rob: Theyve prepared all the scary things you migh

27、t need for a good Halloween costume. Theyve got extra make-up.Wang Fei: Make-up 化妆用品。他们有什么万圣节化妆用品呢？Rob: Blood, vomit, pus, slime.Wang Fei: 血、呕吐物、脓还有又粘又滑的东西，都是让人恶心的东西。Rob: Theyve also got some scary masks.Wang Fei: Masks 面具。他们有什么万圣节面具呢？Rob: A werewolf, a skull, and a scary clownWang Fei: 狼人、骷髅头还有恐怖小丑

28、，都够吓人的。Rob: The big sellers are the zombie kit and vampire fangs.Wang Fei: 最畅销的是僵尸套装和吸血鬼大牙。听起来都让人觉得恐怖。Rob: Yes, the scarier the better. Young adults in the UK often go to a fancy dress party on Halloween night and they wear scary masks or horrible make-up, but just for fun.Wang Fei: Fancy dress part

29、y, 化妆晚会。听Rob 这么一介绍，万圣节真是一个让人开心，又让人恐怖的节日。Rob: Yes, but people do these things just for fun. They shouldnt wear their masks or make-up in public places to scare people at night. Now I hope youll have a happy and scary Halloween this year. For more On the Town programmes please check our website. Its .

30、 Bye for now!Joke?One story about Jack, an Irishman, who was not allowed into Heaven because he was stingy with his money. So he was sent to hell. But down there he played tricks on the Devil (Satan), so he was kicked out of Hell and made to walk the earth forever carrying a lantern.Well, Irish chil

31、dren made Jacks lanterns on October 31st from a large potato or turnip, hollowed out with the sides having holes and lit by little candles inside. And Irish children would carry them as they went from house to house begging for food for the village Halloween festival that honored the Druid god Muck

32、Olla. The Irish name for these lanterns was Jack with the lantern or Jack of the lantern, abbreviated as Jack-o-lantern and now spelled jack-o-lantern.Sometimes a black cat would ride away into the sky on the back of the witchs broom. And on Halloween night wed dress up in Mom or Dads old shoes and

33、clothes, put on a mask, and be ready to go outside. The little kids (children younger than we were) had to go with their mothers, but we older ones went together to neighbors houses, ringing their doorbell and yelling, Trick or treat! meaning, Give us a treat (something to eat) or well play a trick

34、on you!The people inside were supposed to come to the door and comment on our costumes. Oh! heres a ghost. Oh, theres a witch. Oh, heres an old lady. Sometimes they would play along with us and pretend to be scared by some ghost or witch. But they would always have some candy and maybe an apple to p

35、ut in our trick or treat bags. But what if no one come to the door, or if someone chased us away?this is Halloween 00:14.48Boys and girls of every age00:17.34Wouldnt you like to see something strange?00:19.99SIAMESE SHADOW00:20.19Come with us and you will see00:23.01This, our town of Halloween00:25.

36、50PUMPKIN PATCH CHORUS00:25.88This is Halloween00:27.36This is Halloween00:28.86Pumpkins scream in the dead of night00:31.31GHOSTS00:31.66This is Halloween00:33.07Everybody make a scene00:34.49Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright00:37.42Its our town, everybody scream00:40.25In this

37、town of Halloween00:42.46CREATURE UNDER BED00:42.73I am the one hiding under your bed00:45.22Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red00:47.89MAN UNDER THE STAIRS00:48.18I am the one hiding under your stairs00:50.97Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair00:53.56CORPSE CHORUS00:53.87This is Hallowee

38、n00:55.25This is Halloween00:56.26VAMPIRES00:56.69Halloween! Halloween!00:58.11Halloween! Halloween!01:01.10In this town we call home01:04.06Everyone hail to the pumpkin song01:06.41MAYOR01:06.75In this town01:08.13Dont we love it now?01:09.67Everybodys waiting for the next surprise01:12.16CORPSE CH

39、ORUS01:12.50Round that corner01:13.57Man hiding in the trash can01:15.32Somethings waiting now to pounce01:17.14And how youll scream01:17.96HARLEQUIN DEMON, WEREWOLF, AND MELTING MAN01:18.28Scream! This is Halloween01:19.67Red n black, slimy green01:21.00WEREWOLF01:21.21Arent you scared?01:21.96WITC

40、HES01:22.24Well, thats just fine01:23.92Say it once, say it twice01:25.36Take the chance and roll the dice01:26.79Ride with the moon in the dead of night01:29.26HANGING TREE01:29.64Everybody scream01:31.06everybody scream01:32.16HANGED MEN01:32.50In our town of Halloween01:34.56CLOWN01:34.89I am the clown with the tear-away face01:37.45Here in a flash and gone without a trace01:40.01SECOND GHOUL01:40.35I am the ”who” when you call, ”Whos