万圣节翻译.pptVIP

* Public schools across the country are cancelling?Halloween?celebrations over issues ranging from candy corn to concerns that Americans are forcing their holiday traditions on new immigrants and many parents are angered by what they are calling political correctness. 全美多所公立学校将取消万圣节的庆祝活动，理由包括不要让孩子们吃太多玉米糖，以及担心美国人把假期传统强加给新移民。他们所谓的“政治正确性”激怒了很多家长。 Ghosts and?goblins?are more than?Halloweendecorations or costumes for many Americans who confessed they believe in the supernatural and returning from the grave. 对很多美国人来说，鬼怪和妖精可不仅仅出现在万圣节的装扮或服饰上，他们坦承自己相信超自然灵异事件和鬼魂现世。 Thirty-seven percent of 2,100 adults questioned in a Zogby Interactive poll said they think ghosts are real, and 23 percent believe they have been visited by a deceased relative or friend. 民调机构佐格比互动针对2100位成年人开展了此项调查，其中37%的受访者表示自己相信世间确有鬼魂，另有23%的受访者称已故亲友曾经回来探访。 Halloween is a bad time of year for black cats, with their long-standing connections with witches,hubble-bubble?and evil. 对于黑猫来说，万圣节是一年中最“悲惨”的日子。一直以来，人们都将它们与巫婆、喧闹以及邪恶联系在一起。 Historians differ about the origins of the superstitions. Some point to the ancient Celts, some to?folklore tales that liken cats to snakes and cast them as the constant companions of witches, others to a Medieval belief that they caused the?black plague in Europe. 历史学家对这些迷信说法的起源看法各异。有些人认为这源于古凯尔特人，有些人则认为这与把黑猫比作蛇，总将黑猫与巫婆扯在一起的民间传说有关，还有一些人认为这源于中世纪时期的一种有关黑猫在欧洲引发鼠疫的说法。 *