英语口语：万圣节英语口语词汇汇总

万圣节是西方的传统节日，日期是在每年的11月1日。万圣节这个节日最热闹的时间是10月31日万圣节前夜，当晚小孩会装扮成各种可爱的鬼怪逐家逐户地敲门，要求获得糖果，否则就会捣蛋。

　　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 children made Jack's 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 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."

　　The traditional Halloween you can read about in most books was just children's fun night. Halloween celebrations would start in October in every elementary school.

　　Halloween arrived last year, and I put on my ghost suit  ghost skull uniform, and before I got to the school building, I saw hundreds of "little kids" standing in front of the building.

　　At this time, one person clap me, I look back to see, can not help to cry out: "my mamma mia!" This is human! It was a zombie, with a burst of brains and a sudden eye.

　　"Leo, you are timid, too." The zombie took the lead. It was sun yanjie!

　　Entering the campus, a girl is standing in a corner, I found out, I open the glove to frighten her, unexpectedly she is not afraid, reach out to grab my gloves.

　　Hey hey, have skill you grasp come down! As I expected, the girl screamed, because there was a simulated snake in my glove.

　　Immediately, screams and laughter filled the campus.

　　This Halloween exercise has given me the courage to increase my knowledge.

　　Everyone knows that Halloween is on October 31st every year, and on Halloween, everyone is dressed in ghost costumes. Do you know why? Ha ha, I will tell you: because the western New Year in November, they think that the night before New Year, there are a lot of haunted by the ghost, elves, goblins, vampires, we wear ghost costumes, they think we are ghosts, not afraid, so we have to wear ghost costumes.

　　So why do you want to make a jack-o lantern? I'll tell you: because they want to cheat us, for example the fallen angels, they are the enemy of mankind, we carved an image of a face on the pumpkin, they is a smile, when a fool meeting you!

　　I think you know the origin of Halloween!

　　Celtic believed that the sun god helped them grow crops. But each year the sun god is attacked by an evil force called Sam hain and spent six months in captivity. Sam hain, and two other titles, "Lord of Dead" and "Prince of Darkness", came to Celtic land with cold and dark winters.

　　The celts are very afraid of the night of October 31, because they feel like there's a bunch of evil souls lurking everywhere. They set fire to their home to let evil spirits leave their homes. (the last untranslated paragraph was that the flames could frighten the ghost away.) They believed Sam hain had called the dead, and they believed that Sam hain would turn the dead into something else, like a cat. The celts will be disguising their evil spirits with terrible disguises. (this is the prototype for Halloween.)

　　Then Rome took over the Celtic lands and put the Roman holiday together with the Celtic Sam hain festival on October 31, and it was now Halloween.

　　Halloween (Halloween) (also called Halloween, Halloween) on October 31 of each year, is a traditional festival of the English speaking world, mainly in North America, the British Isles, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. That night the child would wear a costume, mask and go from house to house collecting candy. The Chinese region often mistakenly calls Halloween a Halloween.

　　"Halloween", an abbreviation of "All Hallow Eve," refers to the eve of All Hallow Eve, which is called "Christmas Eve" on Christmas Eve. "Hallow" is derived from middle English halwen with holy etymology is very close, some areas in Scotland and Canada, Halloween is still known as "All Hallow Mas", meaning is in memory of all saints (Hallow) on that day, to a Mass (Mass).

　　Halloween is usually associated with something different. Traditionally, Halloween is considered to be the closest thing to human life in the world, and the legend is similar to that of China's elam. The Minnesota city of Anoka, which claims to be the "Halloween capital of the world", holds a huge parade every year.

　　Days and days past, i’m not a child any longer. but i still remember that halloween, 31st october xx. that was saturday. i went to study english with an american girl named debby as usual.

　　 We had 5 students altogether. before that week, debby had already told us to learn something about halloween ourselves. on that day, debby spent an hour describing this american festival for us, such as “trick or cheat”, pumpkin and even, she took a pumpkin with her. first she took out a finished pumpkin lantern.

　　That was really beautiful and ugly, we liked it so much. then she taught us how to make a pumpkin lantern by ourselves. we each held a small knife, learnt to cut and draw something on that pumpkin. finally, we made it and put a short candle into it. that was truly happy. and the most surprising thing was that the lantern was a present for that day’s super student. who will that be? my god! that was me!

　　 Do you know how excited i was then? i held it, jumping and shouting. that was the most unforgettable day to me. and i will not forget it, never!

　　 Halloween first came to America with early settlers from Celtic areas in Europe， such as Ireland and Scotland. But other American settlers with strict religious beliefs， including the Puritans from England， rejected Halloween. The arrival of many Irish immigrants during the 1800s helped spread Halloween's popularity.

　　  But by the late 1800s， fewer people believed in ancient superstitions of ghosts and witches. Halloween became more a holiday for children to receive treats and dress in costume.

　　  Halloween is a holiday celebrated on October 31. By tradition， Halloween begins after sunset. Long ago， people believed that witches gathered together and ghosts roamed the world on Halloween. Today， most people no longer believe in ghosts and witches. But these supernatural beings are still a part of Halloween.

　　 The colors black and orange are also a part of Halloween. Black is a symbol for night and orange is the color of pumpkins. A jack-o'-lantern is a hollowed-out pumpkin with a face carved on one side. Candles are usually placed inside， giving the face a spooky glow.

　　 The tradition of the Jack o' Lanterncomes from a folktale about a man named Jack who tricked the devil and had towander the Earth with a lantern. The Jack o' Lantern is made by placing acandle inside a hollowed-out pumpkin, which is carved to look like a face.

　　 Dressing up in costumes is one of themost popular Halloween customs, especially among children. According totradition, people would dress up in costumes (wear special clothing, masks ordisguises) to frighten the spirits away.