我的家庭英语作文及翻译(合集20篇)

Everyone has a family. i have a family, too. i name it “happy family”, because everyone in my family is happy.

Come and meet my family, please! my mother is kind. i love her, and she loves me, too. my mother is pretty. she likes beautiful clothes. i call her“dressy mum”. my father is a boss. he is tall and thin. he has a small head. i give him a nickname“small head father”. i am fat and lovely. i have a big head. i give myself a nickname“big head girl”. i study hard. i am a good student.

We are happy every day!

[愉快的家庭英语作文

As the most important festival in China since ancient times， the Spring Festival is always being excepted by we kids。 Because we dont need to do any homework during this time very year。Its really a precious holiday for us。 And our parents are free from their work too。 We go to our grandparents to get together with them to enjoy the moment when the new year comes。

I will priciate if the holiday to be longer。

作为一直以来中国最重要的节日，春节总是带给我们这些小孩美好的期待。首先，在这春节期间我们不用写作业了。这对我们来说真是弥足珍贵的假日。我们的父母也放假，所以我们能一起去爷爷奶奶家欢度新年，一起享受新年钟声敲响时的快乐。

当然，如果这假期长一点的话我们会更开心的。

A good friend of mine is Zhang Yachun. Her eyes are big and round, bright, like a black pearl, beautiful black hair, like heaven planetesimals, skin white and tender, like a small baby, likeable.

Chuns personality is optimistic, have a happy thing, can share with me, not happy mood, I will share with her. Her body is very soft, you can easily when they are cheating on low back, let everybody envy very much, on the expression of sports subject always let people sit up and take notice, not only that, even comity people daily life, everywhere for others, as a kind of angel, won everyones favorite.

Remember when we first read the kindergarten, she always took me by the hand tightly, walk around with me, at that time, I think each other like blood sisters, Im impressed. Every time I go to her home to play with barbie dolls, she is the most beautiful for me, I admire her spirit of comity, because I cant do that, I think she is a thoughtful, considerate and sensible man.

Im very glad to have such a good friend, I hope we always keep a warm friendship, becoming the best childhood memories.

我的好朋友是张雅淳。她的眼睛又大又圆、明亮有神，就像黑珍珠，头发乌黑亮丽，好似天上的星子，皮肤又白又嫩，有如小婴儿，令人喜爱。

雅淳的个性很乐观，有快乐的事时，就会和我分享，心情不愉快时，我也会和她一起分忧。她的身体很柔软，劈腿时很容易就可以下腰，让大家非常羡慕，在体育科目的表现上总是让人刮目相看，不仅如此，连日常生活都礼让别人，处处为别人着想，犹如一位和蔼可亲的小天使，赢得大家的喜爱。

记得我们第一次读幼儿园时，她总是紧紧牵着我的手，带着我到处走来走去，那时候，我觉得彼此好像亲姐妹，我留下深刻的印象。每一次我去她家玩芭比娃娃，她都把最漂亮的留给我，我好佩服她的礼让精神，因为我做不到，我觉得她是一个善解人意、体贴懂事的人。

我很高兴有这么好的朋友，我希望我们永远保持温馨的友谊，成为童年最好的回忆。

Next week I would like to go to Kaifeng and parents。 Kaifeng has many great snacks， such as steamed buns， sesame seed Gaul。 Kaifeng also on the famous Qingming River Park， I think it has to be very beautiful。 My parents will be opened to see my uncle and live in his house one night。翻译：下周我要和我的父母去开封。开封有许多十分棒的小吃，比如小笼包子、高卢烧饼。开封还有著名的清明上河园，我想那必须十分的漂亮。我和我的父母将会在开封见到我的叔叔，并住在他家一晚。

First day of losing weight

Today is the first day of my plan of losing weight.This morning , i drunk

only a cup of milk oatmeal as plan,and then i started to studied my english.when

it was 10：00 am, the inner man began to crave the nourishment, i couldnt

concentrate my attention to study， and there fried all kinds of delicious food

in my brain:hamburgers、dumplings、egg fried rice and omelette…… .After ten

minutes strugling，I couldnt help that anymore! I rushed to the kitchen, in

which then i ate whatever that was eatable!After that i finally gave up to lose

weight, thinking that im not that fat to need to go on a diet. Anyway, i should

continue to enjoy delicious food which i think is most beautiful thing in the

world.

参考翻译

减肥的第一天

今天是我减肥计划的第一天。今天早上，按照计划，我只喝了一杯牛奶燕麦，然后就去学习英语了。到了上午10点钟的时候，我的肚子开始咕咕叫想要吃东西了，我不能集中精神好好学习，满脑子飞过各种各样的美食：汉堡包、饺子、蛋炒饭、煎蛋……经过10分钟的挣扎，我终于忍不住了!我冲进厨房，把所有能吃的食物都吃了!吃完之后，想着自己其实并没有胖到要节食的地步，我最终决定放弃减肥。不过怎么样，我应该继续享受我所认为是世界上最美好的东西——美食。

Persons life there are many kinds of love, affection, love,... Every kind of feeling, is good, is precious, is unique! The same is true friendship!

On Saturday, I and friends go out to play, play the play, the rest aside. I looked at them, suddenly feel that its good to have friends! Friendship makes me happy! Friendship let me no longer lonely! Friendship with me grow! Friendship when I meet with difficulties, to help me and encourage me!!!!!!! Friendship in my sad comfort me...

On one occasion, in math class, but I how all dont understand what the teacher was saying? Just as I was anxious, my good friend -- strontium strontium, walked to come over, patience taught me, to me, you know I will. This is, I feel so - its good to have friends!

Another time, my stomach at school, that is just right to class. My good friend, feifei, help me to the school infirmary, also comfort me. For her love of learning, it will be less to learn some knowledge. I advised her to go back, but she wouldnt listen, said a words: "we are friends!" I heard these words, very touched! Although only a few words, but the words always warm my heart!

The friend was really good, our life without friends, we want to have a really precious little friends, good to cherish...

人的一生有很多种情：亲情、爱情……每一种情，都是美好的、都是珍贵的、都是独一无二的!友情也是如此!

在周六，我和小伙伴们出去玩，玩着玩着，就到一旁休息。我看着她们，忽然觉得有朋友真好!友谊让我快乐!友谊让我不再孤独!友谊伴我成长!友谊在我遇到困难的时候，帮助我、鼓励我!友谊在我伤心的时候安慰我……

有一次，在上数学课，可我怎么都听不懂老师在讲些什么?正当我焦急万分的时候，我的好朋友——锶锶，走了过来，耐心的教我，给我讲解，知道我会为止。这是，我感到不已——有朋友真好!

还有一次，我在学校肚子痛，那是刚好要上课。我的好朋友——菲菲，扶我到校医室，还不停的安慰我。对于爱学习的她来说，这样会少学一些知识的。我劝她回去，可她就是不听，说了一句话：“谁叫我们是朋友呀!”我听到这句话，很感动!虽然只有短短几个字，但这几个字时时刻刻温暖我的心!

有朋友真的很好，我们的一生缺少不了朋友，我们要好好真惜身边的朋友，好好的珍惜……

my daily life

Though my daily life is extremely monotonous, I try hard to adapt myself to

it. Why? Because I intend to be a good student. I wish to render service to my

country. I get up at six o’clock every day. after I wash my face and brush my

teeth, I begin to review my lessons. I go to school at seven o’clock. after

school is over, I return home. we usually have supper at seven o’clock.then I

begin to do my homework. I want to finish it before i go to bed.

我的日常生活

虽然我的日常生活十分单调，但我却竭力设法去适应它。为什么?因为我打算做一个好学生，希望将来为国家服务。

我每天六点起床、洗脸刷牙后，就开始复习功课，七点钟我就去上学。

放学后，我就回家了。我们通常在七点钟吃晚餐，之后我就开始做家庭作业，希望在睡觉前把它做完。

Every family has a lot of housework. I think its our duty to help our parents do some housework.

I often help my parents wash the dishes, clean the room and make the bed. I think Ive learned how to take care of myself and my family by doing housework.

It can make me happy,too. And doing housework is also a kind of exercise.

The summer holiday is coming. Im going to do some shopping and water the flowers every week.

I will learn how to cook delicious dishes,too.

I think ill have a busy and happy holiday.

[有关我的家庭英语作文5篇

The delicious lunch

Today,when I went home after school at noon,the moment I opened the door,a

good smell drifted out.Then I saw my mother was cooking in the kitchen.Wow!That

were all my favorite food:lobsters,chiken wings,sweet and sour pork

ribs,kung-pao chiken and steamed fish.My mother said:“your uncle,aunt and your

little cousin will come to visit us soon.”No wonder my mother cooked so many

delicious.After we ate lunch,I felt very fulled,because the lunch was actually

tasted delicious,I hadnt eaten such tasty dishes for a long time.Then I played

with my little cousin,he is two years old,and he is chbby and very cute.

参考翻译

美味的午餐

今天上午我放学回来的时候，当我一打开门，一阵香味扑鼻而来。然后我看见我妈妈正在厨房煮菜，哇!那都是我最喜欢的食物：小龙虾、鸡翅、糖醋排骨、宫保鸡丁和清蒸鱼。我妈妈说：“你舅舅、舅妈和你小表弟得下来我们家做客。”难怪我妈妈怎么会做那么多美食。我们吃完午饭后，我感觉非常饱，因为那些菜实在很好吃，并且我已经很久没有吃过那么好吃的食物了。然后我和我的小表弟玩耍，他两岁了，胖嘟嘟的非常可爱。

Today is Friday. It is my thirteenth birthday. I got up very early in the

morning and put on my new clothes happily. My parents bought me the new clothes

as my birthday presents. I went to school earlier than before.I invited many of

my classmates to come to my birthday party in the evening.

今天是星期五，这是我13岁生日。我早早就起床愉快地穿上我的新衣服。我的父母给我买了新衣服做为生日礼物。我比以住早去上学，我邀请了许多同学在晚上来我的生日聚会。

Evening came at last. Many of my classmate came to my home. they bought me

lots of beautiful presents. they all said,"Happy birthday to you!" We sang

birthday songs happily.then my parents brought out a big birthday cake, saying,

"We love you for ever. Happy birthday!"

傍晚过后。我的许多同学来到我家，他们给我买了很多漂亮的礼物，他们说：“祝你生日快乐!”我们唱生日歌，我的父母拿出了一个大生日蛋糕，他们说：“我们永远爱你。祝你生日快乐!”

At the end of the party, we ate the birthday cake and some other delicious

food. How happy I was!

在派对的最后，我们吃了生日蛋糕和其他一些美食，我是多么幸福啊!

Dear Xiao Wang,

I am very glad to learn that you are going to visit me during the week-long holiday.

[我很高兴得知你要在我为期一周的假期里来看我。]My parents will also be happy to see you again.[我的父母也很高兴再次见到你。]I am sure you will enjoy every minute here. [

我相信你会喜欢这里的每一分钟。]

I have arranged our schedule for the holiday as follows.[我已经安排好我们的日程安排的假期如下.]On the first day you arrive, I will show you around our campus. [在你来着的第一天，我会带你参观我的校园。]On the second day, we will visit the art gallery and the music hall.[第二天，我们去参观艺术馆和音乐厅。]Next day,we will climb a hill in the northeastern part of the city.[第三天，我们去攀爬城市东北部的山峰。]On the top of the hill, we can have a wonderful bird’s eye view of the city.[在山顶上，我们可以鸟瞰这个美丽的城市。]During the next three days, we’ll make some short trips to some places of interest nearby，such as the Swan Cave, the Golden Lake, etc.[接下来的三天，我们去附近的名胜古迹来些短途旅行，例如天鹅洞，金色湖。]On the last day, I’ll see you off at the railway station.[最后一天，我会到火车站送你。]

Please remember to call and tell me your train number and time of arrival so that I can meet you at the railway station. [请记得打电话告诉我你的火车号和抵达时间以便我去火车站接你。]By the way, it is very hot here and we have a lot of sunshine, so don’t forget to wear

you sunglasses. [顺便提一下，这里天气很热阳光强烈，所以不要忘了戴太阳镜。]

I’m looking forward to seeing you soon.[我期待很快见到你。]

Sincerely yours,

Zhang Ying

How to have a healthy body? First of all, you have to play sports like

playing basketball and running. You should also eat more fruits and vegetables,

such as apples and bananas, which are rich in vitamins. If you do that, you

wont get sick often. And you can not stay up late, to early to bed and early to

rise, you should speak hygiene, clean themselves, often to drink lots of water

every day, not to eat junk food, and so on are conducive to a healthy body, the

most important thing is to pay attention to safety.

怎样拥有一个健康的身体?首先你必须经常运动比如打篮球，跑步。你还要多吃蔬菜水果，例如苹果，香蕉，它们含有丰富的维生素。如果这样做，你就不会经常得病。并且你不可以熬夜，要早睡早起，你要讲卫生，经常清洁自己，每天要喝很多水，不能吃垃圾食品等等都利于身体健康，最重要的是注意安全。

In my heart, my father is a great man, he wakes up early and goes to work,

in the event, he goes home late. He is working so hard, all he does is for the

family and to support my education. Once I ask him if he is tired, he smiles and

says that I am his sweet burden. I feel so moved, his love for me is so

deep.

在我心里，我的爸爸是个伟大的人，他很早就起来上班，在晚上，他很晚才回家。他一直都很努力工作，他所做的一切都是为了家庭和支持我的教育。曾经我问他是否感到很累，他对我微笑，说我是他甜蜜的负担。我很感动，他对我的爱是如此的深。

My family is an ordinary Chinese families, my family is different, my family is filled with warmth and happiness. My family is made up of four members: father, mother, sister, and me.

Father was engaged in the sales job for many years, no stay at home for a few days a year, all run outside sales, every dad home a thin circle, also black many, my sister and I are all very clear in my heart, my dad ran outside sales, dont go home, all the year round is in money, let my sister and I go to school, lets a have a good life, my dad ran outside sales is a few months, often forget to eat, from then on, my sister and Ill set firm resolve: we must study hard and do not live up to the expectations of mom and dad for us!

And my mother is also a career in sales, but unlucky, unlike daddy so hard, all the year round in the outside run sales. Mom is a good housewife in the home.

My sister and I, is a primary school student now!

Although my family is very simple, but very warm and very happy!!!!!!

Every time when I and my sister is a little small contradictions. Mother always came to us, remember once, my sister and I together make a fool of my mother, my sister and I pretend to be angry, my mother came and advised us, actually we dont angry, this matter, our whole family laugh for a long time for a long time. My family is full of laughter!

我的家庭是一个普普通通的中国家庭，我的家庭与众不同的一点就是，我的家庭里充满了温馨与幸福。我的家庭是由四个成员组成的：爸爸、妈妈、妹妹、和我。

爸爸从事了多年的销售工作，一年之中就没有在家待过几天，都在外面跑销售，每次爸爸回家都会瘦一圈，还会黑许多，我和妹妹心里都非常清楚，爸爸在外面跑销售，常年不回家，都是在挣钱，让我和妹妹上学，让我们一家都过上好日子，爸爸在外面跑销售一去就是几个月，常常还忘了吃饭，从此吗我和妹妹就立下了坚定的决心：我们一定要好好学习，一定不辜负爸爸、妈妈对我们的期望!

而我的妈妈也是从事销售职业，不过不祥、不像爸爸这么辛苦，常年在外面跑销售。妈妈在家里又是一名贤惠的家庭主妇。

我和妹妹，现在还是一名小学生!

我的家庭虽然很简单，但是很温馨很幸福!!!

每当我和妹妹有点小矛盾的时候。妈妈总是要来劝我们，记得有一次，我和妹妹联合起来把妈妈耍了一顿，我和妹妹假装生气，妈妈就过来劝我们，其实我们并没有生气，这件事，我们全家笑了好久好久。我的家庭还充满欢笑!

简而言之，低碳生活是一种生活习惯，是一种自然资源，可以就近保存。如果你想改善你自己的生活习惯，你可以加入其中。低碳生活，不仅告诉人们，你可以做一些减少碳排放的事情，也告诉人们，你可以做到。我们应该积极推广和实践，低碳生活节约节电启动，点太阳能。当然，低碳并不意味着要放弃一些节俭的，刻意的享受生活，只要你能从生活中拯救，不要浪费，这是一个低碳的生活。

低碳是每个人的责任，是一种态度，不是一种能力。对我们来说，低碳生活是一种简单的生活方式

Today, I opened my free forum and I was very happy because I could do a lot

of things there. I decided to upgrade my forum and make it interesting. Then I

will make it grow up and at the same time, I can write down what I want to say

there. I will be very happy.

今天我开通了自己的免费论坛，我很高兴。因为我可以在那里做很多事。我决定要好好改造我的论坛，让他变得很新奇。然后我就会慢慢地让他成长起来，同时在那里写下我的心声。那样我会很快乐。

My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally — but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in surgery, casts and braces. By the time he was eight, you wouldnt know he had a problem when you saw him walk .

The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during play, and Joey would jump right in and run and play, too. We never told him that he probably wouldnt be able to run as well as the other children. So he didnt know.

In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross—country team. Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and ran more than any of the others — perhaps he sensed that the abilities that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him. Although the entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential to score points for the school. We didnt tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didnt know.

He continued to run four to five miles a day, every day — even the day he had a 103—degree fever. I was worried, so I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. I asked him how he felt. "Okay," he said. He had two more miles to go. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept running. We never told him he couldnt run four miles with a 103—degree fever. So he didnt know.

Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were called. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth—graders. We never told him he shouldnt expect to make the team. We never told him he couldnt do it. We never told him he couldnt do it...so he didnt know. He just did it.

翻译：

我的儿子琼尼降生时，他的双脚向上弯弯着，医生向我们保证说经过治疗，小琼尼可以像常人一样走路，但像常人一样跑步的可能性则微乎其微。琼尼3岁之前一直在接受治疗，和支架、石膏模子打交道。七八岁的时候，他走路的样子已让人看不出他的腿有过毛病。

邻居的小孩子们做游戏的时候总是跑过来跑过去。毫无疑问小琼尼看到他们玩就会马上加进去跑啊闹的。我们从不告诉他不能像别的孩子那样跑，我们从不说他和别的孩子不一样。因为我们不对他说，所以他不知道。

七年级的时候，琼尼决定参加跑步横穿全美的比赛。每天他和大伙一块训练。也许是意识到自己先天不如别人，他训练得比任何人都刻苦。训练队的前7名选手可以参加最后比赛，为学校拿分。我们没有告诉琼尼;也许会落空，所以他不知道。

他坚持每天跑4~5英里。我永远不会忘记有一次，他发着高烧，但仍坚持训练。我为他担心，于是去学校看他，发现他正在一个人沿着长长的林荫道跑步呢。我问他感觉怎么样，"很好。"他说。还剩下最后两英里。他满脸是汗，眼睛因为发烧失去了光彩。然而他目不斜视，坚持着跑下来。我们从没有告诉他不能发着高烧去跑4英里的路，我们从没有这样对他说，所以他不知道。

两个星期后，在决赛前的3天，长跑队的名次被确定下来。琼尼是第六名，他成功了。他才是个七年级生，而其余的人都是八年级生。我们从没有告诉他不要去期望入选，我们从没有对他说他不会成功。是的，从没说起过……所以他不知道，但他却做到了!

Good morning/afternoon/evening, my name isXXX . It is really a great honor to have this opportunity/chance to introduce myself. I would like to answer whatever you may raise, and I hope I can make a good performance today.

I am a third year master major in automation at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China. Withtremendous interest in Industrial Engineering, I am writing to apply for acceptance into your Ph.D. graduate program.

In 1995, I entered the Nanjing University of Science & Technology (NUST) -- widely considered one of the China’s best engineering schools. During the following undergraduate study, my academic records kept distinguished among the whole department. I was granted First Class Prize every semester,In 1999, I got the privilege to enter the graduate program waived of the admission test.

At the period of my graduate study, my overall GPA(3.77/4.0) ranked top 5% in the department. In the second semester, I became teacher assistant that is given to talented and matured students only. This year, I won the Acer Scholarship as the one and only candidate in my department, which is the ultimate accolade for distinguished students endowed by my university. Presently, I am preparing my graduation thesis and trying for the honor of Excellent Graduation Thesis.

Research experience and academic activity

When a sophomore, I joined the Association of AI Enthusiast and began to narrow down my interest for my future research. With the tool of OpenGL and Matlab, I designed a simulationprogram for transportation scheduling system. It is now widely used by different research groups in NUST. I assumed and fulfilled a sewage analysis & dispose project for Nanjing sewagetreatment plant. This was my first practice to convert a laboratory idea to a commercial product.

In retrospect, I find myself standing on a solid basis in both theory and experience, which has prepared me for the Ph.D. program. My future research interests include: Network Scheduling Problem, Heuristic Algorithm research (especially in GA and Neural network), Supply chain network research, Hybrid system performance analysis with Petri nets and Data Mining.

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早上好/下午好/晚上好,我的名字isXXX。真的很荣幸有这个机会进行自我介绍的机会。我想回答任何你可能会提高,我希望我能成为一个好今天的表现。

我是一个第三年硕士主修自动化在上海交通大学,中国公关。Withtremendous对工业工程的兴趣,我写这封信是为了申请接受到你的博士研究生项目。

1995年,我进入了南京科技大学(社交)——被广泛认为是中国最好的工程学校之一。在接下来的本科学习,我的学习成绩保持杰出的在整个部门。我每学期获得了头等奖,1999年,我有幸进入了研究生入学考试的放弃。

在我研究生学习期间,我的总平均成绩排名(3.77/4.0)前5%。在第二学期,我成为老师的助理,只给有才华的和成熟的学生。今年,我赢得了宏碁奖学金在我部门唯一的候选人,这是著名的终极荣誉学生赋予我的大学。目前,我准备我的毕业论文和优秀毕业论文的荣誉。

研究经验和学术活动

大二的时候,我加入了AI爱好者协会,开始为我的未来研究缩小我的兴趣。OpenGL的工具Matlab,我设计了一个simulationprogram运输调度系统。由不同的研究小组现在广泛使用的雄厚。我认为,实现污水分析&处理项目为南京sewagetreatment工厂。这是我第一次实践实验室的想法转换为一个商业产品。

回想起来,我发现自己站在一个坚实的基础的理论和经验,已准备好了我拿不到博士学位。我的未来的研究兴趣包括:网络调度问题,启发式算法研究(特别是遗传算法和神经网络),供应链网络研究,混合动力系统性能分析与佩特里网和数据挖掘。

[关于自我介绍英语作文带中文翻译

导语：每个人都有自己的家庭，你会跟大家怎么介绍你的家庭呢?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

My name is Yu Geqin. I’m nine years old. There are three members in my family, my father, my mother and I.

My father is a teacher. He is very handsome. He always wears a pair of glasses. He works very hard. He’s busy from morning to night. He’s the cleverest man of my family. He can solve the difficult problems, too.

My mother is very beautiful. She has two big eyes and her black hair is long. My mother is worker. She is good at her job. She is also a good housewife.

I have a happy family. I like it very much.

英语作文翻译：

我叫于格沁。我九岁。我家有三口人，我爸爸，我妈妈和我。

我的父亲是一名教师。他很英俊。他总是戴着一副眼镜。他工作很努力。他从早到晚忙着。他是我家最聪明的人。他也能解决这些难题。

我妈妈很漂亮。她有两只大眼睛，黑色的头发很长。我妈妈是工人。她擅长她的工作。她也是个好主妇。

我有一个幸福的家庭。我非常喜欢它.

I have a big family. There are four people in my family: my mother, my

father, my younger brother and me. Oh, there is also a dog named Buddy lives

with us. My mother is a Chinese teacher, and my father is a lawyer. My little

brother and I go to the same school. On weekday, my father sends us to school;

while mother help us with our homework. My favorite thing is to play with our

dog, Buddy. If we have enough time, we will take him for a walk. I love my

family.

万圣节(All Saints Day, All Hallows Day或Hallowmas) 是每年11月1日的欧美大节日。以下是小编带来的关于万圣节的英语资料大全，希望对你有帮助。

Halloween (or Halloween) is an annual holiday observed on October 31, which commonly includes activities such as trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving jack-o-lanterns, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films arevery happy.

Halloween (or Halloween) is an annual holiday observed on October 31, which commonly includes activities such as trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving jack-o-lanterns, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

History

Historian Nicholas Rogers, exploring the origins of Halloween, notes that while "some folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia, it is more typically linked to the Celtic festival of Samhain, whose original spelling was Samuin (pronounced sow-an or sow-in)".The name is derived from Old Irish and means roughly "summers end".Snap-Apple Night (1832) by Daniel Maclise.Depicts apple bobbing and divination games at a Halloween party in Blarney, Ireland.The name Halloween and many of its present-day traditions derive from the Old English era.

The word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even ("evening"), that is, the night before All Hallows Day.[4] Although the phrase All Hallows is found in Old English (ealra hālgena mæssedæg, mass-day of all saints), All-Hallows-Even is itself not attested until 1556.

11月1日 -- 万圣节 All Saints Day

11月2日 -- 墨西哥的鬼节 Day of Death

万圣节(All Saints Day, All Hallows Day或Hallowmas) 是每年11月1日的欧美大节日。

Halloween 是 All Hallows Eve 的缩写，万圣节前夜的意思，指10月31日的晚上。

For thousands of years people have been celebrating different holidays and festivals at the end of October. The Celts celebrated it as Samhain (pronounced “sow-in”, with “sow” rhyming with cow)。 The Irish English dictionary published by the Irish Texts Society defines the word as follows:

“Samhain, All Hallowtide, the feast of the dead in Pagan and Christian times, signalizing the close of harvest and the initiation of the winter season, lasting till May, during which troops (esp. the Fiann) were quartered. Faeries were imagined as particularly active at this season. From it the half year is reckoned. also called Feile Moingfinne (Snow Goddess)。(1) The Scottish Gaelis Dictionary defines it as ”Hallowtide. The Feast of All Soula. Sam + Fuin = end of summer.“(2) Contrary to the information published by many organizations, there is no archaeological or literary evidence to indicate that Samhain was a deity. The Celtic Gods of the dead were Gwynn ap Nudd for the British, and Arawn for the Welsh. The Irish did not have a ”lord of death“ as such.

The Celts believed that every year on the last day of October, the souls of the dead visited the earth.www.

When the Romans conquered the Celts in the first century A.D., they added parts of their festivals, Feralia and Pomona to the tradition. Feralia was a festival to honor the dead and Pomona was a harvest festival named after the goddess of fruit (apples) and trees.

Around the eigth century, the Christian church made November 1 All Saints Day to honor all of the saints that didnt have a special day of their own. Over the years these festivals combined, the mass held on All Saints Day was called Allhallowmas (the mass of all Hallows - saintly people)。 The night before was known as All Hallows Eve. Eventually this name became Halloween.

In the 1800s, as a lot of people emigrated to the U.S., the holidays and traditions of different cultures merged. Halloween was not always a happy time. October 31, or the night before took on other names. Some called it Devils or Hell night, to others it was mischief night. Here in Vermont, the night before is called cabbage night. To some people this became a time to play tricks on others. Some of these tricks were not fun at all. Luckily, community groups and individuals took action and started to change Halloween into a family event. Dressing up in costumes and going ”trick or treating“, costume parades, community parties and Fall festivals are some of the ways that Halloween is celebrated today.

Other countries have different Fall festivals to honor the deceased.

The Festival of the Dead is one of the most important happenings in both Palermo and the rest of Sicily. The second of November is a festival day for the children of Palermo as, according to tradition,they were made to believe that their dead relatives would return the night before and leave them traditional sweets and cakes on the table (Martorana fruit, which is almond paste made into the shape of different fruit)。 They would also receive puppets of boiled sugar and toys. Its one way of keeping the memory of their dead relatives and loved ones alive.

一年中最”闹鬼“的这天夜里，各种妖魔鬼怪、 海盗、 外星来客和巫婆们纷纷出动。在基督纪元以前，凯尔特人在夏未举行仪式感激上苍和太阳的恩惠。

当时的占卜者点燃并施巫术以驱赶据说在四周游荡的妖魔怪。后来，罗马人用果仁和苹果来庆祝的丰收节与凯尔特人的10月31日溶合了。

在中世纪，人们穿上动物造型的服饰、 戴上可怕的面具是想在万圣节前夜驱赶黑夜中的鬼怪。尽管後来基督教代替了凯尔特和罗马的宗教活动，早期的习俗还是保留下来了。现在，孩子们带着开玩笑的心理穿戴上各种服饰和面具参加万圣节舞会，这些舞会四周的墙上往往悬挂着用纸糊的巫婆、 黑猫、 鬼怪和尸骨，窗前和门口则吊着龇牙裂嘴或是面目可憎的南瓜灯笼。孩子们还常常试图咬住悬挂着的苹果。

美国和加拿大的孩子们在这天穿戴上古怪的服饰去按邻居家的门铃，并按传统发出”是款待我还是要我耍花招“的威胁。邻居们不管是否被吓着，总是准备了一些糖果、 苹果等点心，孩子们则一一收入自己的袋内。

万圣节其实不是基督教的节日。2500年前，爱尔兰的凯尔特人(Celts)以10月31日为一年的最後一日，11月1日是新一年的开始，也象徵冬天的来临。

凯尔特人相信死亡之神Samhain在10月31日的晚上会和鬼魂一起重返人间，寻找替身。因此他们燃点火炬，焚烧动物以作为死亡之神的献礼。还会用动物的头或皮毛做成的服饰打扮自己，发出古怪的声音，使死亡之神认不出自己，避过灾难。这就是今天万圣节化妆舞会的由来。过了当晚，鬼魂回到阴间，一切回复平静。

基督教兴起，教徒沿袭万圣节传统，万圣节的意义慢慢改为纪念为献身於神而死亡的人(holies)。

附带一提，11月2日是墨西哥的鬼节(Los Dias de los Muertos, Day of the Dead)。当天家家户户都烘烤动物造型的面包和煮鸡肉等食物，并在供桌上面放置玩具，以期待早逝的孩童们回到家中玩耍。也可以陈列鲜花、 水果、 照片和彩绘的骷髅头，接待仙逝长辈。

墨西哥人认为，鬼魂和人一样需要及时行乐，所以鬼节宛若一场嘉年华会，人们带着面具到处游走，吃骷髅形状的糖，面包上还装饰有鬼的形像。黄昏时刻，全家人一起到墓园清理墓地，妇女们或跪或坐整夜祈祷，男人们交谈或唱歌，在子夜中烛光忽闪忽灭充满了整个墓园，游唱歌者为已逝亡者的灵魂高歌吟唱。

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