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美联英语提供：美联英语：万圣节冷知识盘点小编给你一个美联英语官方试听课申请链接：/?tid=16-73374-0万圣节除了party，还有吃不完的糖果!这几年国内不少朋友都开始纷纷参加各种万圣节变装晚会，也有朋友互相赠送糖果巧克力。不过，除了糖和party，万圣节其实也是个历史很悠久的节日了，关于这个有点欢乐的节日，有哪些你不知道的冷知识呢?　　1.是不是bad luck，黑猫自己都不懂了　　Black cats still grace many Halloween decorations. Although nowadays, in most parts of the UK, people think it’s actually good luck for a black cat to cross your path, and it’s really ancient to say that black cats are symbols of bad luck. But far back in the Dark Ages, when witch hunts were still commonplace, solitary women are often accused of witchcraft, and their most common partners, pet cats were said to be given by the devil. Another version of the medieval myth told that Satan turned himself into a cat when socializing with witches. So out of nowhere, black cats became bad luck. Fortunately, through centuries, those poor little things probably don’t even care about it.　　黑猫元素现在依然是万圣节装饰的大热门。虽然现在我们说起黑猫这事，在英国大部分地区，人们都觉得路遇黑猫其实是好兆头，说黑猫是厄运实在是太陈词滥调了。不过真说起来，远在中世纪那会儿，猎女巫还是很常见的事，然而一般单身女子会被怀疑有作妖的嫌疑，她们最常见的伙伴，家猫，就被看作是恶魔赐予的礼物。还有一种说法是撒旦在跟女巫们往来的时候，化身成了一只猫。所以就这么莫名其妙的，黑猫成了厄运的象征。万幸的是，这么多年过去，这些小家伙估计从来就不在乎人们怎么说。　　Tips：　　1)用ancient来形容某件事，这种说法有点夸张的意思，字面上看就是，你做的这事实在是太远古了，也就是太老套，陈词滥调了，表达类似意思的还有cliché和old　　2)witch hunt的本意就是猎巫，在中世纪被宗教严格控制的西方世界曾经一度流行。但在现在说起witch hunt，也有政治迫害这层含义。　　3)commonplace 平常的，常见的　　4)这里其实用了一下单身女孩爱养猫的梗(这样真的好吗?)　　5)out of nowhere是指莫名其妙的出现，不知道从哪冒出来的。例如：　　That TV show really popped out of nowhere.　　这剧真不知道怎么就火了。　　2. 南瓜灯的前身竟然是……萝卜灯?　　The whole thing about Halloween is actually made up by the Americans. It’s not even called Halloween in the European countries. To start with, Jack-o’-lanterns would be a perfect proof. These carved pumpkins, are made to guide lost souls or protect from evil spirits. And the namesake, Jack, who basically, pissed off the devil, and were condemned by him to spend forever in hell. But this naughty boy won’t let it go, and tried to use the turnip, a kind of vegie that looks like radish, that the devil tossed at him, to make a lantern, and guide himself