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?1.Halloween Halloween?is?a?strange?holiday.?It?started?several centuries?ago?in?Europe. It?began?as?“Hallow?Evening”meaning?“holy?night”.?At?that?time?November?1st? wascalled?“All?Saints?Day”?and?people?honoured?all?thesaints?who?did?not?have? their?own?special?day.?Peoplebelieved?that?October?31st?was?the?time?when?all the evil?spirits?were?supposed?to?be?active.?So?peoplewould?play?all?sorts?of? pranks?on?each?other. Now?Halloween?has?evolved?to?a?childrens?holiday.Small?children?go? Trick-or-Treating”.?They?wear?costumes,?knock?on?doors,?and?yell, Trick?or Treat”.People?almost?always?choose?to?give?them?candy?as?a?treat,?instead?of? opting?to?receive a?trick?from?the?children. The?trick?might?be?something?like,“Ill?spill?all?the?trash?out?of?your?trash?can? if?you?dont?giveme?a?treat,”Halloween?is?great?fun?for?children?today.They?dress?up?as?ghosts,witches,or?frighteningDracula.Adults?sometimes?trick?or?treat” ?their?friends?too.Usually?that?means?the?“treat”?will?bea?glass?of?wine?or? cosmetics. 万圣节 万圣节是一个奇异的节日，它起源于几个世纪前的欧洲。刚开始的时候，它叫做“神圣夜”，意思是“神圣的夜晚”。那时，十一月一日被称为“万圣日”，在那天人们纪念所有没有特定纪念日的圣人。人们相信十月三十一日所有邪恶的精灵都会出来活动，所以人们互相玩恶作剧。现在万圣节已经演变成为一个儿童的节日。小孩子玩“不请客就捣乱”的游戏，他们穿着特殊的服装，敲门，然后大喊，“不请客就捣乱。”人们总是选择请他们吃糖果，而不是接受孩子们的恶作剧。恶作剧有可能是这样玩的，“如果你不请客，我就把你的垃圾都从垃圾筒里倒出来。”如今万圣节给孩子们带来很大的乐趣。他们装扮成鬼、巫婆或者可怕的吸血鬼。成年人有时也和他们的朋友玩“不请客就捣乱”的游戏。这时请客的东西经常是一杯酒或是化妆品。 ?The?Indian?Who?Could?Foretell?the Weather Two?men?were?traveling?in?a?wild?and?lonely?part?ofAmerica.For?days?they?had? not?even?seen?a?house,only?a?few?huts?made?of?wood,?or?tents?made?of skins. Then?one?day?they?met?an?old?Indian?whoearned?his?living?by?trapping?animals? for?theirfur.They?found?that?he?knew?their?language?and?theyhad?a?little? conversation?with?him.One?of?themasked?him?if?he?could?tell?them?what?the? weather would?be?like?within?the?next?few?days.Oh?yes,”?he?said. “Rain?is?coming,?and?wind.?Then?there?will?be?snow?for?two?days,?but?after that ?there?will?be?bright?sunshine.”Isnt?that?wonderful?”?said?