【话匣子英语】万圣节的乐趣

 万圣节就快要到了，哈皮和毛拉的万圣节，他们是怎么过的呢，穿着奇异的服装，去邻居家里要糖果，是不是很有趣呢？

Harp¹: So, Halloween is celebrated² on October thirty first (31st). Always the same day regardless of what day it is in the week.

 

Maura: Yeah, the last day of October. It’s become a pretty international holiday. I wonder if anyone out there celebrates Halloween.

 

Harp: Yeah and maybe people do things a little bit differently.

 

Maura: Yeah, the costumes are usually part of it or the ghosts and witches and scariness.

 

Harp: Maybe there’s different games you play. Write us! Tell us how you do it! So let’s talk about North American Halloween. What was your favourite part of Halloween?

 

Maura: Well, to be honest, when I was a kid my favourite part definitely had to be the candy.

 

Harp: Yes. So how do you get candy for Halloween?

 

Maura: Well, you have to dress up in a costume. You can choose whatever you like, could be something scary, like a witch or a ghost, but you can be a princess, or when I was a kid I was a punk in the eighties, you, know for probably five years in a row I dressed up as a punk, you know, fluorescent³ clothes, crazy spiked⁴ hair.

 

Harp: Yeah, I know, I know what you are saying. I think most people use the same costume more than one time.

 

Maura: What did you used to dress up as?

 

Harp: My best costume was when I was a TV. It was awesome⁵. I got this cardboard box and I cut out a piece for my head and then I put tin foil on the front and I had little antennas⁶ coming from my head. I think I have a picture that maybe I’ll put on the website.

 

Maura: Nice!

 

Harp: It was the best costume!

 

Maura : Awesome!

 

Harp : Yeah it was very difficult to wear but it was awesome.

 

Maura: So you get dressed up in any costume you want and then you walk around in your neighbourhood going to every door, ringing the doorbell and then you say…

 

Maura and Harp: TRICK OR TREAT!

 

Harp: Are we going to do the whole song?

 

Maura: There is a song that we can sing and we will sing it for you. Are you ready?

1 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

2 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

3 fluorescent   

adj.荧光的，发出荧光的

参考例句：

• They observed the deflections of the particles by allowing them to fall on a fluorescent screen.他们让粒子落在荧光屏上以观察他们的偏移。
• This fluorescent lighting certainly gives the food a peculiar color.这萤光灯当然增添了食物特别的色彩。

4 spiked   

adj.有穗的；成锥形的；有尖顶的

参考例句：

• The editor spiked the story. 编辑删去了这篇报道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They wondered whether their drinks had been spiked. 他们有些疑惑自己的饮料里是否被偷偷搀了烈性酒。 来自辞典例句

5 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

6 antennas   

[生] 触角，触须（antenna的复数形式）

参考例句：

• Marconi tied several antennas to kites. 马可尼在风筝上系了几根天线。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Radio astronomy today is armed with the largest antennas in the world. 射电天文学拥有世界上最大的天线。