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Halloween 　　Halloween is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate every year. It means holy evening, and it comes every October 31, the evening before All Saints Day. However, it is not really a church holiday, it is a holiday for children mainly. 　　Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, children pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin! These lights are called jack-o-lanterns, which means Jack of the lantern. 　　The children also put on strange masks and frightening costumes every Halloween. Some children paint their faces to look like monsters. Then they carry boxes or bags from house to house. Every time they come to a new house, they say,Trick or treat! Money or eat! The grown-ups put treat-money or candy in their bags. 　　Not only children, but most grown-ups also love Halloween and Halloween parties because on this day,they can disguise themselves as personages or ghost as their imaginations will lead them. This bring them the satisfaction of being young.; 万圣夜，Halloween，在每年的10月31日，万圣夜起源于不列颠凯尔特人的传统节日，他们认为该日是夏天正式结束的日子，也就是新年伊始，严酷的冬季开始的一天。那时人们相信， 故人的亡魂会在这一天回到故居地在活人身上找寻生灵，借此再生，而且这是人在死后能获得再生的唯一希望。而活着的人则惧怕死魂来夺生，于是人们就在这一天熄掉炉火、烛光，让死魂无法找寻活人，又把自己打扮成妖魔鬼怪把死人之魂灵吓走。之后，他们又会把火种烛光重新燃起，开始新的一年的生活。;Main Activities;Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration for children on Halloween. Children go in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as candy or sometimes money, with the question, Trick or treat? The word trick refers to threat to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given.;bob v. 上下疾动（尤指在水上） common /?k?m?n/ adj. 普通的; 通常的; 常见的 dunk /d??k/ v. 将（食物）浸入液体（再吃） dunk a biscuit in ones coffee 将饼乾泡入咖啡. float /fl?ut/ v. 漂浮; 飘 tub /t?b/ n. 盆, 桶 basin /?be?sn/ n. 水槽; 水池 participant /pɑ??t?s?p?nt/ n. 参加者 remove /r??mu? / v. 移开;此外，还有一些和万圣节派对有关的游戏。其中最常见的就是“咬苹果”（bobbing for apples），在游戏中，苹果会漂浮在一个