新视野大学英语视听说教程 3 Unit 9-9

MODEL 3   Don't let ghosts frighten you on Halloween
Script
Susan: Hey Kim! Are you okay? You seem badly shaken. Where did you go'?
Kim:  Just to the corner, but I'm frightened out of my wits, scared silly, terrified.
Susan: What happened? You said you were only going to the store for a coke.
Kim:  People in funny costumes and masks everywhere! Some in tall, pointed¹ hats.
Susan: It's October 31 st, Halloween, the day for dressing² like witches and ghosts.                                                                                             
Kim:  In the store  window is a big vegetable with a carved face and candle inside.
Susan: It's a pumpkin³. A face and a candle burning inside make it a Jack⁴ o' Lantern.
Kim:  A crowd of children followed me shouting, "Tickle⁵ your feet." Imagine!
Susan: No, they said, "Trick or Treat?" They were hoping you'd give them candy.
Kim:  Welt, it's a funny kind of holiday. What's it called? Halloween?
Susan: Yeah, it's one of the oldest holidays in the West. Today it's mostly for children.
Kim:  I myself would never dress like a ghost and shout, "Tickle your feet."

1 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

2 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

3 pumpkin   

n.南瓜

参考例句：

• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你！

4 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

5 tickle   

v.搔痒，胳肢；使高兴；发痒；n.搔痒，发痒

参考例句：

• Wilson was feeling restless. There was a tickle in his throat.威尔逊只觉得心神不定。嗓子眼里有些发痒。
• I am tickle pink at the news.听到这消息我高兴得要命。