2023年【零基础学英语到可以对话需要多久】ABC基础英语对话：万圣节 Halloween.docx

2023年【零基础学英语到可以对话需要多久】ABC基础英语对话：万圣节 Halloweenbrian: the weather is just so great today! do you have a right idea for what we can do? dario: you're so right, brian! the day is too good to waste sitting indoors. brian: let's go down to the supermarket, get some food and go and sit in the park and practice our english. dario: sounds like a great idea. only one small problem, though. brian: what's that? dario: no cash! no mean-green! no bills! brian: that's actually not a small problem, dario! dario: maybe we can just go and sit in the park and chat anyway? brian: sounds fine to me, but i know i will get hungry later. dario: we will cross that bridge when we come to it brian. 布莱恩：今天的天气就是好！我们能去做什么，你有什么好主意吗？ 达里奥：你说的对极了！这样的天坐在屋里太浪费了。 布莱恩：我们去超市吧，买点吃的，然后去公园里坐着练习英语。 达里奥：听起来像是个很棒的主意。不过有个小问题。 布莱恩：什么问题！ 达里奥：没有现金！没有绿票子！没有钱！ 布莱恩：实际上那不是个小问题，达里奥！ 达里奥：不管怎样，也许我们可以只去公园里坐坐，聊聊天？ 布莱恩：我没意见，不过我知道过会儿我会饿的。 达里奥：船到桥头自然直，布莱恩。 new words 生词 1) trick-or-treat: children dress up in costumes and knock on their neighbors' doors asking for candy 要恶作剧还是给糖果，不给就闹：孩子们穿上化装服去敲邻居家的门索要糖果（的用语） i ate so much candy after i went trick-or-treating that i was sick for a week. 我去搞trick-or-treat之后吃的糖太多了，病了一个礼拜。 2) jack-o-lantern: a hollowed-out pumpkin with a candle inside 杰克灯，南瓜灯：将南瓜掏空，内插一支小腊烛 we all sat around the table with our pumpkins and made jack-o-lanterns for the halloween. 我们所有人围着放有南瓜的桌子坐，为万圣节做杰克灯。 3) celtic: people from scotland, ireland, wales or cornwall 凯尔特人：苏格兰人、爱尔兰人、威尔士人或康沃尔人 the celts are famous for their hard-drinking and football skills. 凯尔特人以喝烈酒和擅长踢足球而出名。 lesson: 课文 halloween is an annual celebration, but just what is it actually a celebration of? and how did this peculiar custom originate? is it, as some claim, a kind of demon worship? or is it just a harmless vestige of some ancient pagan ritual? 万圣节是一年一度的庆祝活动，不过它究竟是在庆祝什么呢？而且，这种奇特的习俗又是怎么开始的呢？它是否，正如某些人所说的，是对鬼怪的一种崇拜？或者只是古代某些异教徒（举行宗教）仪式遗留下来的一种无害的风俗？ 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.