新视野大学英语视听说 Unit 10-4

Task 3: Halloween
Some people really enjoy Christmas, or Valentine’s Day, or Easter, or have a huge family reunion
or barbecue on the Fourth of July. Some people look forward to stuffing¹ themselves with turkey
every year on Thanksgiving. Great as those are, they don’t compare with my favorite. I LOVE
Halloween! Why Halloween? Well, Halloween is the night of the year when we can all get dressed
up as someone else, pretend² and let our imaginations run wild. Even adults get a free pass to go
back to their childhood and become that kid still inside all of us. It’s also the one night of the year
when we get to shine light on the dark, and confront³ monsters, ghosts, witches⁴, and all things
dead. We get to confront our biggest fears, as both children and adults, and reassure⁵ ourselves that
there’s really no reason to be afraid of things we see at night.
Christmas     Thanksgiving      dressed      imaginations      adults      childhood
shine         confront          dead        reassure          at night
 

1 stuffing   

n.填充物vt.填充(stuff的现在分词)

参考例句：

• We had a chicken and stuffing, and new potatoes from the garden. 我们吃了只百宝鸡，还有园子里种的新鲜马铃薯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She had already mixed the stuffing for the dumplings. 她已经把饺子馅和好了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 pretend   

vt.假装，假托，装扮；vi.假装，装作

参考例句：

• So you don't need to pretend,do you?所以你不必装假了，对吧？
• Many people pretend that they understand modern art.许多人装着自己懂得现代艺术。

3 confront   

vt.遭遇，勇敢地面对，正视，使对质

参考例句：

• A soldier has to confront danger.士兵须面对危险。
• We must confront future with optimism.我们必须乐观地面对未来。

4 witches   

n.女巫，巫婆( witch的名词复数 )；讨人嫌的丑女人v.女巫，巫婆( witch的第三人称单数 )；讨人嫌的丑女人

参考例句：

• Witches used to be burned at the stake. 巫婆过去要被处以火刑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Witches ain't got no power in the daytime." 巫婆白天是没有法力的。” 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

5 reassure   

v.使放心，使消除疑虑

参考例句：

• This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
• The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。