万圣节作文英语简单推荐20篇

The word itself, "Halloween," actually has its origins in the Catholic Church. It comes from a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. November 1, "All Hollows Day" (or "All Saints Day"), is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints. But, in the 5th century BC, in Celtic Ireland, summer officially ended on October 31. The holiday was called Samhain (sow-en), the Celtic New year.

One story says that, on that day, the disembodied spirits of all those who had died throughout the preceding year would come back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year. It was believed to be their only hope for the afterlife. The Celts believed all laws of space and time were suspended during this time, allowing the spirit world to intermingle with the living.

Naturally, the still-living did not want to be possessed. So on the night of October 31, villagers would extinguish the fires in their homes, to make them cold and undesirable. They would then dress up in all manner of ghoulish costumes and noisily paraded around the neighborhood, being as destructive as possible in order to frighten away spirits looking for bodies to possess.

Probably a better explanation of why the Celts extinguished their fires was not to discourage spirit possession, but so that all the Celtic tribes could relight their fires from a common source, the Druidic fire that was kept burning in the Middle of Ireland, at Usinach.

Some accounts tell of how the Celts would burn someone at the stake who was thought to have already been possessed, as sort of a lesson to the spirits. Other accounts of Celtic history debunk these stories as myth.

The Romans adopted the Celtic practices as their own. But in the first century AD, Samhain was assimilated into celebrations of some of the other Roman traditions that took place in October, such as their day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple, which might explain the origin of our modern tradition of bobbing for apples on Halloween.

The thrust of the practices also changed over time to become more ritualized. As belief in spirit possession waned, the practice of dressing up like hobgoblins, ghosts, and witches took on a more ceremonial role.

The custom of Halloween was brought to America in the 1840s by Irish immigrants fleeing their countrys potato famine. At that time, the favorite pranks in New England included tipping over outhouses and unhinging fence gates.

The custom of trick-or-treating is thought to have originated not with the Irish Celts, but with a ninth-century European custom called souling. On November 2, All Souls Day, early Christians would walk from village to village begging for "soul cakes," made out of square pieces of bread with currants. The more soul cakes the beggars would receive, the more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors. At the time, it was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death, and that prayer, even by strangers, could expedite a souls passage to heaven.

The Jack-o-lantern custom probably comes from Irish folklore. As the tale is told, a man named Jack, who was notorious as a drunkard and trickster, tricked Satan into climbing a tree. Jack then carved an image of a cross in the trees trunk, trapping the devil up the tree. Jack made a deal with the devil that, if he would never tempt him again, he would promise to let him down the tree.

According to the folk tale, after Jack died, he was denied entrance to Heaven because of his evil ways, but he was also denied access to Hell because he had tricked the devil. Instead, the devil gave him a single ember to light his way through the frigid darkness. The ember was placed inside a hollowed-out turnip to keep it glowing longer.

The Irish used turnips as their "Jacks lanterns" originally. But when the immigrants came to America, they found that pumpkins were far more plentiful than turnips. So the Jack-O-Lantern in America was a hollowed-out pumpkin, lit with an ember.

So, although some cults may have adopted Halloween as their favorite "holiday," the day itself did not grow out of evil practices. It grew out of the rituals of Celts celebrating a new year, and out of Medieval prayer rituals of Europeans. And today, even many churches have Halloween parties or pumpkin carving events for the kids. After all, the day itself is only as evil as one cares to make it.

Today is Halloween in the west. I went to suzhou park with my parents and went to Halloween.

I feel very lively as soon as I get in! Many, many monsters! They are all tourists. Then I saw the floats! The people on the float came down, cats, death, vampires and so on. I took pictures with them.

The most dynamic is me (wang xin), I am wearing orange pumpkin, with pumpkin cap and pumpkin basket, I am the pumpkin fairy! Dad wears a skeleton head mask, mom with a fluorescent stick, we are the devil combination, we follow the crowd to the Caribbean square. Oh! It turned out that there was a performance, and the show was a dance, and it was wonderful. Whos patting me on the shoulder when were looking at it in high spirits? I looked back, and there was a monster that startled me! The actor finished his performance and ran off to frighten every...

简单的英语读后感（一）

During this winter vacation I had the opportunity to read the book Gone with the Wind. It is a great novel written by American author Margaret Michell in the 1930s. It’s a story about southern living in the US during the Civil War. The story depicts the raise and fall of several wealthy families who owned plantations and slavers in Georgia, their love affairs and their pride as the well-to-do southerners. I especially like Scarlett O’Hara, who was a b-willed southern woman. She was brought up in a rich family who owned many slaves and a large plantation. However, as the Yankee army from the Union marching down the South, the southerners lost their cause. O’Hara’s plantation was eventually destroyed by the war. But as a b woman, she refused to go hungry. I was especially touched by the words she said in the final chapter of the book, with great hope, tomorrow is another day. 简单的英语读后感（二）

I was sure to be left deep impression by the film The Ron Clark Story. That"s just what a good teacher should be like. From it, we can get something like follows.

Everyone is born with his or her kindness. That maybe the main reason for Mr. Clark"s student"s changing their minds. Together with Mr. Clark"s creation and his encouragements to his students, he gets to be successful.

Mr. Clark knows clearly that the children are all very kind in their heart bottoms. Then he tries to use his true love and expectations for them t make them moved. We all know that one"s habits or minds are quite difficult to change. Although during it Mr. Clark also feels depressed, things get to be better after his perseverance.

Then, Mr. Clark hasn"t been limited in the traditional way of teaching. He combines the history events with rap, which was so popular in the children. And the effect is so obvious. The children can remember them easily.

Besides, the children get to be more confident because of his encouragement. Once one has been confident, his or her potential ability comes out easily. Then they are sure to do a good job. That"s just what they do in their exam.

In my point of view, Mr. Clark"s true love, perseverance, creation and encouragements bring him his success. And it seems that sure of them are true of many other thins.

My family only there peoples, there are my father, my mother and me.

I’m fourteen year old. I’m very active, so I like playing with my friend, and I like playing computer.

My father is driver. He is strong and tall, but he looks very funny. He likes watch newspaper very mach.

My mother works at a factory. She is beautiful and tall too. She likes sports ,so she is very thin .

This is my family. Do you like my family? I like it very mach.

1. 眼见为实.

seeing is believing.

2. 人生短暂，学艺无穷。

Art is long, life is short.

3. 三思而后行.

Look before you leap.

4. 有其父，必有其子。

Like father,like son.

5. 再晚也不算迟。

Better late than never.

6. 条条大路通罗马。

All roads lead to Rome.

7. 并非闪光的都是金子。

All that glitters is not gold.

8. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

As you sow,so shall you reap.

9. 物以类聚。

Birds of a feather flock together.

10. 不劳无获。

No pain,no gain.

11. 入乡随俗，

When in Rome,do as the Romans do.

12. 那恰是我所喜欢的。

Its my cup of tea.

13. 一日一苹果，医生远离我。

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

14. 患难见真情。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

15. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

A young idler; an old beggar.

16. 熟能生巧。

Practice makes perfect.

17. 一分耕耘，一分收获。

No sweet without sweat.

18. 时间就是金钱。

Time is money.

19. 欲速则不达。

Haste makes waste.

20. 说起来容易做起来难。

Easier said than done.

21. 人各有所好。

Every man has his taste.

22. 物极必反。

Extremes meet.

23. 活到老学到老。

Live and learn.

24. 事出必有因。

Nothing comes of nothing.

25. 光荣之路常坎坷。

The path to glory is always rugged.

26. 失败是成功之母。

Failure is the mother of success.

27. 江山易改，本性难移。

A leopard can not change his spots.

28. 好心有好报。

Good mind,good find.

29. 得饶人处且饶人。

Forgive others whenever you can.

30. 爱乌及乌。

Love me ,love my dog.

April 5, 2002

Dear Mr. Brian,

Thank you for your letter of March 20. As Spring --- the best season of a year --- has come, everything is nice here. The weather is always fine and comfortable, trees become green and various kinds of flowers are in blossom. We, therefore, invite you to visit our city from April 28 to May 5.

If you accept our invitation, please inform us in detail of the number of your people, their names, and your suggestions of your visit. We will try our best to arrange everything according to your plan, and we hope that you will enjoy every minute of your trip here.

We are looking forward to your reply.

Sincerely yours,

Li Xiao-hua

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 Jacks 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 childrens fun night.Halloween celebrations would start in October in every elementary school.

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,因为他对钱特别的吝啬,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萝卜制作“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.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 .

现在你在大多数书里读到的万圣节只是孩子们开心的夜晚.

it was many octobers ago when it happened. dark magic never gives any warnings, but i sure wish it did. i had always been a peculiar child- i could look at the clouds for an hour or so without getting bored, and see the tiniest details. thinking back, it was only a matter of time before something happened.

it was the day before my thirteenth birthday: october the 30th and i was taking a long walk through the dajurie woods. i knew i was getting dangerously close to the heart of the forest, but i didn’t care. i had to do something to take my troubles off. my mother thinks it my fault that my 11 year old sister was foolish enough to wander off and get lost. my darn fault! how is that my fault, may i ask? now, where was i? ah, yes, strolling through dajurie woods. to this day, i still don’t know how i ever fell asleep in the middle of walking, but i must’ve done so, for all i remember was breathing in the pine-scented air, enjoying my stroll, and then suddenly falling into a deep black void of darkness.

when i woke up, (or got out of the darkness, if i wasn’t truly sleeping) i was standing in an elegant stony hallway. it seemed to stretch on forever. the hall was only slightly illuminated by torches, glowing (of all things) green. i started tiptoeing down the hall, for how long, i do not know. i only remember the sense of terror, which kept growing with each and every step i take. at last, i reached a dilapidated wooden door with an iron handle. i could smell an enchantment in the air. something was there. something ancient and evil. i could tell… … you know how some people say they have butterflies in their stomachs when they’re scared? well, i had killer bees.

i just stared at the door knob for a while, then, at last, got up all my courage, peeked inside, and immediately screamed so loud that i feared i’d never speak again. for inside, lay the corpse of my sister. the most startling thing was that her eyes were midnight black, instead of their regular grey-green. what in the world happened???

i was shaking all over. my hair nearly stood strait up. suddenly, a voice rasped in my ear “yesss, you shall do quite nicsssely… …”, and before i knew it, i was pinned to the ground. for the first time, i noticed my new surroundings. i was in a gorgeous flower garden, yet it looked different from something you see in an average garden. it looked…, well, it looked more beautiful. more beautiful and deadly. i would’ve probably even enjoyed my stay if i wasn’t pinned down and trying to breath, with my sister already dead.

i looked up at my captor, and immediately wished i hadn’t. i knew, at that moment, that for as long as i live, (which might be really short, depending on what the captor was trying to do) i’ll never forget my captor’s face- for there wasn’t one. yes, there were eyes, a crooked nose, and a mouth, yet somehow they weren’t… … flesh. they were fragrant of fears, shadows, and nightmares. i did not know how that was even possible, but i knew it was true, somehow. its body wasn’t there at all, only an eerie invisible force, pushing me to the ground.

perhaps i should’ve struggled, should’ve screamed for help, but i found that i couldn’t- i was completely paralysed. finally i managed to croak -“what?” the monster smiled with its shadowy mouth, showing blood covered fangs.

“you ssshall fall into the sssame fate asss your sssister,” he rasped in the same snake-like voice, “you mortalsss are ssso foolissssh, never realizing the truth! why do you think thessse woods are named ‘dajurie’? they were elvish for me, the mighty dracula! for centuriesss i have waited for mortalsss with magic in their blood to ssstumble acrosss my trap. you ssshall die a famous death, my dear, the death that bringsss me to a true form. then, i ssshall be able to feassst on whoever i pleassse!”

with that, he started to lower his fangs into my flesh. time slowed down. i knew it wasn’t just about me anymore. if dracula managed to rise to power, my world was doomed. i had to think. what has defeated beings of the night in stories?

just then, dracula’s fangs touched my skin. suddenly, i knew what to do. i shouted at the top of my lungs “i’m not afraid of you! you’re never going to hurt my world. you’re just a shadow!!” i was surprised to feel my confidence soaring back to me. i was somehow, somehow stronger.

dracula jerked away as if all his energy was gone. slowly his terrifying face cracked and crumbled into nothingness. i fell again, into the same darkness that brought me to the vampire’s garden. except this time i was grateful to be whisked away. after a while, i felt someone shaking me. i opened my eyes- it was my mother.

“just what happened to you???” she asked, looking like she was on the verge of tears, but hey, i guess i looked that way too. suddenly, her hand flew to her mouth. “y- your e- eyes,” she stammered, “t-they’re, they’re black!”

i just shook my head, “trust me, you wouldn’t believe me if i told you.”

Halloween

Halloween is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate every year. It means "holy evening," and it comes every October 31, the evening before All Saints Day. However, it is not really a church holiday, it is a holiday for children mainly.

Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, children pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin! These lights are called jack-o-lanterns, which means "Jack of the lantern".

The children also put on strange masks and frightening costumes every Halloween. Some children paint their faces to look like monsters. Then they carry boxes or bags from house to house. Every time they come to a new house, they say,"Trick or treat! Money or eat!" The grown-ups put treat-money or candy in their bags.

Not only children, but most grown-ups also love Halloween and Halloween parties because on this day,they can disguise themselves as personages or ghost as their imaginations will lead them. This bring them the satisfaction of being young.

万圣节前夕

万圣节前夕是美国人年年都会庆祝的秋季节日。它的意思是“神圣的夜晚”，在每年的10月31日，也就是万圣节前夜。但实际上这不是一个真正的宗教节日，而主要是孩子们的节日。

每年秋天蔬菜成熟可以食用的时候，孩子们就会挑出大个儿的橙色南瓜。然后在南瓜上刻上一张脸，把一根点燃的蜡烛放在里面。看起来就好像有人在向南瓜外面张望。这些灯就叫做“iack-o-lantems”，意思也就是“杰克的灯”。

每年万圣节前夕孩子们还戴上奇怪的面具，穿上吓人的服装。有些孩子把脸刷成怪物。然后他们拿着盒子或袋子挨家挨户串门。每来到一个新房子他们就说：“不款待就捣乱!给钱还是吃的!”大人们就会把用来招待的钱或糖放在他们的袋子里了。

不仅孩子，许多成年人也喜欢万圣节前夕和万圣节前夕晚会。因为这一天他们可以根据自己的想象把自己装扮成名流或幽灵。这会带给他们年轻的快感。

Halloween is the meaning of "holy night". Has become the most popular year Halloween and one of the most popular festival, many players with great enthusiasm to celebrate this festival. In the Halloween night before November 1, and is actually praise autumn festival, like praise five new moon festival is Spring Festival.

Many nationalities are there in Halloween celebration party in western, it is known as The "All Hallow E en", "The Eve of All Hallows", "Hallow E en", or "The Eve of All Saints Day". Eventually evolved into "Halloween", established Chinese free translation became Halloween night. In western countries, The annual October 31, there is a "Halloween," dictionary of explanation for "The eve of All Saints Day", The Chinese translation: "Halloween". Halloween is a traditional festival in western countries. This night is the most "haunted" night of the year, so also called "Halloween". Chinese will often mistakenly called Halloween Halloween. "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).

Ancient Gaul, Britain and Ireland, the priests, the druids praise autumn there is a grand festival, since midnight after Halloween, on November 1, until the next day for a whole day. They think, in the evening they great death - salman summoned all that year the ghost of dead people and these evil spirits to receive the punishment of the afterlife as beasts. , of course, as long as the thought of the ghosts of party, is enough to make the mind at that time simple people tremble with fear. Then they lit a bonfire, and closely monitored the evil spirits.

There are witches and ghosts Halloween is so began. Today in some isolated regions in Europe and believe this to be true. Now in the whole of Europe, are treated as Halloween fun, tell ghost stories, and a chance to get to frighten each other. So people dont view the holiday just to praise autumn light, but to make it into a real "carnival". And facebook makeup is one of the traditional Halloween project.

万圣节前夜就是“圣夜”的意思。万圣夜已经变成一年中最流行和最受欢迎的节日之一，许多玩家都以极大的热情来庆祝这一节日。万圣夜在11月1日的前一夜，其实是赞美秋天的节日，就好像五朔节是赞美春天的节日一样。

西方很多民族都在万圣节前夜有庆典聚会，这又被叫做“All Hallow Een”、“The Eve of All Hallows”、“Hallow een”，或者“The eve of All SaintsDay”。最终约定俗成演变成了“Halloween”，中文意译成了万圣节之夜。在西方国家，每年的10月31日，有个“Halloween”，辞典解释为“The eve of All SaintsDay”，中文译作：“万圣节之夜”。万圣节是西方国家的传统节日。这一夜是一年中最“闹鬼”的一夜，所以也叫“鬼节”。华语地区常将万圣夜误称为万圣节。“Hallow”来源于中古英语halwen，与holy词源很接近，在苏格兰和加拿大的某些区域，万圣节仍然被称为“All Hallow Mas”，意思是在纪念所有的圣人(Hallow)那一天，要举行的弥撒仪式(Mass)。

古代高卢、不列颠和爱尔兰的祭司--德鲁伊德有一个赞美秋天的盛大节日，从万圣夜后午夜开始，直至次日11月1日持续整整一天。他们认为，在那天晚上他们伟大的死神--萨曼会把那年死去人的鬼魂统统召来，这些恶鬼要受到托生为畜类的惩罚。当然，只要想到这种鬼魅的聚会，就足以令当时那些头脑简单的愚民胆战心惊的了。于是他们点起冲天的篝火，并严密监视这些恶鬼。

万圣夜到处有女巫和鬼魂的说法就是这么开始的。至今在欧洲某些与世隔绝的地区还有人相信这是真的。如今在整个欧洲，人们都把万圣夜看作尽情玩闹、讲鬼故事和互相吓唬的好机会。于是人们不再把这节日仅仅用来赞美秋光，而是让它变成一场真正的“狂欢”。而脸谱化妆是万圣节传统节目之一。

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I’m very happy to be here with all of you. Thank you for giving me such a great opportunity to present myself.

Well, may name is 马可(此处可替换), and you can call me Michael if you like. I am from Hangzhou, China. It is a wonderful tourist city. If you have a chance to visit my hometown, I will be glad to show you around.

Well, today I’m here to fight for a chance to work in your company. You know, to be a part of you is a dream that has taken roots in my heart, because your company has a very good reputation, and I heard you offer great conditions for the right person. So that’s why I’m here.

Finally, I sincerely hope my dream could come true. And I will prove myself to be a valuable asset to your company. Thank you.

Halloween arrived, after a time, when I was a child, very funny, so Im looking forward to the arrival of Halloween.

Its Halloween, I have an appointment with a few good friends, dressed in their respective "spirits" go to someones home to sugar, at first we took the first plan; First to a "ghost frighten ghost", the "ghost" has seven or eight of us, we will pick some little ghost team to humiliate them, making, see we scare a again, we first sent the vampire looking for targets, found after he rushed up to scare them, we will also strengthen our own team, at the same time, until we can even have a "big team" ghost "bully" under our "brutal killings" has no one can with us in our region to "candy" we started the second step plan; Sugar, agghh! We rushed to the door said; Trick or give sugar! Soon, a middle-aged man, said to us with a smile; Candy to cough up! He said, then threw the candy back to, we immediately messy, gurgling sound into a.

Finally, we the "ghost" crumble, because candy things noisy over, finally also play up, dozen dozen, there will be some "calm" to persuade them not to play, also good, also can be carried out as normal and Halloween, we "loot" several again, is a happy, contented home several achievements!

万圣节终于来了，我小时候过了一次，非常的好玩，于是我期待着万圣节的到来。

万圣节到了，我和几个约好的朋友，穿着各自的”鬼服”去别人家去要糖，一开始我们采取了第一本计划;先来了个”鬼吓鬼”，我们的这个”鬼队”有七八人，我们就挑一些少的鬼队去欺负他们，吖啊，看我们又吓到一个，我们先派吸血鬼去寻找目标，发现后就冲上去吓他们，同时我们也会壮大自已的队伍，,直到我们连”大鬼队”都能”欺负”的时候，在我们的”野蛮杀戮” 下已经没有人能在我们这片区域来跟我们”抢糖果”了我们就开始第二步计划;要糖，啊啊啊啊!我们冲向一家门口说道;不给糖就捣乱!不一会，一位中年人出来，笑着对我们说;来糖果咯!说着便把糖果向后抛去，我们顿时乱作一团，咿呀之声响成一片。

最后，我们这个"鬼队"土崩瓦解，就因为糖果的事情吵得不可开交，最后还打起来了，打着打着，就会出现一些"平息人"来劝解他们不打了，还好，万圣节还能正常进行，我们又"打劫"了几家，就开开心心，心满意足的回到家里数成果!

Everybody has his own dream. Some dream of becoming an overnight millionaire,others hope to jump to fame at once. As for me, my dream is more realistic,to be a tourist guide. I know this is not a easy work for me to complete.However, I will go after it to the best of my ability.

For a start, I have to focus my attention to the classes.Thus I can have a good command of knowledge in tourism. Besides, I must take the National Examinatiion for Tourist Guide for a certificate. Moreover, I need to look through books or magazines to know more about places of interests.Last but not least, I have to take an interst in history or geography no matter how boresome I feel they are.

As a whole, a lot of things have to be done to realize my dream. But I take a positive attitude towards the way that lead to my dream. I believe with my dogged efforts and perseverance I can make it come true.

每个人都有他的梦想,有人梦想一夜暴富,有人希望立马成名.而我的梦想则更现实一些,就是成为一名导游.我知道完成此项工作并非易事.然而,我会尽一切努力去追寻我的梦

首先我必须专心听课,能够熟练地掌握旅游知识.此外,我得参加全国导游资格考试,获取导游证书.而且,我还需要浏览书本或杂志,更多地了解旅游胜地.最后,我要培养对历史、地理的兴趣无论觉得它们是多么的枯燥乏味.

总而言之,实现我的梦想还有很多事需要做.我对通往梦想之巅的路上持乐观心态.我相信凭我的坚持不懈的努力和毅力,我能实现我的梦想.

[简单英语作文我的梦想

万圣节(All Saints Day, All Hallows Day或Hallowmas) 是每年11月1日的欧美大节日。以下是小编带来的关于万圣节的英语资料大全，希望对你有帮助。

Halloween (or Halloween) is an annual holiday observed on October 31, which commonly includes activities such as trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving jack-o-lanterns, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films arevery happy.

Halloween (or Halloween) is an annual holiday observed on October 31, which commonly includes activities such as trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving jack-o-lanterns, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

History

Historian Nicholas Rogers, exploring the origins of Halloween, notes that while "some folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia, it is more typically linked to the Celtic festival of Samhain, whose original spelling was Samuin (pronounced sow-an or sow-in)".The name is derived from Old Irish and means roughly "summers end".Snap-Apple Night (1832) by Daniel Maclise.Depicts apple bobbing and divination games at a Halloween party in Blarney, Ireland.The name Halloween and many of its present-day traditions derive from the Old English era.

The word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even ("evening"), that is, the night before All Hallows Day.[4] Although the phrase All Hallows is found in Old English (ealra hālgena mæssedæg, mass-day of all saints), All-Hallows-Even is itself not attested until 1556.

11月1日 -- 万圣节 All Saints Day

11月2日 -- 墨西哥的鬼节 Day of Death

万圣节(All Saints Day, All Hallows Day或Hallowmas) 是每年11月1日的欧美大节日。

Halloween 是 All Hallows Eve 的缩写，万圣节前夜的意思，指10月31日的晚上。

For thousands of years people have been celebrating different holidays and festivals at the end of October. The Celts celebrated it as Samhain (pronounced “sow-in”, with “sow” rhyming with cow)。 The Irish English dictionary published by the Irish Texts Society defines the word as follows:

“Samhain, All Hallowtide, the feast of the dead in Pagan and Christian times, signalizing the close of harvest and the initiation of the winter season, lasting till May, during which troops (esp. the Fiann) were quartered. Faeries were imagined as particularly active at this season. From it the half year is reckoned. also called Feile Moingfinne (Snow Goddess)。(1) The Scottish Gaelis Dictionary defines it as ”Hallowtide. The Feast of All Soula. Sam + Fuin = end of summer.“(2) Contrary to the information published by many organizations, there is no archaeological or literary evidence to indicate that Samhain was a deity. The Celtic Gods of the dead were Gwynn ap Nudd for the British, and Arawn for the Welsh. The Irish did not have a ”lord of death“ as such.

The Celts believed that every year on the last day of October, the souls of the dead visited the earth.www.

When the Romans conquered the Celts in the first century A.D., they added parts of their festivals, Feralia and Pomona to the tradition. Feralia was a festival to honor the dead and Pomona was a harvest festival named after the goddess of fruit (apples) and trees.

Around the eigth century, the Christian church made November 1 All Saints Day to honor all of the saints that didnt have a special day of their own. Over the years these festivals combined, the mass held on All Saints Day was called Allhallowmas (the mass of all Hallows - saintly people)。 The night before was known as All Hallows Eve. Eventually this name became Halloween.

In the 1800s, as a lot of people emigrated to the U.S., the holidays and traditions of different cultures merged. Halloween was not always a happy time. October 31, or the night before took on other names. Some called it Devils or Hell night, to others it was mischief night. Here in Vermont, the night before is called cabbage night. To some people this became a time to play tricks on others. Some of these tricks were not fun at all. Luckily, community groups and individuals took action and started to change Halloween into a family event. Dressing up in costumes and going ”trick or treating“, costume parades, community parties and Fall festivals are some of the ways that Halloween is celebrated today.

Other countries have different Fall festivals to honor the deceased.

The Festival of the Dead is one of the most important happenings in both Palermo and the rest of Sicily. The second of November is a festival day for the children of Palermo as, according to tradition,they were made to believe that their dead relatives would return the night before and leave them traditional sweets and cakes on the table (Martorana fruit, which is almond paste made into the shape of different fruit)。 They would also receive puppets of boiled sugar and toys. Its one way of keeping the memory of their dead relatives and loved ones alive.

一年中最”闹鬼“的这天夜里，各种妖魔鬼怪、 海盗、 外星来客和巫婆们纷纷出动。在基督纪元以前，凯尔特人在夏未举行仪式感激上苍和太阳的恩惠。

当时的占卜者点燃并施巫术以驱赶据说在四周游荡的妖魔怪。后来，罗马人用果仁和苹果来庆祝的丰收节与凯尔特人的10月31日溶合了。

在中世纪，人们穿上动物造型的服饰、 戴上可怕的面具是想在万圣节前夜驱赶黑夜中的鬼怪。尽管後来基督教代替了凯尔特和罗马的宗教活动，早期的习俗还是保留下来了。现在，孩子们带着开玩笑的心理穿戴上各种服饰和面具参加万圣节舞会，这些舞会四周的墙上往往悬挂着用纸糊的巫婆、 黑猫、 鬼怪和尸骨，窗前和门口则吊着龇牙裂嘴或是面目可憎的南瓜灯笼。孩子们还常常试图咬住悬挂着的苹果。

美国和加拿大的孩子们在这天穿戴上古怪的服饰去按邻居家的门铃，并按传统发出”是款待我还是要我耍花招“的威胁。邻居们不管是否被吓着，总是准备了一些糖果、 苹果等点心，孩子们则一一收入自己的袋内。

万圣节其实不是基督教的节日。2500年前，爱尔兰的凯尔特人(Celts)以10月31日为一年的最後一日，11月1日是新一年的开始，也象徵冬天的来临。

凯尔特人相信死亡之神Samhain在10月31日的晚上会和鬼魂一起重返人间，寻找替身。因此他们燃点火炬，焚烧动物以作为死亡之神的献礼。还会用动物的头或皮毛做成的服饰打扮自己，发出古怪的声音，使死亡之神认不出自己，避过灾难。这就是今天万圣节化妆舞会的由来。过了当晚，鬼魂回到阴间，一切回复平静。

基督教兴起，教徒沿袭万圣节传统，万圣节的意义慢慢改为纪念为献身於神而死亡的人(holies)。

附带一提，11月2日是墨西哥的鬼节(Los Dias de los Muertos, Day of the Dead)。当天家家户户都烘烤动物造型的面包和煮鸡肉等食物，并在供桌上面放置玩具，以期待早逝的孩童们回到家中玩耍。也可以陈列鲜花、 水果、 照片和彩绘的骷髅头，接待仙逝长辈。

墨西哥人认为，鬼魂和人一样需要及时行乐，所以鬼节宛若一场嘉年华会，人们带着面具到处游走，吃骷髅形状的糖，面包上还装饰有鬼的形像。黄昏时刻，全家人一起到墓园清理墓地，妇女们或跪或坐整夜祈祷，男人们交谈或唱歌，在子夜中烛光忽闪忽灭充满了整个墓园，游唱歌者为已逝亡者的灵魂高歌吟唱。

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Every November 1 is the western traditional "ghost festival" -- Halloween. Halloween is on October 31. Often called Halloween. But the mood of the day far dont let a person sounds like its name is "creeps". When Halloween came, the children cant wait to wear colorful costumes, wearing strange masks, carrying a lamp that "jack-o-lanterns" go home channeling households and adults for holiday gifts. The most visible symbol of Halloween is what both - fantastic "jack light" and "performing magic or candies" prank.

"Jack light" looks very cute, very simple also. Will be hollowed pumpkin, and then on the outside to the smiling eyes and a big mouth, and then in the melon with a candle, lit it, people in the far away place to see the smiling face of materials. This is the childrens favorite plaything.

Halloween concentrates primarily on the table, however, you should be ready to food to serve those who come to rock the boat "kid", even more in this special holiday table something up for you. Dont let your guests think you oh!

A year the most "haunted" night, all kinds of monsters, pirates, alien visitors and witches are set off. Before the Christian era, the celtics at a ceremony in summer not grateful to god and the grace of the sun. At the time of Nostradamus lit and sorcery to ward off evil monster is said to be wandering around. The Romans later with nuts and apples to celebrate the harvest festival on October 31, amalgamation with Celtic. In the middle ages, people put on the animal model of clothes, put on scary masks to on Halloween drive away the ghost in the dark night. Although later Christian replaces the Celtic and Roman religion, the custom of the early still preserved. Now, the children with serious psychological wear various costumes and masks for Halloween party, the ball often hung on the wall around the paper covering the witches, black cats, ghosts and skeletons, out of the window and the door was hanging grin crack mouth or repulsive-looking pumpkin lanterns. The children also hanging often try to bite the apple.

每年的11月01日是西方传统的“鬼节”——万圣节。10月31日是万圣节前夕.通常叫做万圣节前夜.不过这一天的气氛却远不像它的名称那样让人听上去就“毛骨悚然”。每当万圣节到来，孩子们都会迫不及待地穿上五颜六色的化妆服，戴上千奇百怪的面具，提着一盏“杰克灯”走家窜户，向大人们索要节日的礼物。万圣节最广为人知的象征也正是这两样——奇异的“杰克灯”和“表演魔术或者给糖果”的恶作剧。

“杰克灯”的样子十分可爱，做法也极为简单。将南瓜掏空，然后在外面刻上笑眯眯的眼睛和大嘴巴，再在瓜中插上一支蜡烛，把它点燃，人们在很远的地方便能看到这张憨态可掬的笑脸。这可是孩子们最喜欢的玩物了。

然而万圣节的重头戏还是在餐桌上，你既要准备好美食来招待那些前来捣乱的“小鬼”，更要在这个特别的节日为你的餐桌装扮一番。千万不要让你的客人们小瞧了你哦!

一年中最“闹鬼”这天夜里，各种妖魔鬼怪、海盗、外星来客和巫婆们纷纷出动。在基督纪元以前，凯尔特人在夏未举行仪式感激上苍和太阳的恩惠。当时的占卜者点燃并施巫术以驱赶据说在四周游荡的妖魔怪。后来罗马人用果仁和苹果来庆祝的丰收节与凯尔特人的10月31日溶合了。在中世纪，人们穿上动物造型的服饰、戴上可怕的面具是想在万圣节前夜驱赶黑夜中的鬼怪。尽管后来基督教代替了凯尔特和罗马的宗教活动，早期的习俗还是保留下来了。现在，孩子们带着开玩笑的心理穿戴上各种服饰和面具参加万圣节舞会，这些舞会四周的墙上往往悬挂着用纸糊的巫婆、黑猫、鬼怪和尸骨，窗前和门口则吊着龇牙裂嘴或是面目可憎的南瓜灯笼。孩子们还常常试图咬住悬挂着的苹果。

Dear teachers, students are good:

My name is Xiao Ming, is a confident, cheerful, friendly and active girl, I have widespread interest hobby, piano, reading, playing chess, listening to the story, to host performances and also has a strong interest in, hosted by my kindergarten graduation performance, first prize in a good result.

Mom and Dad, the kindergarten teachers careful cultivation, I have become a qualified primary school students, in the next six years to learn life, can and dear teachers, the students become the best friends! We all together happy to learn, happy to grow!

Thank you!

亲爱的老师，同学们好：

我叫小明，是一个自信，开朗，友好，积极向上的小女孩，我有着广泛的兴趣爱好，弹琴、看书、下棋、听故事，也对主持和表演也有着浓厚的兴趣，由我主持的幼儿园毕业演出，获得了一等奖第一名的好成绩。

在爸爸妈妈，幼儿园老师的精心培育下，我已成为一名合格的小学生，希望在今后六年的学习生活中，能和亲爱的老师，同学们成为最好的朋友！我们大家一起快乐地学习，快乐地成长!

谢谢大家！

一个完整的英语句子，单词的数量最好不要超过20个，否则的话，句子偏长，听话人的注意力有可能不集中，漏听一、两个单词，从而影响对整个句子的理解。为了避免句子冗长，通常采取两种办法：一种是将一个长句子划分为几个短句子，每个短句子之间有语气上的停顿，让听话人有间歇的感觉;另外一种则是简化句子的单词构成，用一些简单的单词，代替一些复杂的单词。下面给各位介绍三种常用的简化方法：

第一种方法是用一个单词代替一组意义相同的单词，比如：

用forget(忘记)代替do not remember(没有记住)

用ignore(忽视)代替do not pay attention to(不注意)

用now(现在)代替at this point in time(此时此刻)

用because(由于)代替due to the fact that(鉴于下列事实)

第二种方法是省略同义词或近义词，比如在下面例句中，形容词important(重要的)和significant(有重要意义的)，就是两个同义词(也可以说是近义词)，我们可以省略important，只保留significant。

The government project is important and significant.(这项政府计划是重要的，有重要意义。)

The government project is significant.(这项政府计划有重要意义。)

第三种方法是在不改变句子含义的前提下，省略所有可以省略的单词，比如在下面例句中，the cover of the book(书的封面)可以省略成the book cover，is red in color(是红色的)可以省略成is red。

The cover of the book is red in color.(书的封面是红色的)

The book cover is red.(书的封面是红色的)

最后我们把这三种方法结合起来，将一个冗长、绕嘴的句子，改写成一个简短、易懂的句子。

University malls must be accessible and free from congestion in order that students, faculty and employees may have unobstructed passage through those areas of the campus.(校内道路必须是便于通行的，不拥堵的，以便让学生、教师和职员能够无阻碍地通过，到达校园的各处。)

University malls must be free enough from congestion to allow people to walk through easily.(校内道路不应当拥堵，以便人们顺利通行。)

Afternoon I will direct all what I thinkHalloweencan use props from the school. A class I was desperately trying to write my homework, to be able to a blunt go to sm school! Gods love for me, I really put all my homework has been finished in school! We put on a variety of masks, wear colorful clothes, go to the school to participate in the activities.

When you get there, the foreign language teacher came in, like a ghost, he was dressed in white clothes, covered with white powder on her face. Foreign language teacher came like a beast and frighten us around shot. Foreign language teacher see we scare "ha ha" laugh. Foreign language teacher also put the dishes for us. When I was to see with relish, foreign language teacher ran behind me shouted "ah..." Scared me pale.

In the afternoon, the foreign language teacher introduced to us two people, one is Emily, and she dress up like a little witch. And theres a white than, he dressed up like a little doctor in our. They took out a big bag of sugar, spilled the, candy like rain falling down, we rushed to grab candy at lightning speed.

How time flies, then suddenly after school, the dress with pockets, I thought to myself, its Halloween be elated.

下午我就直接把我自认为万圣节能用得上的道具全部带来了学校。一下课我就拼命地写作业，为的就是能够一放学就冲去sm!上帝对我厚爱有加，我果然把全部作业都在学校完成了!我们戴上各式各样的面具，穿上五彩缤纷的衣裳，去学校参加活动。

到了那里，外语老师像幽灵一样地走进来，他穿着洁白无瑕的衣裳，脸上涂着白粉。外语老师像野兽一样地扑来，吓得我们四处乱蹿。外语老师见我们吓成这样不禁“哈哈”大笑。外语老师还放碟子给我们看。我正看得津津有味时，外语老师跑到我身后大叫一声“啊……”吓得我面无人色。

到了下午，外语老师给我们介绍了两个人，一个是米丽，她打扮得像个小巫婆。还有一个是白比，他打扮得像个小博士。他俩拿出一大袋糖，洒了儿把，糖果像雨点一样地落下来，我们以闪电般地速度冲过去抢糖。

时光过得真快，一转眼就放学了，看着装得满满的口袋，我心想：这可是心花怒放的万圣节啊。

Halloween

Halloween always falls on 31 October. It’s a holiday for children. On that day, children always wear fancy clothes and masks. And then, they go from house to house to say “Trick or Treat”, so that people will treat them with candies. If they don’t receive any candies, they’ll play a trick on people. But sometimes if the people are going out, when the children come, they’ll put the candies in a carved pumpkin lanterns. Children will take the candies themselves. All of the children enjoy this holiday very much.

万圣节总是在10月31日。这是一个属于孩子们的节日。在那天，孩子们总是穿奇装异服而且带上面具。然后，他们会挨家挨户地说“不招待就使坏”，所以人们都会用糖果招待他们。如果他们不接受糖果，他们就会对人们恶作剧。但有时，如果人们外出了，而孩子们来了，他们会把糖果放在雕刻好的南瓜灯笼里。孩子们会自己拿糖果。所有的孩子都很享受这个节日。

My good friend is XX.She’s a girl(or boy).She is my classmate.

Mei is tall and thin.She has two big eyes and long hair.She likes listening to music and reading books.Sometimes we listen to music together.She likes summer.Because she can swim in the summer holiday.She likes pink and white.She is in Class Four,Grade Six with me.She usually goes to school by motor cycle.Sometimes she goes to school on foot.We often go shopping together on the weekend.

We will be good friends forever.

我的好朋友

我的好朋友是XX。她是一个女孩（或男孩）。她是我的同学。

梅是又高又瘦。她有一双大眼睛和长长的头发。她喜欢听音乐和看书。有时我们一起听音乐。她喜欢夏天。因为她可以在暑假游泳。她喜欢粉红色和白色的。她在四班，六年级的我。她通常是骑摩托车上学。有时她步行上学。我们经常在周末一起去购物。

我们永远是好朋友。

[简单英语作文我的朋友

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on October 31. By tradition, Halloween begins after sunset.

万圣节前夜是在10月31日庆祝的一个节日，根据传统，万圣节前夜的庆祝活动从太阳落山开始。

Long ago, people believed that witches gathered together and ghosts roamed the world on Halloween.

在很久以前，人们相信在万圣节前夜女巫会聚集在一起，鬼魂在四处游荡。

Today, most people no longer believe in ghosts and witches. But these supernatural beings are still a part of Halloween.

现在，大多数人们不再相信有鬼魂和女巫的存在了，但是他们仍然把这些作为万圣节前夜的一部分。

The colors black and orange are also a part of Halloween. Black is a symbol for night and orange is the color of pumpkins.

黑色和橙色仍然是万圣节前夜的一部分，黑色是夜晚的象征，而橙色代表着南瓜。

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.

南瓜灯是用雕刻成脸型，中间挖空，再插上蜡烛的南瓜做成的，带来一个毛骨悚然的灼热面孔。

Dressing up in costumes is one of the most popular Halloween customs, especially among children.

盛装是最受欢迎的万圣节风俗之一，尤其是受孩子们的欢迎。

According to tradition, people would dress up in costumes (wear special clothing, masks or disguises) to frighten the spirits away.

按照传统习俗，人们会盛装(穿戴一些特殊的服饰，面具或者装饰)来吓跑鬼魂。

Popular Halloween costumes include vampires (creatures that drink blood), ghosts (spirits of the dead) and were wolves (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)和werewolves(每当月圆时就变成狼形的人)。

Trick or Treating is a modern Halloween custom where children go from house to house dressed in costume, asking for treats like candy or toys. 欺骗或攻击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。

If they dont get any treats, they might play a trick (mischief or prank) on the owners of the house.

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 Jack o Lantern comes from a folktale about a man named Jack who tricked the devil and had to wander the Earth with a lantern.

南瓜灯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。

The Jack o Lantern is made by placing a candle inside a hollowed-out pumpkin, which is carved to look like a face.

南瓜灯是用雕刻成脸型，中间挖空，再插上蜡烛的南瓜做成的。

There are many other superstitions associated with Halloween. A superstition is an irrational idea, like believing that the number 13 is unlucky!

和万圣节有关的迷信还有很多。迷信是一种不合常理的想法，比如认为13是不吉利的数字!

Halloween is also associated with supernatural creatures like ghosts and vampires.

万圣节还和一些诸如鬼魂和吸血鬼之类的超自然的生物有关。

These creatures are not part of the natural world.

这些生物不是自然界的一部分。

They dont really exist... or do they?

他们实际上是不存在的......或许他们其实真的存在?

Witches are popular Halloween characters that are thought to have magical powers.

女巫是万圣节很受欢迎的人物，人们认为她们具有强大的魔力。

They usually wear pointed hats and fly around on broomsticks.

他们通常戴着尖顶的帽子，骑在扫把上飞来飞去。

Bad omens are also part of Halloween celebrations.恶兆也是万圣节庆祝活动的一部分。

A bad omen is something that is believed to bring bad luck, like black cats, spiders or bats.

人们相信恶兆会带给坏运气，黑猫、蜘蛛或者蝙蝠都算是恶兆。

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