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能帮我写一段介绍Halloween的英文短文吗?急用,谢谢咯~
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能帮我写一段介绍Halloween的英文短文吗?急用,谢谢咯~
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The History of Halloween
Next to Christmas, Halloween is the most commercialized celebration in the United States and Canada. This ancient festival originated far from North America however, and centuries before the first European set foot on the continent.
The ancient Druids 督伊德教(古代高卢人与不列颠人的一种宗教)的教徒 who inhabited what we now call Great Britain placed great importance on the passing of one season to the next, holding "Fire Festivals" which were celebrated for three days (two days on either side of the day itself).
One of these festivals was called Samhain (pronounced Sha-Von) and it took place on October 31 through to November 1. During this period, it was believed that the boundaries between our world and the world of the dead were weakened, allowing spirits of the recently dead to cross over and possess the living.
In order to make themselves and their homes less inviting to these wayward spirits, the ancient Celts（凯尔特人）would douse （插入水中, 把弄熄, 弄湿）all their fires. There was also a secondary purpose to this, after extinguishing all their fires, they would re-light them from a common source, the Druidic fire that was kept burning at Usinach, in the Middle of Ireland.
Samhain was considered to be a gateway not only from the land of the dead to the land of the living, but also between Summer and Fall/Winter. For the Druids, this was the last gasp （喘息, 气喘）of summer (it was also the Celtic New Year), so therefore they made sure it went out with a bang before they had to button down （把...弄清楚）for the winter ahead.
They would dress up in bizarre costumes and parade through their villages causing destruction in order to scare off any recently departed souls who might be prowling （巡游）for bodies to inhabit, in addition to burning animals and other offerings to the Druidic deities（神, 神性）. It is also a popular belief that they would burn people who they believed to be possessed, but this has largely been debunked （揭穿, 拆穿假面具, 暴露）as myth.
This yearly festival was adopted by the Roman invaders, who helped to propagate （传播, 宣传）it throughout the rest of the world (and at that time, the Roman Empire was the world). The word "Halloween" itself actually comes from a contraction of All Hallows Eve, or All Saint's Day (November 1), which is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints.
This tradition was later brought to the North American continent by Irish immigrants who were escaping the Potato Famine in their homeland. In addition to the festival itself, the immigrants brought several customs with them, including one of the symbols most commonly associated with Halloween -- the Jack 'O Lantern.
According to Irish folklore, there once lived a man named Jack who was known for being a drunk and a prankster（顽皮的人, 爱开玩笑的人）. One night Jack tricked the devil into climbing a tree, and quickly carved an image of a cross on the trunk, trapping the devil. Jack then made him promise that, in exchange for letting him out of the tree, the Devil would never tempt him to sin again. He reluctantly agreed, but was able to exact his revenge upon Jack's death. Because of his mischievous ways in life, Jack was barred from entering heaven and because of his earlier trick, he was also barred from hell. So he was doomed to wander the earth until the end of time, with only a single ember（灰烬, 余烬） (carried in a hollowed out turnip.[植]芜箐, 芜箐甘蓝) to warm him and light his way.
In Ireland, they originally also used turnips for their "Jack Lanterns", but upon arriving in the new world, they discovered that pumpkins were abundant and easier to carve out.
相关中文介绍：
万圣传说
万圣节前夜就是"圣夜"的意思.然而,由于种种原因,万圣节前夜已变成一年中最流行和最受欢迎的节日之一,许多玩家都以极大的热情来庆祝这一节日.
万圣节在10月31日,其实是赞美秋天的节日,就好像五朔节是赞美春天的节日一样.古代高卢、不列颠和爱尔兰的祭司--德鲁伊德有一个赞美秋天的盛大节日,从10月31日午夜开始,次日11月1日持续整整一天.他们认为,在那天晚上他们伟大的死神--萨曼把那年死去人的鬼魂统统召来,这些恶鬼要受到托生为畜类的惩罚.当然,只要想到这种鬼魅的聚会,就足以令当时那些头脑简单的愚民胆战心谅的了.于是他们点起冲天的篝火,并严密监视这些恶鬼.
万圣节前夜到处有女巫和鬼魂的说法就是这么开始的.至今在欧洲某些与世隔绝的地区还有人相信这是真的.古罗马人在11月1日也有一个节日,那是用来向他们的波莫娜女神表示敬意的.他们在熊筋的篝火前烤坚果和苹果.我们自己的万圣节前夜似乎就是由古罗马人的节日与德鲁伊德的节日揉合而成的.万圣节前夜的活动原来是非常简单的,而且大部分是在教堂里进行的.但在整个欧洲,人们都把万圣节前夜看作尽情玩闹、讲鬼故事和互相吓唬的好机会.于是人们不再把这节日用来赞美秋光,却让它变成神怪、巫婆和鬼魂的节日.
Next to Christmas, Halloween is the most commercialized celebration in the United States and Canada. This ancient festival originated far from North America however, and centuries before the first European set foot on the continent.
The ancient Druids 督伊德教(古代高卢人与不列颠人的一种宗教)的教徒 who inhabited what we now call Great Britain placed great importance on the passing of one season to the next, holding "Fire Festivals" which were celebrated for three days (two days on either side of the day itself).
One of these festivals was called Samhain (pronounced Sha-Von) and it took place on October 31 through to November 1. During this period, it was believed that the boundaries between our world and the world of the dead were weakened, allowing spirits of the recently dead to cross over and possess the living.
In order to make themselves and their homes less inviting to these wayward spirits, the ancient Celts（凯尔特人）would douse （插入水中, 把弄熄, 弄湿）all their fires. There was also a secondary purpose to this, after extinguishing all their fires, they would re-light them from a common source, the Druidic fire that was kept burning at Usinach, in the Middle of Ireland.
Samhain was considered to be a gateway not only from the land of the dead to the land of the living, but also between Summer and Fall/Winter. For the Druids, this was the last gasp （喘息, 气喘）of summer (it was also the Celtic New Year), so therefore they made sure it went out with a bang before they had to button down （把...弄清楚）for the winter ahead.
They would dress up in bizarre costumes and parade through their villages causing destruction in order to scare off any recently departed souls who might be prowling （巡游）for bodies to inhabit, in addition to burning animals and other offerings to the Druidic deities（神, 神性）. It is also a popular belief that they would burn people who they believed to be possessed, but this has largely been debunked （揭穿, 拆穿假面具, 暴露）as myth.
This yearly festival was adopted by the Roman invaders, who helped to propagate （传播, 宣传）it throughout the rest of the world (and at that time, the Roman Empire was the world). The word "Halloween" itself actually comes from a contraction of All Hallows Eve, or All Saint's Day (November 1), which is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints.
This tradition was later brought to the North American continent by Irish immigrants who were escaping the Potato Famine in their homeland. In addition to the festival itself, the immigrants brought several customs with them, including one of the symbols most commonly associated with Halloween -- the Jack 'O Lantern.
According to Irish folklore, there once lived a man named Jack who was known for being a drunk and a prankster（顽皮的人, 爱开玩笑的人）. One night Jack tricked the devil into climbing a tree, and quickly carved an image of a cross on the trunk, trapping the devil. Jack then made him promise that, in exchange for letting him out of the tree, the Devil would never tempt him to sin again. He reluctantly agreed, but was able to exact his revenge upon Jack's death. Because of his mischievous ways in life, Jack was barred from entering heaven and because of his earlier trick, he was also barred from hell. So he was doomed to wander the earth until the end of time, with only a single ember（灰烬, 余烬） (carried in a hollowed out turnip.[植]芜箐, 芜箐甘蓝) to warm him and light his way.
In Ireland, they originally also used turnips for their "Jack Lanterns", but upon arriving in the new world, they discovered that pumpkins were abundant and easier to carve out.
相关中文介绍：
万圣传说
万圣节前夜就是"圣夜"的意思.然而,由于种种原因,万圣节前夜已变成一年中最流行和最受欢迎的节日之一,许多玩家都以极大的热情来庆祝这一节日.
万圣节在10月31日,其实是赞美秋天的节日,就好像五朔节是赞美春天的节日一样.古代高卢、不列颠和爱尔兰的祭司--德鲁伊德有一个赞美秋天的盛大节日,从10月31日午夜开始,次日11月1日持续整整一天.他们认为,在那天晚上他们伟大的死神--萨曼把那年死去人的鬼魂统统召来,这些恶鬼要受到托生为畜类的惩罚.当然,只要想到这种鬼魅的聚会,就足以令当时那些头脑简单的愚民胆战心谅的了.于是他们点起冲天的篝火,并严密监视这些恶鬼.
万圣节前夜到处有女巫和鬼魂的说法就是这么开始的.至今在欧洲某些与世隔绝的地区还有人相信这是真的.古罗马人在11月1日也有一个节日,那是用来向他们的波莫娜女神表示敬意的.他们在熊筋的篝火前烤坚果和苹果.我们自己的万圣节前夜似乎就是由古罗马人的节日与德鲁伊德的节日揉合而成的.万圣节前夜的活动原来是非常简单的,而且大部分是在教堂里进行的.但在整个欧洲,人们都把万圣节前夜看作尽情玩闹、讲鬼故事和互相吓唬的好机会.于是人们不再把这节日用来赞美秋光,却让它变成神怪、巫婆和鬼魂的节日.