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介绍万圣节的英语作文范文xx介绍万圣节的英语作文范文xx导语:每年的11月1日是西方的'万圣节。10月31日是万圣节前夕。以下是带来的万圣节的英语,希望对你有帮助。halloweenhasalwaysbeenaholidayfilledwithmystery,magicandsuperstition.itbeganasacelticend-of-summerfestivalduringwhichpeoplefeltespeciallyclosetodeceasedrelativesandfriends.forthesefriendlyspirits,theysetplacesatthedinnertable,lefttreatsondoorstepsandalongthesideoftheroadandlitcandlestohelplovedonesfindtheirwaybacktothespiritworld.today'shalloweenghostsareoftendepictedasmorefearsomeandmalevolent,andourcustomsandsuperstitionsarescariertoo.weavoidcrossingpathswithblackcats,afraidthattheymightbringusbadluck.thisideahasitsrootsinthemiddleages,whenmanypeoplebelievedthatwitchesavoideddetectionbyturningthemselvesintocats.wetrynottowalkunderladdersforthesamereason.thissuperstitionmayhaveefromtheancientegyptians,whobelievedthattrianglesweresacred;italsomayhavesomethingtodowiththefactthatwalkingunderaleaningladdertendstobefairlyunsafe.andaroundhalloween,especially,wetrytoavoidbreakingmirrors,steppingoncracksintheroadorspillingsalt.butwhataboutthehalloweentraditionsandbeliefsthattoday'strick-or-treatershaveforgottenallabout?manyoftheseobsoleteritualsfocusedonthefutureinsteadofthepastandthelivinginsteadofthedead.inparticular,manyhadtodowithhelpingyoungwomenidentifytheirfuturehusbandsandreassuringthemthattheywouldsomeday--withluck,bynexthalloween!--bemarried.in18th-centuryireland,amatchmakingcookmightburyaringinhermashedpotatoesonhalloweennight,hopingtobringtruelovetothedinerwhofoundit.inscotland,fortune-tellersremendedthataneligibleyoungwomannameahazelnutforeachofhersuitorsandthentossthenutsintothefireplace.thenutthatburnedtoashesratherthanpoppingorexploding,thestorywent,representedthegirl'sfuturehusband.(insomeversionsofthislegend,confusingly,theoppositewastrue:thenutthatburnedawaysymbolizedalovethatwouldnotlast.)anothertalehaditthatifayoungwomanateasugaryconcoctionmadeoutofwalnuts,hazelnutsandnutmegbeforebedonhalloweennight,shewoulddreamaboutherfuturehusband.youngwomentossedapple-peelsovertheirshoulders,hopingthatthepeelswouldfallonthefloorintheshapeoftheirfuturehusbands'initials;triedtolearnabouttheirfuturesbypeeringateggyolksfloatinginabowlofwater;andstoodinfrontofmirrorsindarkenedrooms,holdingcandlesandlookingovertheirshouldersfortheirhusbands'faces.otherritualsweremorepetitive.atsomehalloweenparties,thefirstguesttofindaburronachestnut-huntwouldbethefirsttomarry;atothers,thefirstsuessfulapple-bobberwouldbethefirstdowntheaisle.ofcourse,whetherwe'reaskingforromanticadviceortryingtoavoidsevenyearsofbadluck,eachoneofthesehalloweensuperstitionsreliesonthegoodwilloftheverysame"spirits"whosepresencetheearlyceltsfeltsokeenly.oursisnotsuchadifferentholidayafterall!halloween'soriginsdatebacktotheancientcelticfestivalofsamhain(pronouncedsow-in).thecelts,wholived2,000yearsagointheareathatisnowireland,theunitedkingdom,andnorthernfrance,celebratedtheirnewyearonnovember1.thisdaymarkedtheendofsummerandtheharvestandthebeginningofthedark,coldwinter,atimeofyearthatwasoftenassociatedwithhumandeath.celtsbelievedthatonthenightbeforethenewyear,theboundarybetweentheworldsofthelivingandthedeadbecameblurred.onthenightofoctober31,theycelebratedsamhain,whenitwasbelievedthattheghostsofthedeadreturnedtoearth.inadditiontocausingtroubleanddamagingcrops,celtsthoughtthatthepresenceoftheotherworldlyspiritsmadeiteasierforthedruids,orcelticpriests,tomakepredictionsaboutthefuture.forapeopleentirelydependentonthevolatilenaturalworld,theseprophecieswereanimportantsourceoffortanddirectionduringthelong,darkwinter.tomemoratetheevent,druidsbuilthugesacredbonfires,wherethepeoplegatheredtoburncropsandanimalsassacrificestothecelticdeities.duringthecelebration,theceltsworecostumes,typicallyconsistingofanimalheadsandskins,andattemptedtotelleachother'sfortunes.whenthecelebrationwasover,theyre-littheirhearthfires,whichtheyhadextinguishedearlierthatevening,fromthesacredbonfiretohelpprotectthemduringtheingwinter.bya.d.43,hecourseofthefourhundredyearsthattheyruledthecelticlands,twofestivalsofromanoriginwerebinedwiththetraditionalcelticcelebrationofsamhain.thefirstwasferalia,adayinlateoctoberwhentheromanstraditionallymemoratedthepassingofthedead.thesecondwasadaytohonorpomona,theromangoddessoffruitandtrees.thesymbolofpomonaistheappleandtheincorporationofthiscelebrationintosamhainprobablyexplainsthetraditionof"bobbing"forapplesthatispracticedtodayonhalloween.bythe800s,heseventhcentury,popebonifaceivdesignatednovember1allsaints'day,atimetohonorsaintsandmartyrs.itiswidelybelievedtodaythatthepopewasattemptingtoreplacethecelticfestivalofth
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