英语万圣节作文，描绘节日氛围。鬼怪与糖果，文化碰撞。学生用笔描绘，感受不同文化魅力。
英语万圣节作文 篇1
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 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 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 children's fun night.halloween celebrations would start in october in every elementary school.
中文翻译：
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.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：各种各样桔红色的南瓜灯.
英语万圣节作文 篇2
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.
英语万圣节作文 篇3
halloween (or hallowe'en) 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 hallowe'en) 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 "summer's 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 mssedg, 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 hallow's 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.
英语万圣节作文 篇4
on october 31st, dozens of children dressed in costumes(节日服装)knock on their neighbors’ doors and yell "trick or treat" when the door opens. pirates and princesses, ghosts and popular heroes of the day all hold bags open to catch the candy or other goodies that the neighbors drop in. as they give each child a treat the neighbors exclaim over the costumes and try to guess who is under the masks.
since the 800’s november 1st is a religious holiday known as all saints’ day(万圣节). the mass that was said on this day was called allhallowmas. the evening before became known as all hakkiw e’en, or halloween. like some other american celebrations, its origins lie in both pre-christian and christian customs.
october 31 st was the eve of the celtic(凯尔特人的)new year. the celts were the ancestors of the present-day irish, welsh and scottish people. on this day ghosts walked and mingled with the living, or so the celts thought. the townspeople baked food all that day and when night fell they dressed up and tried to resemble the souls of the dead. hoping that the ghosts would leave peacefully before midnight of the new year.
much later, when christianity spread throughout ireland and october 31 was no longer the last day of the year, halloween became a celebration mostly for children. "ghosts" went from door to door asking for treats, or else a trick would be played on the owners of the house. when millions of irish people immigrated to the united states in the 1840s the tradition came with them.
today’ school dances and neighborhood parties called "block parties" are popular among young and old alike. more and more adults celebrate halloween. they dress up like historical or political figures and go to mmasquerade parties(化妆舞会). in larger cities, costumed children and their parents gather at shopping malls early in the evening. stores and businesses give parties with games and treats for the children.
teenagers enjoy costume dances at their schools and the more outrageous the costume the better!
certain pranks(恶作剧)such as soaping car windows and tipping over garbage cans are expected. but partying and pranks are not the only things that halloweeners enjoy doing. some collect money to buy food and medicine for needy children around the world.
symbols of halloween
halloween originated as a celebration connected with evil spirits. witches flying on broomsticks with black cats, ghosts, goblins(小精灵)and skeletons have all evolved as symbols of halloween. they are popular trick-or-treat costumes and decorations for greeting cards and windows. black is one of the traditional halloween colors, probably because halloween festivals and traditions took place at night. in the weeks before october 31, americans decorate windows of houses and schools with silhouettes(轮廓)of witches and black cats.
pumpkins are also a symbol of halloween. the pumpkin is an orange-colored squash, and orange has become the other traditional halloween color. carving pumpkins into jack- o’lanterns is a halloween custom also dating back to ireland. a legend grew up about a man named jack who was so stingy(吝啬的)that he was not allowed into heaven when he died, because he was a miser(吝啬鬼). he couldn’t enter hell either because he had played jokes on the devil. as a result, jack had to walk the earth with his lantern until judgement day(审判日). the irish people carved scary faces out of turnips(芜菁根), beets(甜菜根)or potatoes representing "jack of the lantern," or jack-o’lantern. when the irish brought their customs to the united states, they carved faces on pumpkins because in the autumn they were more plentiful than turnips. today jack-o’-lanterns in the windows of a house on halloween night let costumed children know that there are goodies(糖果)waiting if they knock and say "trick or treat!"
英语万圣节作文 篇5
children in costumes race from house to house asking for treats. a carved pumpkin， called a jack-o'-lantern， grins from a porch as the children pass. according to legend， jack-o'-lanterns protect people in their homes from ghostly spirits.
it's all part of the fun on halloween！ the roots of halloween stretch back thousands of years and borrow customs from several parts of the world.
what is halloween？
halloween is a holiday celebrated on october 31. by tradition， halloween begins after sunset. long ago， people believed that witches gathered together and ghosts roamed the world on halloween. today， most people no longer believe in ghosts and witches. but these supernatural beings are still a part of halloween.
the colors black and orange are also a part of halloween. black is a symbol for night and orange is the color of pumpkins. 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.
dressing in costumes
dressing in masks and costumes is a popular halloween activity. costumes can be traditional and scary， such as a witch's pointy hat and black gown. costumes may also have a modern flavor. many children dress up as movie characters or a favorite superhero.
but halloween is not just for children. many adults enjoy showing off their costumes at halloween parties！
trick-or-treating
once in costume， children go from house to house saying "trick or treat！" in the past， children might play a "trick" on people who did not give treats. they might pelt houses with eggs or old tomatoes， or play other pranks. today， children's cries of "trick or treat！" are usually rewarded with candy.
how halloween got started
one of the oldest halloween traditions comes from the ancient celts， who lived in western and central europe long ago. the celts celebrated a holiday called samhain on october 31. after sunset that day， people believed that spirits of the dead would rise and walk the earth. the celts made offerings of food and drink to keep the spirits away.
beginning about 2，000 years ago， the roman empire conquered many celtic peoples. but celtic traditions， including samhain， remained strong in areas such as ireland and scotland， even after the roman conquest.
the roman catholic church tried to replace samhain in 835 with all saints' day， a day to honor saints of the church. the eve of all saints' day is october 31. it is called allhallows or hallowmas by the church.
how did halloween come to america？
halloween first came to america with early settlers from celtic areas in europe， such as ireland and scotland. but other american settlers with strict religious beliefs， including the puritans from england， rejected halloween. the arrival of many irish immigrants during the 1800s helped spread halloween's popularity.
but by the late 1800s， fewer people believed in ancient superstitions of ghosts and witches. halloween became more a holiday for children to receive treats and dress in costume