关于万圣节的英语故事(中英文对照)

1、关于万圣节的英语故事(中英文对照)halloweenone 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, ir

2、ish 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

3、god muck olla. the irish name for these lanterns was jack with the lantern or jack of the lantern, abbreviated asjack-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 e

4、very elementary school.children would make halloween decorations, all kinds of orange-paper jack-o-lanterns. and from black paper youd cut scary designs -an evil witch with a pointed hat riding through the sky on a broomstick, maybe with black bats flying across the moon, and that meant bad luck. an

5、d of course black cats for more bad luck. sometimes a black cat would ride away into the sky on the back of the witch s broom.and on halloween night we d dress up in mom or dad s old shoes and clothes, put on a mask, and be ready to go outside. the little kids (children younger than we were) had to

6、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 we ll play a trick on you! the people inside were supposed to come to the door and comment on our costumes.oh! here s a ghost

7、. oh, there s a witch. oh, here s 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 put in our trick or treat bags. but what if no one come to the door, or if someone chased us away? then w

8、e d play a trick on them, usually taking a piece of soap and make marks on their windows. .and afterwards we would go home and count who got the mostcandy. one popular teen-agershalloween trick was to unrolla roll of toilet paper and throw it high into a tree again andagain until the tree was all wr

9、apped in the white paper. the paper would often stay in the tree for weeks until a heavy snow or rain washed it off. no real harm done, but it made a big mess of both the tree and the yard under it. one kind of halloween mischief.注释：1. was stingy with :对吝啬。stingy这个词你可不要去模仿， 因为他是吝啬的意思，要不你可要成为葛朗台了！但你可

10、要注意 stinggy这个形容词词是和介词 with连用的呀！2. carrying a lantern :拿着灯笼。这里用 carrying 作 walk 的伴随状语，更生动地说明可怜的jack无论走到哪里手里都要提着灯笼了。好累呀！3. neighbors houses :邻居的屋子。 neighbors 本身已经 是复数，有一个s 了。如果表示 邻居的，就不能加 飞（太累赘）， 而要直接加 了。所以就是neighbors houses。4. come to the door :应门。走到门前面 自然就是要来开门 看看是哪些小调皮在捣乱啦！5. unroll a roll of toile

11、t paper : 打开一卷纸。这么多 roll , 可 别怵！ roll是 卷、卷起 的意思，a roll of toilet paper 是一卷手纸； unroll则是roll （卷起）的 打开 的意思，所以就是 打开一卷手纸 了!万圣节关于万圣节有这样一个故事。是说有一个叫杰克的爱尔兰人， 因为他对钱特别吝啬，就不允许他进入天堂，而被打入地狱。但是在 那里他老是捉弄魔鬼撒旦，所以被踢出地狱，罚他提着灯笼永远在人 世里行走。在十月三十一日爱尔兰的孩子们用土豆和罗卜制作杰克的灯笼，他们把中间挖掉、表面上打洞并在里边点上蜡烛。为村里庆祝 督伊德神的万圣节，孩子们提着这种灯笼挨家挨户乞讨食物。

12、这种灯 笼的爱尔兰名字是 拿灯笼的杰克 或者杰克的灯笼，缩写为jack-o -lantern 现在拼写为 jack-o-lantern 。现在你在大多数书里读到的万圣节只是孩子们开心的夜晚。在 小学校里，万圣节是每年十月份开始庆祝的。孩子们会制作万圣节的装饰品：各种各样桔黄色的南瓜灯。你 可以用黑色的纸做一个可怕的造形一个骑在扫帚把上戴着尖尖帽子 的女巫飞过天空，或者是黑蝙蝠飞过月亮。这些都代表恶运。当然黑 猫代表运气更差。有时候会出现黑猫骑在女巫扫帚后面飞向天空的造 形。在万圣节的晚上，我们都穿着爸爸妈妈的旧衣服和旧鞋子，戴 上面具，打算外出。比我们小的孩子必须和他们的母亲一块出去，我 们大一点的就一起哄到邻居家，按他们的门铃并大声喊道：恶作剧还是招待！ 意思是给我们吃的，要不我们就捉弄你。里边的人们应 该出来评价我们的化装。噢！这是鬼，那是女巫，这是个老太婆。有时候他们会跟我们一起玩，假装被鬼或者女巫吓着了。但是他们通常会带一些