初二英语作文：万圣节优秀20篇

one story about jack, an irishman, who was not allowed into heaven because he was stingy with his money. so he was sent to hell. but down there he played tricks on the devil (satan), so he was kicked out of hell and made to walk the earth forever carrying a lantern.

well, irish children made jacks lanterns on october 31st from a large potato or turnip, hollowed out with the sides having holes and lit by little candles inside. and irish children would carry them as they went from house to house begging for food for the village halloween festival that honored the druid god muck olla. the irish name for these lanterns was "jack with the lantern" or "jack of the lantern," abbreviated as " jack-o-lantern" and now spelled "jack-o-lantern."

the traditional halloween you can read about in most books was just childrens fun night. halloween celebrations would start in october in every elementary school.

[万圣节英语作文400字

那个只有好友才能看到的英语小说嗯。“富有”的主人公，谢谢你，有些歉疚，不过我一定会努力。

整整四个月之前，我来了。那是一个充满惊喜的十一月，而你，是我得到的第一个惊喜。我的包裹里装着我唯一的英语，我极小心地看护着它，生怕这样的变迁与颠簸，让我一直以来的安慰在不知不觉之间离开了我。最初的那几天，我竭力想要抓住机会，尽管没能最充分地表现自己，但是你仔细地注意到了我，用你的经验很快读懂了我，并主动地给予我安慰，和久违的安全感。

无容置疑，你意识到了英语对我的重要性，作为一个人人都尊敬、人人都有点怕的老师，你并没有用你的力量轻而易举地使我对你产生畏惧的心理，而是主动接近我，一点点揭开遮住我视线的厚厚的陌生，在我做得不够完美而感到不安失落的时候，微笑并体谅我。

而你也有严肃的时候。当我扣了不该扣的分数，你会突然出现在我面前，显示出那种令人畏惧的神色厉声呵责。当我面对发生的这一切立在你面前不知所措时，你就会飞快地一改脸色，哈哈地放声笑起来，笑过之后，摸一摸我的额头，轻声告诉我没关系。

也许我还是太小？我总是焦虑，在考试之前总是想一些甚至会起到反作用的东西。以前的时候，可以在考试之后静静地等。但是现在，卷子刚刚交上去，就会被一些所谓的佼佼者围住喋喋不休，其中不乏恭维或者不怀好意的寒暄，让等待的仅仅几个小时的时间变得难熬，让我觉得愧疚，觉得难以忍受。

课上我把卷子摊开，目不转睛地看着红线密集的地方，你从我的身后走过来，用劲地点着我的卷子，手指敲在桌子上发出很大的声音。我坐在椅子上缩在一角，听着你严厉的“看看……看看……这是怎么了！”我托住头，你把卷子从桌上拿起来，站在旁边静静地仔细地分析，然后放下来看着我，仔细地说出评判标准和我的不足。我放松了一些，小心翼翼连比带划地说出自己的错因。你突然笑起来，对呀，对呀，你冲我呵呵地笑。

一整天的嗟叹。为了那些失分，为了你给我的英语。

谢谢你在我心中，成为了一个一直给我安慰和依赖的形象，我知道这有点自私，但是我们不后悔，我们都在做我们最愿意做的事情。我知道现在的努力是对你最好的感谢和回报。

划十字，永远爱你，永远爱我们的英语。

Heard that microblogging is a fresh thing, I have to get one. Registration, the system let me lost the user name, I thought it was your sina email lost in.

One day afternoon, the classmate called me, ask, what is my weibo name. I paused, do not know he ask which name is. I have to say: "Ill check it and tell you later on."

Came to the computer desk, quickly open the computer, microblogging, I was shocked. My name as email. I decided to change! He picked up the mouse to click the button. Suddenly jump out a white box, ask what I want the name, the following and fill out a bunch of. I think the most, still didnt come up with a preferred name. But on second thought, interesting and have what use? Once couldnt remember not spoiled.

"Well," forgotten "is a good choice." I said to himself. However, all these need not the name of the memory has been trademarked, how to do? I have to add characters to the name, keyword. I tried a dozen minutes, finally make a name, called "I really, really forgot. Hey hey, this is not to forget. I call my classmate is busy, tell him the new weibo name.

To give a little easy to remember and cool name - difficult!

听说微博是个新鲜玩意儿，我也去弄一个来。注册时，系统让我输用户名，我以为是自己新浪的邮箱就输了进去。

某日下午，同学打电话给我，问我的微博名是什么。我愣了一下，不知他问的是哪个名。我只好说：“我先查一下，等一会儿告诉你。”

来到电脑桌前，迅速打开电脑，上微博一看，我惊呆了。我的名字竟成了邮箱名。我当机立断，改!便拿起鼠标点击那按钮。一下子跳出一个大白框，问我想要什么名字，下面还有填一大堆。我想了大半天，还是没想出中意的名字。但转念一想，有趣又有什么用呢?一旦想不起来不就泡汤了。

“嗯，‘忘记了’是个不错的选择。”我自言自语着。但是，这些不用记忆的名字都已经被人抢注了，怎么办呢?我只好在名字里加字，减字。我试了十几分钟，终于弄出一个名字，叫“我真的真的忘记了”。嘿嘿，这下不会忘了。我忙打给我的同学，告诉他这个新微博名。

给微薄起个好记又酷的名——难!

Halloween is a western festival, legend on Halloween day, will be a ghost. So a lot of people in the home made pumpkin head, to scare people at night; And children knock on the door in someones home say: trick or give sugar; There are people use E-mail to send greeting CARDS to wish...

Halloween is a day in November. In western countries, a noisy:

, a small red girl was followed a group of friends to other peoples house knocking at the door, mouth say: trick or to give candy, give candy, or I really want to rock the boat. The home of the person who opened the door, give the children sweets, mouth smiled and said, give you a candy to eat, dont make trouble oh, go quickly, go to someones home to play well, I wish you happiness. Red and the other children to another to eat candy, return in mouth to eat the sweet sweet candy, to the uncle say: trick or give sugar, to eat candy, otherwise we will be doing mischief. But the uncle rather than give them candy, a meal also scold them: "dont rock the boat to go to go to, you, dont go to my house to candy, you hurry up and get out of here, go to someones home to candy, dont come here." Red and the other children cry, crestfallen walk to another, "ah! A ghost!" "Dont be afraid of me." A wearing a pumpkin heads uncle said, that was you ah, friends and red red red stunned, frighten our uncle was not give us the sugar uncle, the uncle saw that partners and red surprised, explains: "people dont have to be afraid of me, I just tease you play, come on, let uncle give you candy." Friend and red led the candy, his mouth a piece of laughter.

Halloween, although sometimes will be scared, also can eat candy.

Halloween is how beautiful!

万圣节是西方国家的节日，传说在万圣节那天，会有鬼。所以很多人在家里制作了南瓜头，晚上来吓唬别人;还有小孩在别人家敲门说着：不给糖就捣乱;还有人用电子邮箱发贺卡来祝福……

万圣节是在十一月一日。在西方的国家，一片热闹：

一个叫红红的小女孩正在跟着一群小伙伴们一起到别人家敲门，口里念着：不给糖就捣乱，快给糖果，不然我真的要捣乱啦。那个人的家打开了门，给了小朋友们糖果，嘴里微笑着说：给你们糖果吃，不要捣乱哦，快走吧，去别人家好好地玩，祝你们快乐。红红和小伙伴们到另外一个要糖果吃，嘴里还吃着香香的糖果，对那个叔叔说：不给糖就捣乱，给糖果吃，不然我们就要捣乱哦。可是那个叔叔非但没有给他们糖吃，还骂了他们一顿：“去去去，你们别来捣乱，别去我家要糖果，你们快点滚出去，去别人家要糖果，别到这儿来。”红红和小伙伴们哭了，垂头丧气的走到另一家，“啊!有鬼啊!”“别怕是我。”一个戴着南瓜头的叔叔说道，原来是你啊，小伙伴们和红红红惊呆了，这位吓唬我们的叔叔竟然是不给我们糖的叔叔，那位叔叔见伙伴们和红红很惊讶，解释道：“大家不用怕我，我只是逗你们玩的，来来来，叔叔给你们糖果吃。”小伙伴和红红领了糖果，嘴里一片欢笑。

万圣节虽然有时又会被别人吓，但也可以要糖果吃。

万圣节是多么美好啊!

My fiat is made up of eight rooms:one hall,one bathroom,one kitchen,one dining room,one living room, two bedrooms and one toilet.The hall faces the front door. When you come into my flat,you will first see the hall.The bathroom is on the right,and the toilet is on the left.In front of you,there are two doors.The left one leads to one of the bedrooms,and the right one leads to the living room.When you come into the living room, you will see two doors again.The left one leads to another bedroom,and the right one to the kitchen.The kitchen goes straight to the dining room.Besides,there is also a balcony next to the living room and one of the bedrooms.

The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms (節氣). Lìchūn (pīnyīn) or Risshun (rōmaji) (Chinese and Japanese:立春; Korean: 입춘; Vietnamese: Lập xuân; literally: "start of spring") is the 1st solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 315° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 330°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 315°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around February 4 and ends around February 18 (February 19 East Asia time).

Lichun signifies the beginning of spring in East Asian cultures. Chinese New Year is celebrated around this time. Farmers often celebrate the beginning of Lichun with special village events, worship and offerings to the gods and ceremonies for a blissful and prosperous new year. In China, people eat chūnbǐng (春餅) on this day.

In the lunisolar calendar, New Years Day might be before or after Lichun. A year without Lichun is called 無春年 (no spring year). 無春年 is also known as 寡婦年 (widow year) in northern China or 盲年 (blind year) in southern China. Marriage is believed to be unlucky in a year without Lichun.

In the Republic of China, Lichun has been Farmers Day since 1941.

传统的东亚日历将一年划分为24节气(節氣)。Lichūn(pīnyīn)或Risshun(rōmaji)(中国和日本:立春;韩国:입춘;越南:Lập宣,字面意思:“春天的开始”)是第一个节气。开始当太阳到达黄经315°,结束时达到330°的经度。更经常特别是指一天太阳黄经的正是315°。公历,一般在2月4日开始和结束在2月18日(2月19日东亚时间)。

立春在东亚文化中象征春天的开始。庆祝中国新年是在这个时候。农民经常庆祝立春为特殊村事件的开始,敬拜和祭神仪式幸福和繁荣的新年。在中国,人们吃chūnbǐng(春餅)在这一天。

阴阳历,元旦可能立春之前或之后。一年没有立春叫做無春年(无春年)。無春年也被称为寡婦年(寡妇年)在中国北方或盲年(盲年)在中国南部。婚姻被认为是不吉利的一年没有立春。

在中华民国,立春为自1941年以来农民的一天。

Halloween is for the "All Hallows Evening". However, due to various reasons, Halloween has become the years most popular and oneof the most popular festivals, and many players with great enthusiasm to celebrate this holiday.

Halloween in the October 31, in fact, praise and autumn festivals like Beltane is the festival of spring like the praise. Of ancient Gaul, Britain and Ireland priest - druid to have a grand festival praise of autumn, from October 31 beginning at midnight the following day, November 1 continued all day. In their view, that night they are a great Death - Salman to that year were all summoned the ghost of dead people, these evil spirits are subject to care for the Livestock Health and punishment. Of course, as long asthe thought of such a gathering of ghosts, it was enough to make fools of those simple-minded understanding of the heart bile war.So they lit the sky of the bonfire, and close surveillance of these evil spirits.

Halloween witches and ghosts everywhere to say is just the beginning. So far in Europe, there are some isolated areas where peoplebelieve it is true. Ancient Rome in November 1 there is also a holiday, which is used to pay tribute to their goddess of Bo Mona. They bear ribs roasted nuts and apples before the bonfire. Our own Halloween seems to be a holiday by the Romans and the druids holiday blend made of. Halloween activities in the original is very simple, and mostly in the church carried out. However, in the whole of Europe, it is regarded as a Halloween enjoy slapstick, Jiangguigushi and a good opportunity to scare each other. So peoplewill no longer be used to praise this Autumn Festival, but it becomes supernatural, witches and ghosts festival.

Frank has just got off the train in the evening.He wants to call one of his friends to pick him up at once.He looks for a while and at last finds a telephone booth.But when he gets there, he sees a lady already in.There are no other public telephones nearby,so he has.to wait. He waits and waits.

The lady on the phone is just talking andlaughing.She seems as if she doesnt notice Frank. After about half an hour,the lady puts down the receiver.Frank feels a bit released.

She is finished finally,he thinks. But to his surprise,the lady picks it up again,fishes a coin from her pocket and pushes it into the slot."Oh, no!"Frank says to himself."She is making another call."

[Telephone Booth初二英语作文

Today is my shopping day.I wanted to buy some delicious food.there were many kinds of food.I wanted to eat more vegetables and more fruits.I wanted to eat apples in order to lose weight.I liked eating bananas,straw berries,pears and watermelons,I wanted to buy some books,I thought they can help me study not long after my holidays,I wanted to buy a pair of golves for myself because my golves were lost.And I bought some CDs.

万圣节又叫诸圣节，在每年的10月31日，是西方的传统节日。以下是关于万圣节的英语素材，供大家参考。

11月1日万圣节英文：Hallowmas，南瓜是万圣节的代表。

10月31日是万圣夜英文：Halloween，华语地区常将万圣夜称为万圣节。

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on October 31. By tradition, Halloween begins after sunset. Long ago, people believed that witches gathered together and ghosts roamed the world on Halloween. Today, most people no longer believe in ghosts and witches. But these supernatural beings are still a part of Halloween.

万圣节前夜是在10月31日庆祝的一个节日，根据传统，万圣节前夜的庆祝活动从太阳落山开始。在很久以前，人们相信在万圣节前夜女巫会聚集在一起，鬼魂在四处游荡。现在，大多数人们不再相信有鬼魂和女巫的存在了，但是他们仍然把这些作为万圣节前夜的一部分。

The colors black and orange are also a part of Halloween. Black is a symbol for night and orange is the color of pumpkins. A jack-o’-lantern is a hollowed-out pumpkin with a face carved on one side. Candles are usually placed inside, giving the face a spooky glow.

黑色和橙色仍然是万圣节前夜的一部分，黑色是夜晚的象征，而橙色代表着南瓜。南瓜灯是用雕刻成脸型，中间挖空，再插上蜡烛的南瓜做成的，带来一个毛骨悚然的灼热面孔。

Dressing up in costumes is one of the most popular Halloween customs, especially among children. According to tradition, people would dress up in costumes (wear special clothing, masks or disguises) to frighten the spirits away.

盛装是最受欢迎的万圣节风俗之一，尤其是受孩子们的欢迎。按照传统习俗，人们会盛装(穿戴一些特殊的服饰，面具或者装饰)来吓跑鬼魂。

Popular Halloween costumes include vampires (creatures that drink blood), ghosts (spirits of the dead) and werewolves (people that turn into wolves when the moon is full).

流行的万圣节服装包括vampires(吸血鬼)，ghosts(死者的灵魂)和werewolves(每当月圆时就变成狼形的人)。

Trick or Treating is a modern Halloween custom where children go from house to house dressed in costume, asking for treats like candy or toys. If they dont get any treats, they might play a trick (mischief or prank) on the owners of the house.

欺骗或攻击是现代万圣节的风俗。孩子们穿着特殊的衣服走街串巷，讨取糖果和玩具之类的赏赐。如果他们得不到任何的赏赐，就可能会对屋主大搞恶作剧或者胡闹了。

The tradition of the Jack o Lantern comes from a folktale about a man named Jack who tricked the devil and had to wander the Earth with a lantern. The Jack o Lantern is made by placing a candle inside a hollowed-out pumpkin, which is carved to look like a face.

南瓜灯的传统来自于一个民间传说。一个名叫Jack的人戏弄了恶魔，之后就不得不提着一盏灯在地球上流浪。南瓜灯是用雕刻成脸型，中间挖空，再插上蜡烛的南瓜做成的。

There are many other superstitions associated with Halloween. A superstition is an irrational idea, like believing that the number 13 is unlucky!

和万圣节有关的迷信还有很多。迷信是一种不合常理的想法，比如认为13是不吉利的数字!

Halloween is also associated with supernatural creatures like ghosts and vampires. These creatures are not part of the natural world. They dont really exist... or do they?

万圣节还和一些诸如鬼魂和吸血鬼之类的超自然的生物有关。这些生物不是自然界的一部分。他们实际上是不存在的......或许他们其实真的存在?

Witches are popular Halloween characters that are thought to have magical powers. They usually wear pointed hats and fly around on broomsticks.

女巫是万圣节很受欢迎的人物，人们认为她们具有强大的魔力。他们通常戴着尖顶的帽子，骑在扫把上飞来飞去。

Bad omens are also part of Halloween celebrations. A bad omen is something that is believed to bring bad luck, like black cats, spiders or bats.

恶兆也是万圣节庆祝活动的一部分。人们相信恶兆会带给坏运气，黑猫、蜘蛛或者蝙蝠都算是恶兆。

导语：小时候的我们都喜欢吃糖，可是糖吃多了，我们的牙齿就不好了，我们要保护好我们的牙齿，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的相关英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

My mother always tells me not to eat too much candy, but I just couldn’t control myself. Once, I felt my teeth hurt and did not feel like eating. My mother took me to see the dentist and I was so afraid. The doctor used his machine to fix my teeth, I was terrified and cried. Since then, I realize the importance of taking care of my teeth. So I do not eat the candy too often. I will wash my teeth before I sleep, what’s more, the ice food and the sour food will be rejected by me. My friends envy me for having the white teeth, for I look so healthy and beautiful.

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我的妈妈总是告诉我不要吃太多的糖果,但我就是无法控制自己。有一次,我的牙齿很疼,不想吃东西。妈妈带我去看牙医,我很害怕。医生用他的机器修理我的牙齿,我吓坏了,哭了。从那时起,我意识到保护牙齿的重要性。所以我经常不吃糖果。在我睡觉之前我要刷牙,而且,我不吃冰的食物和酸的食物。我的朋友羡慕我有洁白的牙齿,因为我看起来很健康又美丽。

As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of

relaxation.Once you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go

from morning till night,it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is essential for

a healthy mind and body. Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is

no way to avoid it. In fact, it is not the bad thing as it is often supposed to

be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose

to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control can it lead to poor

performance and iiihealth. The amount of stress a person can withstand depends

very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such

characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities. Others

lose heart at the first signs of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress,

in whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact, we make a

choice between "flight or fight"and in more primitive days the choices made the

difference between life or death.The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so

extreme, but however little the stress, it involves the same response. It is

when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that

health becomes endangered. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and

heart diseases have established links with stress. Since we cannot remove stress

from our lives (it would be unwise to do so even if we could), we need to find

ways to deal with it.

One story about Jack, an Irishman, who was not allowed into Heaven because he was stingy with his money. So he was sent to hell. But down there he played tricks on the Devil (Satan), so he was kicked out of Hell and made to walk the earth forever carrying a lantern.

杰克一个故事，一个爱尔兰人，他并没有因为他对钱吝啬允许进入天堂。所以他被送入地狱。但是在那里他老是捉弄魔鬼(撒旦)，所以他被踢出地狱，走地提着灯笼永远。

Well, Irish children made Jacks lanterns on October 31st from a large potato or turnip, hollowed out with the sides having holes and lit by little candles inside. And Irish children would carry them as they went from house to house begging for food for the village Halloween festival that honored the Druid god Muck Olla. The Irish name for these lanterns was "Jack with the lantern" or "Jack of the lantern," abbreviated as " Jack-o-lantern" and now spelled "jack-o-lantern."

嗯，爱尔兰的孩子们用“杰克的灯笼在十月三十一日一个土豆或萝卜，掏空与两侧有洞，里面点上蜡烛。和爱尔兰的孩子们会把他们挨家挨户乞讨食物为村里的万圣节节荣获德鲁伊神渣土奥拉。这种灯笼的爱尔兰名字是“拿”或“杰克的灯笼的杰克，”简称“空心南瓜灯”现在拼写为jack-o-lantern。”

The traditional Halloween you can read about in most books was just childrens fun night. Halloween celebrations would start in October in every elementary school.

传统的万圣节你在大多数书里读到的只是孩子们开心的夜晚。万圣节的庆祝活动将在十月开始每所小学。

My school is a beautiful campus, students and civilized manner, in harmony and treat teachers everywhere are full of warm air. Coupled with the beautiful scenery of the campus, more people away.

We have this all over the campus full of trees, flowers, grass and a color. We have a lot of trees on campus, a place can not go to see a few trees in the summer when we can tree in the shade, it felt really good. We have small schools open all year round, opening up the rotation. Spring, summer, autumn and winter, every season has a different flower, no matter what time to come to our school, we will see beautiful flowers you frequently moving his head. Our school not to mention the grass, super life, we have so many throughout the school day, students in the grass on the other foot to foot, but had never met the side down.

Our schools will let you feel the warmth in the winter. Each class has 40 to 50 students in each class of students are so united, encounter group activities, class action, and we all have to win glory for their classes. Students to go home after practice, is to win glory for their classes. Take the last Games in the tug-of-war now. We have several students selected to participate in the tug-of-war. Games started, our project will be the beginning of a tug-of-war, in addition to a number of our students can play under the auditorium, other students can not be down, which can be radical students is not working. We have them in the game at a time when the public gallery hop on the next jump a Xianghou Zi, and so we had to go back, they asked a tube up how we like.

We have more teachers is to make you feel warm. They treat people in harmony, we do not always temper. That students have a crash, the teachers will make every effort to help us, we know that they get to know the topic would be assured.

This is my campus, the warmth of a campus!

Before I went to school, I felt so excited, because I was so curious about

the campus life. Now I have been in middle school, after seven years’ study, I

feel the bitter and happiness. The bitter is that there are always exams,

sometimes I can’t do well. Every time when I get the low mark, I will be afraid

of disappointing my parents. The happy thing is that I make many friends here.

We play and study together. They are just like the brothers and sisters to me.

This is the process of growing up, which mix pain and happiness. I am so lucky

to have these friends in my life, they mean so much to me.

新的学期马上就要结束了，小编为大家整理提供了关于开学计划的英语作文，希望对你有帮助。

【篇1】开学计划的英语作文

Today is the Lantern Festival,the new term willstart tomorrow.

In this new term,i will first get over the bad habbit of being lazy.I always got up very late last term,so i was was often criticized by the headteacher.I pledge to get up at 7:00 and then read English for a half hour this term.At the same time,i will do more exercises and read more extracurricular books to improve my learning results.

My another plan of this term is making more friends and taking part in activities actively.I will try my best to run for a class leader,and actively join in other activities like sports meeting ,English speech contest,and so on.

【篇2】开学计划的英语作文

The new term is coming.I am excited..I will be in eight grade next term.

I will be more hard-studying in next term.And I will pay more attention to study math and physics.In order to be more and more healthy and strong.I will do more exercise next term.In the new term,I will know more focus of the world because I will read more newspaper.

I hope the new term will come sooner.

【篇3】开学计划的英语作文

Another new term comes again，so i should have a study plan to promot myself。

Firstly，i descide to finish my homework more carefully than before。And pay more attention to the knowledge which i didnt know it clearly。

Secondly，i will do a lot of read to widen the range of my knowledge。and try to combine thoery to practice。

Finally，i will learn to adjust， to be more positive and more helpful。

Thats what i plant to do in a new term。

The word itself, "Halloween," actually has its origins in the Catholic Church. It comes from a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. November 1, "All Hollows Day" (or "All Saints Day"), is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints. But, in the 5th century BC, in Celtic Ireland, summer officially ended on October 31. The holiday was called Samhain (sow-en), the Celtic New year.

One story says that, on that day, the disembodied spirits of all those who had died throughout the preceding year would come back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year. It was believed to be their only hope for the afterlife. The Celts believed all laws of space and time were suspended during this time, allowing the spirit world to intermingle with the living.

Naturally, the still-living did not want to be possessed. So on the night of October 31, villagers would extinguish the fires in their homes, to make them cold and undesirable. They would then dress up in all manner of ghoulish costumes and noisily paraded around the neighborhood, being as destructive as possible in order to frighten away spirits looking for bodies to possess.

Probably a better explanation of why the Celts extinguished their fires was not to discourage spirit possession, but so that all the Celtic tribes could relight their fires from a common source, the Druidic fire that was kept burning in the Middle of Ireland, at Usinach.

Some accounts tell of how the Celts would burn someone at the stake who was thought to have already been possessed, as sort of a lesson to the spirits. Other accounts of Celtic history debunk these stories as myth.

The Romans adopted the Celtic practices as their own. But in the first century AD, Samhain was assimilated into celebrations of some of the other Roman traditions that took place in October, such as their day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple, which might explain the origin of our modern tradition of bobbing for apples on Halloween.

The thrust of the practices also changed over time to become more ritualized. As belief in spirit possession waned, the practice of dressing up like hobgoblins, ghosts, and witches took on a more ceremonial role.

The custom of Halloween was brought to America in the 1840s by Irish immigrants fleeing their countrys potato famine. At that time, the favorite pranks in New England included tipping over outhouses and unhinging fence gates.

The custom of trick-or-treating is thought to have originated not with the Irish Celts, but with a ninth-century European custom called souling. On November 2, All Souls Day, early Christians would walk from village to village begging for "soul cakes," made out of square pieces of bread with currants. The more soul cakes the beggars would receive, the more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors. At the time, it was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death, and that prayer, even by strangers, could expedite a souls passage to heaven.

The Jack-o-lantern custom probably comes from Irish folklore. As the tale is told, a man named Jack, who was notorious as a drunkard and trickster, tricked Satan into climbing a tree. Jack then carved an image of a cross in the trees trunk, trapping the devil up the tree. Jack made a deal with the devil that, if he would never tempt him again, he would promise to let him down the tree.

According to the folk tale, after Jack died, he was denied entrance to Heaven because of his evil ways, but he was also denied access to Hell because he had tricked the devil. Instead, the devil gave him a single ember to light his way through the frigid darkness. The ember was placed inside a hollowed-out turnip to keep it glowing longer.

The Irish used turnips as their "Jacks lanterns" originally. But when the immigrants came to America, they found that pumpkins were far more plentiful than turnips. So the Jack-O-Lantern in America was a hollowed-out pumpkin, lit with an ember.

So, although some cults may have adopted Halloween as their favorite "holiday," the day itself did not grow out of evil practices. It grew out of the rituals of Celts celebrating a new year, and out of Medieval prayer rituals of Europeans. And today, even many churches have Halloween parties or pumpkin carving events for the kids. After all, the day itself is only as evil as one cares to make it.

National Day, happy day

Country celebrated the sixty-sixth birthday, on behalf of the motherland 60 year old mother. Dear motherland mother has experienced sixty-six years of ups and downs, how powerful ah.

Today, in this festive day. Everywhere decorated, red flag waving, laughter in air. In the evening, I chat with mom and dad brother elder sister to eat guessing riddles. I think it is the most abundant meal, what a happy meal. Even the moon out of the window is happily went home, so the stars together to chat. I also like to hear their happy laughter.

How a day with joy that day.

国庆——欢乐的一天

祖国迎来了第六十六个生日，代表着祖国妈妈六十一岁了。亲爱的祖国妈妈经历了六十六年的风风雨雨，变的多么强大呀。

今天，在这喜庆的日子里。到处张灯结彩，红旗飘扬，欢声笑语在空气中传播。晚上，我和爸爸妈妈哥哥姐姐一起聊天吃饭猜谜语。我觉得那是最丰盛的一餐，那是多么欢乐的一餐。就连窗外的月亮也高高兴兴的回家去了，于是星星们凑在一起聊天。我也仿佛听到了他们愉快的笑声。

那天是多么欢乐地一天啊。

Dream, is a beacon of your life; dream, is your better vision; dream, is you ideal wings; and having dreams, you will have a future.www.zhlzw.com

“Now, everybody was discussing the Chinese dream, I think, realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, is the greatest dream of the Chinese nation since the modern time.??the words are claimed by Xi Jinping. This is the general secretary of Xi jinping ?s Chinese dream. But as a contemporary college students, what is our Chinese dream? Can we dare to dream?

The answer is yes. We college students have no dare not dream, we not only need to bravely dream, but also hard to dream! As we all know, the highest honor of the nursing field is get the Nightingale prize. Each of years china had more or less people gotten this honor. Whenever I see the time that they wearing a silver medal and holding flowers standing on the podium to getting applause and glory, I couldnt help of imaging myself standing on the stage like them in future, that could be how glorious. This is my dream, my dream of Nightingale?s.

And I, a new era of college students, I am proud of my dream, proud of our motherland. When the dream into reality, in a era which let the youth realizing their ideal, I believe my dream will be realizing in the near future!www.zhlzw.com

Finally, I would like to inviting all of yours, please stretch out your hands, let us applause to achieve the dream of tomorrow!

梦想,是人生的灯塔,梦想,是你更好的远景;梦想,是你理想的翅膀,梦想,你会有一个future.www.zhlzw.com

“现在,每个人都在讨论中国梦,我认为,实现中华民族的伟大复兴,中华民族是最伟大的梦想自现代时间。? ?这句话是由习近平称。这是总书记习近平?年代的中国梦。但作为一个当代大学生,我们的中国梦是什么?我们敢于梦想吗?

答案是肯定的。我们大学生没有不敢梦想,我们不仅需要勇敢的梦想,但也很难梦想!我们都知道,护理领域的最高荣誉是南丁格尔奖。每一年中国已经或多或少的人得到这个荣誉。每当我看到他们穿着银牌和拿着鲜花站在领奖台上获得掌声和荣誉,我不禁想象自己站在舞台上就像他们在未来,这可能是光荣的。这是我的梦想,我的梦想的夜莺。

和我,一个新时代的大学生,我很自豪我的梦想,为我们的祖国感到骄傲。当梦想变成了现实,在一个时代,让青年实现自己的理想,我相信我的梦会实现在不久的将来! www.zhlzw.com

最后,我想邀请你,请伸出你的手,让我们掌声实现明天的梦想!

Dear James:

Wish to haunt our halls? Youre invited to join us in the Halloween Eve.There will be witches and magic waiting for you, and something youve ever see! Meets us at the schools Student Center October 31st 8:00 P.M, come and enjoy an evening of fantasy!

yours,

xxx

My fiat is made up of eight rooms：one hall，one bathroom，one kitchen，one dining room，one living room， two bedrooms and one toilet。The hall faces the front door。 When you come into my flat，you will first see the hall。The bathroom is on the right，and the toilet is on the left。In front of you，there are two doors。The left one leads to one of the bedrooms，and the right one leads to the living room。When you come into the living room， you will see two doors again。The left one leads to another bedroom，and the right one to the kitchen。The kitchen goes straight to the dining room。Besides，there is also a balcony next to the living room and one of the bedrooms。

我的房子有八个房间：一个客厅，一个卫生间，一个厨房，一个餐厅，一个客厅，两间卧室和一个卫生间。客厅面对大门。当你进入我的房子时，你首先会看到客厅。右侧是浴室，厕所在左边。在你的面前，有两个门。左边一个通向一间卧室，右侧的门通向起居室。当你进入客厅，你又看见两个门。左一个通向另一间卧室，右边的可以去厨房。厨房直奔餐厅。此外，还有一个客厅的阳台和一间卧室的阳台。