万圣节的由来、习俗你都知道吗?
万圣节又称“鬼节”是一年当中最“闹鬼”的一夜但是你造吗?“万圣节”其实是每年的11月1日在苏格兰和加拿大的某些区域万圣节被称为“All Hallow Mas”(读出来莫名有种“日语”的赶脚)
而最热闹的10月31日也就是我们常说的“Halloween”指的是“万圣夜”只不过我们习惯把它说成“万圣节”罢了就像平安夜&圣诞节一样
万圣节不得不知的英语单词
万圣节:Halloween
南瓜:Pumpkin
糖果:Candy
妖精:Goblin
骨头:Bones
巫婆:Witch
巫师:Warlock
女巫:Witch
鬼 – Ghost
吸血鬼 – Vampire
狼人 – Werewolf
怪物 – Monster
万圣节服装:Halloween costume
骷髅:Skeleton
僵尸 – Zombie
干尸 – Mummy
蝙蝠:Bat
面具:Mask
死神:Grim Reaper
蜘蛛网:Spider web
万圣节不得不知的短语
Trick or treat
不招待,就使坏
The child screamed when it confronted the man in the halloween costume.
当面对那个穿万圣节服装的人时孩子尖叫起来。Older boys put us up to pointing the statue red on Halloween.
年纪大的男孩指挥我们在万圣节前夕将雕像漆红。
The jack-o-lantern is the symbol of Halloween.
“空心南瓜灯”是万圣节的象征。
Children would make Halloween decorations, all kinds of orange-paper jack-o-lanterns。
孩子们会制作万圣节的装饰品:各种各样桔黄色的南瓜灯。
On the eve of All Hallows, Oct. 31,
在万圣节的前夜,10月31日。
Few holidays tap into the American psyche so close- ly as Halloween.
与美国人心理最接近的节日莫过于万圣节前夜。
People use me to make a jack-o-lantern on Halloween.
人们在万圣节时用我制作“鬼火”。
JACK死后,因他不相信神不能进天堂,而魔鬼也不让他入地狱,为了协助JACK找到回人间的路,魔鬼给了他一块燃烧的炭,JACK将这燃烧的炭放在他以大红萝卜雕刻成的一个灯笼内,这第一个「JACK的灯笼」,帮助积找寻他的路径回爱尔兰,但他从没找着,于是他永远带著灯笼流浪人间。
在古老的爱尔兰传说里,这根小蜡烛是在一根挖空的萝卜里放着,称作“JACK LANTERNS”,而古老的萝卜灯演变到今天,则是南瓜做的Jack-O-Lantern了。据说爱尔兰人到了美国不久,即发现南瓜不论从来源和雕刻来说都比萝卜更胜一筹,于是南瓜灯就成了万圣节的宠儿。
The Halloween celebrationcomes from All Hallows Day or All Saints Day, the 1st of November. This wasoriginally a pagan festival of the dead, but later became a holiday to honorChristian saints. 万圣节的庆祝活动来源于每年11月1日的All Hallows Day 或All Saints Day。它原先是异教徒们纪念死者的节日,但是逐渐演变成一个纪念基督圣者的节日。 The name Halloween comesfrom a contraction of All Hallows Eve (Evening), the day before All HallowsDay. On this night it was believed that the spirits of the dead would try tocome back to life! Halloween这个词来自于All Hallows Eve(夜晚),All Hallows Eve是All Hallows Day前一天的缩写。人们认为在当天晚上,亡者的灵魂会重新复活!
Dressing up in costumesis one of the most popular Halloween customs, especially among children. Accordingto tradition, people would dress up in costumes (wear special clothing, masksor disguises) to frighten the spirits away. Dressing up in costumes是最受欢迎的万圣节风俗之一,尤其是受孩子们的欢迎。按照传统习俗,人们会dress up incostumes(穿戴一些特別的服裝,面具或者装饰)来吓跑鬼魂。 Popular Halloweencostumes include vampires (creatures that drink blood), ghosts (spirits of thedead) and werewolves (people that turn into wolves when the moon is full). 流行的万圣节服装包括vampires(吸血鬼),ghosts(死者的灵魂)werewolves(每当月圆时就变成狼形的人)。
Trick or Treat is amodern Halloween custom where children go from house to house dressed incostume, asking for treats like candy or toys. If they don't get any treats,they might play a trick (mischief or prank) on the owners of the house. Trick or Treat 是现代万圣节的风俗。孩子们穿着特殊的衣服走街串巷,讨取糖果和玩具之类的赏赐。如果他们得不到任何的赏赐,就可能会对屋主大搞恶作剧或者胡闹了。 The tradition of the Jacko' Lantern comes from a folktale about a man named Jack who tricked the deviland had to wander the Earth with a lantern. The Jack o' Lantern is made byplacing a candle inside a hollowed-out pumpkin, which is carved to look like aface. Jack o' Lantern 的传统来自于一个民间传说。一个名叫Jack的人戏弄了恶魔,之后就不得不提着一盏灯在地球上流浪。Jack o' Lantern是用雕刻成脸型,中间挖空,再插上蜡烛的南瓜做成的。
Trick or treat?Trick or treat?Give me something sweet to eat.Cookies, chocolate, jelly beans.Happy Happy Halloween. Trick or treat?Trick or treat?Give me something sour to eat.Lemons, grapefruits, limes so green.Happy Happy Halloween.
Trick or treat?Trick or treat?Give me something good to eat.Nuts and candy. Lollipops.Now it’s time for us to stop.