资源描述：
《使用 halloween万圣节》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、WelcomeSpokenEnglishClubContentsTheOriginofHalloweenTheTraditions:Food&CostumeJack-o'-lanternTrickorTreatCompetiton&PunishmentThetheoriginofHalloweenHalloween,orHallowe’en,isaholidaycelebratedonOctober31.IrishimmigrantscarriedversionsofthetraditiontoNorthAmericaintheninetee
2、nthcentury.Otherwesterncountriesembracedtheholidayinthelatetwentiethcentury.HalloweeniscelebratedinseveralcountriesoftheWesternworld,mostcommonlyintheUnitedStates,Canada,Ireland,Japan,NewZealand,UnitedKingdomandoccasionallyinpartsofAustralia.TheancientGaelsbelievedthatonOct
3、ober31,nowknownasHalloween,theboundarybetweenthealiveandthedeceased(死亡)dissolved(消失),andthedeadbecomedangerousforthelivingbycausingproblemssuchassicknessordamagedcrops.Thefestivalswouldfrequentlyinvolvebonfires(营火),intowhichbonesofslaughteredlivestockwerethrown.Costumesandm
4、askswerealsowornatthefestivalsinanattempttomimic(模仿)theevilspiritsorplacate(安抚,平息)them.HalloweenhasitsoriginsintheancientCeltic(凯尔特人)festivalknownasSamhain(萨温节).ThefestivalofSamhainisacelebrationoftheendoftheharvestseasoninGaelic(盖尔族的,盖尔语的)culture,andissometimesregardedasth
5、e"CelticNewYear".Traditionally,thefestivalwasatimeusedbytheancientpagans(异教徒,非基督教徒,没有宗教信仰的人)totakestockof(估计,观察)suppliesandslaughterlivestock(家畜)forwinterstores.SymbolsofHalloweenModerndayHalloweencelebrationsusemanysymbolstohelpmaketheholidaymorefestive………Someoftheseinclud
6、e…………現代人用許多東西來慶祝萬聖節，讓這個節日變得更有趣。你知道是哪些東西嗎？SymbolsofHalloweenModerndayHalloweencelebrationsusemanysymbolstohelpmaketheholidaymorefestive………Someoftheseinclude…………現代人用許多東西來慶祝萬聖節，讓這個節日變得更有趣。你知道是哪些東西嗎？Becausebatsonlyflyatnightandliveintombs,caves,andabandonedchurchesandbuildings,
7、theyarebelievedtobeomensofevil.Theyarecommonlyassociatedwithwitchesandvampires.Itissuperstitionthatwitchesandvampirescantaketheformofabat.Sincethevampirebatistheonlymammalthatfeedsonblood,theyareoftenlinkedtodeathandoccultrituals.BATS蝙蝠是其中一項，因為蝙蝠只住在墳墓，洞穴和廢棄的教堂或建築物中，又因為蝙蝠常令人
8、聯想到女巫或吸血鬼，因此他們被視為邪惡的象徵。在傳說中，女巫和吸血鬼可以化身成蝙蝠，又因為吸血蝙蝠是唯一一種飲血維生的哺乳類動物，因此蝙蝠常讓人聯想到死亡或邪惡的儀
