英语我的暑假作文带翻译（合集20篇）

My New Deskmate

My new deskmate is a boy of sixteen. His name is Zhang Gao. He is 1.8

meters tall. His strongly-built body and sun-tanned skin make him look like a

sportsman. He has two big dark eyes under a pair of thick eyebows. It seems that

they are always smiling at you. Compared with my yellow hair, his hair is black

and thick. He speaks a little bit fast but very clearly. However, he likes to

gesture from time to time while hes talking. He has a dream of becoming a famous

actor one day. I believe his dream will come true because of his handsome face

and well-developed figure.

我的新同桌是一个16岁的男孩。他叫张高，身高一米八。结实的身材、晒黑的皮肤使他看起来像运动员。他浓浓的眉毛下有一双又黑又大的眼睛，似乎总是在对人微笑。与我的黄头发相比，他有一头浓密的黑发。他的语速有点快，但相当清楚，只是他说话时爱打手势。他的理想是当一名演员，我想他英俊的长相和匀称的身材定会让他好梦成真。

20XX年X月X日 晴

Today was the vacation last day, I reorganized own went to school with the thing in the home, this vacation might be really quick, made me extremely not to give up, tomorrow also will be the new semester.

Which is more important, health or wealth? When given this question, different people have varied answers. Some insist that health plays a more important role in our life, while others see more advantages arising from wealth.

健康和财富，哪个更重要?当这个问题被提出来的时候，不同的人有不同的答案。有些人坚持认为，在我们生活中，健康扮演者更为重要的角色，然而其他人认为健康能带给我们更多利益。

The first group of people quote the old saying "Health is above wealth" to prove their idea. They argue that, on the one hand, a strong person can do almost anything as long as he/she tries hard. On the other hand, however, rich people will not be able to enjoy the wealth if their days are numbered.

支持健康更重要的人引用了一句俗语“健康就是财富”来证明他们的观点(是正确的)。他们认为，在某一方面来说，强壮的人，只要他们肯努力，那他们几乎能做任何事情。可是，从另一方面来说，如果有钱人活着的日子屈指可数的话，那他们将没法享受健康。

In contrast, the advocates of wealth have such arguments as follows. For one thing, wealthy people will be able to buy more healthful foods. For another, they can enjoy better facilities to improve their health. Take my neighbor, Lao Wang, as an example. He had a heart attack and is in hospital. However, he cannot afford the expensive operation, which costs as much as 100,000 yuan. Therefore, he has to lie in bed hopelessly. If he were a rich man, his life could be saved.

相反地，支持财富更为重要的人就有以下的争论。首先，有钱的人能买到更有益健康的食物。其次，他们可以享受能提高健康的设备。举个例子来说，我的邻居老王，他有严重的心脏病，并且正在住院(接受治疗)。可是，他没办法负担高达100，000的手术治疗费.因此，他只能毫无希望地躺在病床上。如果他是一个有钱人，那他就能得到治疗。

As far as I am concerned, both health and wealth are important to our life. We should try to strike a balance between them and gain wealth with a healthy body.

我认为，健康和财富对我们生活都很重要。我们应该努力试着在这两者之间做到平衡，并将财富与健康的身体相伴。

Have finished the test yesterday, although did not take notice of, actually also is equal to the winter vacation, so I would have had a plan for winter vacation.

Morning, Ill sleep to nature to wake, after mom and dad go to work, I quickly get up, under their bags of instant noodles to eat. While mom and dad be not at home, but I am not lazy, after dinner, write a few pages of my winter vacation paradise, then look at the books, and then you can go to play computer games, good just cant be too long, then see fellow bloggers write blog, or animation.

At noon, I will write a few lines of copybook half a page or a page, and then take the English textbook, on a point reading machine to read, or at least a dozen minutes, after finished, you can watch TV or play computer, it is best to go downstairs to the fitness equipment for children playing over there.

Because I cant stay at home, in the afternoon must go to her office, with my mother plan to write a few pages of homework in the office, reading, and then in the college, ballroom and on the basketball court to play with children, after the play can play computer games for a while.

And this period of time has been too little blog, had a holiday, now I have to write more, plan two days.

These, of course, when no holiday refers to the mothers unit, wait until New Years day that a few days what also not stem, light to play.

Put the winter vacation, thats what I think, since it is the holiday, I will be happy to play, but also have to learn, I will be strict with myself!

昨天已经考完试了，虽然没有拿通知书，其实也相当于放寒假了，所以我要自己对寒假有个计划。

上午，我就睡到自然醒，等爸爸妈妈上班走后，我迅速起床，自己下袋方便面吃。虽然爸爸妈妈不在家，但我也不能偷懒，吃完饭后，写几页我的《寒假乐园》，再看看课外书，然后就可以痛快地玩电脑游戏了，只不过时间不能太长了，接着再看看博友们写的博客或是看看动画片。

中午，我就写几行字帖或是一页半页都可以，然后再拿着英语课本，在点读机上读读，至少也要个十来分钟，干完后可以看电视或玩电脑，最好是下楼到健身器材那边找小朋友玩儿。

由于下午我不能呆在家里，必须跟妈妈一块儿去她办公室，计划先在办公室写几页作业，看看书，然后在院里的跳舞场和篮球场上和小朋友玩，玩玩后就可以玩一会电脑游戏了。

还有这段时间博客写得太少了，现在放假了，我得多写，计划两天一篇。

这些当然指妈妈单位没放假的时候，等到过年那几天就什么也不干，光玩了。

放寒假了，我就是这么想的，既然是放假吗，我就要痛快地玩好，但也不能不学习，我会严格要求自己的!

Ivan came home with a bloody nose and his mother asked, "What happened?"

"A kid bit me," replied Ivan.

"Would you recognize him if you saw him again?" asked his mother.

"Id know him any where," said Ivan. "I have his ear in my pocket."

伊凡鼻子流着血回到家里。他妈妈问，“发生了什么事?”

“一个男孩咬了我一口，”伊凡说。

“再见到他你能认出来吗?”妈妈问。

“他走到哪里我都能认出他，”伊凡说。“他的耳朵还在我衣兜里呢。”

I came back to school after the summer vacation. As soon as I settled down, I made a phone call to my mother. When I talked to her, I could not hold back my tears. “After all,” I said, “You’re my mother.”

During the vacation, mother and I had a quarrel. After that we were unwilling to talk with each other. She thought I was her sweet daughter and I believed that she did not respect me. Then after few days, I left home. My mother gave me a full package of home-make food and she said to me, “I cook this morning, take this then you can have it on the train.” However, I refuse to take it. I just turned away and slam the door without saying goodbye to my mother. I was still angry about her. “You’re still my good girl.” My mother said in a low voice chocked with sob.

On the train I could not eat anything, I felt terrible. How I wish I had said sorry to my mother before I left. Now all I want to say is, will you forgive me, my dear mother?

暑假结束后，我回到了学校。我一稳定下来，我就立刻打电话给我的母亲。当我和她说话时，眼睛止不住流了下来。我对她说，“毕竟，你是我的母亲。”

在假期的时候，我和妈妈吵了一架。从那以后我们都不愿意和对方说话了。她认为我不再是那个甜美可爱的女孩了。几天后，我就离开了家。走之前，妈妈给了我一大包自己做的食品，她对我说：“我今早煮的，你拿着在火车上吃吧。”然后，我拒绝了妈妈的一片好心。然后我转过身狠狠的摔上门走了。也没有对她说再见。我还在生她的气。“你依旧是我的好女儿。”她用低沉的声音抽泣着说。

在火车上我吃不下任何东西，我感觉很内疚。我真希望在离家之前对我妈妈说声抱歉啊。现在我只想说：我最亲爱的母亲，你愿意原谅我么？

[我的母亲英语作文以及翻译

live very happily today! in the morning, it is very fine! then i climb the

mountain with family, the air on the mountain is very fresh, the flowers plants

and trees on the mountain all seem extremely beautiful.

in the afternoon, i go to friends home to play, the friend entertains me

warmly, show me a lot of books of his , has listened to his cd for me , then

also ask me to eat a sumptuous dinner.

coming back home in the evening, family and i sat and watched tv together,

we are returning and eating the fruit while chatting, the whole family is happy

and harmonious!

译文：

今天我过得非常开心!早上，天气非常好!于是我和家人一起去登山，山上的空气非常清新，山上的花草树木都显得格外美丽。

下午，我去了朋友家玩，朋友热情地招待我，给我看了他的很多书，给我听了他的cd，然后还请我吃了一顿丰盛的晚餐。

晚上回到家，我与家人坐在一起看电视，我们还一边聊天一边吃着水果，全家其乐融!

Were born in this world, the first touch is the "family", perhaps we had a quarrel with his family, also have a disagreement, but when frustrated, is they accompany us, towards the unknown future, perhaps and they get along with time may not be a long time, but they have to give our love without reservation, I admit, I really will make parents angry, but on the rise countries at that time, I changed, because I dont want to in the circle of life, wasted the time belongs to us.

We dont know, how long can you live in this world, the only sure: "family love" is never change. My family is not rich, but I have a warm family, also let me understand a lot of way of doing things a person, everyone wants to be loved, but dont know what is the definition of love? Actually, love is very simple, just hard to understand a person, and to care for others.

Life wont last very long, I hope that love in the world, this is my view of the world, because I know, nothing, no character, no love, no care is equal to the waste in life, there is no meaning, so, dont let your own life meaningful? So, I want to take advantage of reading to giving back to the family love.

If the parents dont care about his daughter, he wont leave your tears, and the children dont care about his parents, will not Mr Spell a career, to let their parents a better life. But I, is the same, for your family also have feelings, loathe to give up, happy, sad mood, such as in the end I want to say is, "I really love all the people in my family."

人出生在这世界上，最早接触到的就是“家人”，也许我们曾经和家人吵架过，也有意见不合的时候，但当受到挫折时，却是他们陪伴着我们，一起走向未知的未来，或许和他们的相处时间可能不会很久，但他们却毫无保留的把爱给我们，我承认，我真的很会惹父母生气，不过在升上国一时，我改了，因为我不想在过鬼打墙的日子中，浪费了属于我们的时光。

我们并不知道，自己到底可以在这个世界上活多久，而唯一肯定的是：“家人的爱”是永远不会变的。我家并不富有，但我有个温馨的家庭，也让我懂很多做人处事的道理，每一个人都希望被爱，不过，并不知道爱的定义是甚么?其实，爱很简单，只是用心的去懂一个人，并且去关怀他人而已。

生命不会长久，但愿爱永在世上，这是我对这个世界的看法，因为我懂，没有事物、没有人物、没有爱、没有关怀等于在虚掷人生，毫无意义，既然如此，位什么不让自己的人生有意义点呢?所以，我想利用读书来回馈家人的爱。

假如，父母不在乎自己的女儿，就不会留下自己的眼泪，而子女不在乎自己的父母，就不会努拼着事业，来让自己的父母过好一点的生活。而我，也是一样的，对自己的家人也会有感情、舍不得、开心、难过等情绪存在，最后我想说的是，“我真的很爱我们家所有的人。”

Most people has a sweet home, so have I. I think my home is sweet because

it is my best place to have rest or have fun with my friends or my parents.

许多人拥有一个甜蜜的家，我也有。我认为我的家是甜蜜的，因为它是我休息、与父母、朋友一起玩乐的地方。

I can remember clearly. Once I came back home late because my teacher

didnt want me leave until I finished my homework. At that time, the weather

became colder and the wind became stronger. I was so hungry and cold at that

time! I felt I cant take it any more, so I ran to my home quickly. When I got

my home, I felt much more warmer and happiness than ever before!

我可以清楚地记着。有一次，直到我完成作业，老师才肯放我回家，所以我就回来晚了。那时候，天气更冷了，风也变得更大了。在那时，我又冷又饿。我觉得自己无法承受了，所以我迅速地跑回家。当我到家的时候，我感到从未有过的温暖和幸福。

Thats why I love my sweet home. Dont you think so?

这就是为什么我爱自己的甜蜜之家。难道你不是这么认为的么?

Today is a great day, my aunt and I are going to visit my aunts house.

When I came to my aunts house, I was so excited that I jumped up and down in the room. When he was tired, he sat down on the sofa. After a while I stood up and went to the south house to watch TV.

At noon, I went to dinner with my aunt. But there was no food in the house, so we had to go out to eat. After dinner, the weather was too hot, so my aunt and I could only stay under the shed.

Luckily, there were three puppies in the shed, or I would be bored to death. One of the dogs is called a pea, a dog is called a little black, and a dog is called fluffy. I like wool most: MAO MAO is a little chow chow, and gentle and lovely; When you go to bed, curl up and look like a little furry ball from a distance.

Before long, the sun was not so hot that my aunt and I were reluctant to leave the lovely shed.

There are many festivals in China. Among them, I like the Spring Festival most.Not only because it’s the biggest festival in the year, but also because it’s a new beginning that brings hope to people and it’s time for family gathering.Before the festival, people come home no matter where they are.Usually, we have a big dinner on the New Year’s Eve. And then families sit together and share their lives or planes.Some will play games or hang out to have some fun.

On the New Year’s Day, people get up early and say good words to anyone they meet.Children can get lucky money from relatives.In the following days, we will visit relative’s home and bring New Year’s wishes to them.In short, it’s a time for family gathering and all of us enjoy it.

在我国，一年有很多节日，在这些节日中，我最喜欢春节。这不仅因为它是一年中最大的节日，更因为它是新一年的开始，给人们带来新的希望，也因为它是亲朋好友团聚的时刻。不管身在何方，人们总会在春节前回到家里准备过节。

通常，我们会在除夕夜吃一顿丰盛的晚餐，之后家人团座一起，分享一年以来的生活以及新年计划。有的人则会玩游戏或者出去玩。大年初一，人们通常会早起，会与见到的人说吉祥话。孩子们会得到压岁钱。在接下来的几天里，人们会带上新年祝福互相串门拜年。总之，春节是一个欢聚一堂、供人享乐的日子。

It was Mothers Day. Sun Zheng thought he should do something for his mother. He decided to help his mother do some housework. After school he went to a shop to buy some food on his

way home.When he got home, he did his best to cook some nice food, though he couldnt do the cooking well. Then he cleaned the room. He felt verGPS论坛[bbs.xc138.cn]y tired, but he was very happy.When his father and his mother came back and saw the clean rooms and dishes which werent so nice, they were very happy.They had their supper together. His mother said, Thank you, my child!今天是母亲节。孙峥觉得应当为妈妈做点事，他决定帮妈妈做些家务。放学回家的路上，他往商店买了食品。到家后，他尽全力做些好吃的，固然他实在不善于烹任。做完饭，他又打扫了房间。他感觉有些累，但依然很兴奋。当父母回来后，看见干净的房间和实在不太美味的饭菜，他们依然很兴奋。他们一起吃了晚饭。妈妈说：谢谢你，孩子。

It was the third day of our winter holiday. Today, there are many business in my mother’s company. So my mother told me to help my uncle who is the manager of my mother’s company. I sat in my mother’s office and help her answer the telephone. While I was free, I was writing my homework. Although I also have a lot of time to do my homework, I still do it. Because in my mother’s office, I had nothing to do. If I did nothing, I was wasting my time and my life. I can’t do the foolish thing. We should take good use of our time.

It was a fine day today.I was busy but happy.In the morning,I went to a park with my friends.We played tennis and went for a walk.In the afternoon,I went shopping.There were many things in the shop.I met my friend,Nancy.I spent 2 hours in going shopping.At night,I watched an exciting game show.I was happy.

Today was very clear with no wind.

I practiced basktball in the morning.Then I went to the movies with Sandy.Isaw White Nights.It was a very nice movie!I liked "Say you,say me"best of all the songs.Im fond of seeing musicals.The dancing is very beautiful and the music is pretty.

Dear Rose,

How are you? Will you be free next Saturday? That day is my 14th birthday.

I am going to have a party at my home. I will be very happy if you can come.

Some of my friends are invited to come to my party, too. We will sing, dance,

play games and watch some wonderful DVDs at the party. It will begin at 5

oclock that afternoon. I am looking forward to your coming.

Yours,

Peter

亲爱的玫瑰,

你好吗?你下周六有空吗?那天是我14岁生日。我要在家里举行一个聚会。如果你能来，我将非常高兴。我的一些朋友也被邀请来参加我的聚会。我们会唱歌，跳舞，玩游戏，看一些精彩的dvd在聚会上。它将在那天下午5点开始。我期待着你的到来。

你的,

彼得

I like riding bicycle

Today,I rode bicycle to travel around the Guilin central.I enjoy the

scenery while riding bicycle.The scenery of Guilin was so beautiful that I

couldnt help to take photos,which finally cause my cellphone lacked of

memory.Riding bicycle is not only helps me to keep fit，it also a good way for me

to travel and enjoy scenery.I like riding bicycle.

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我喜欢骑自行车

今天，我骑自行车游玩桂林市区。我一边骑车一边欣赏风景。桂林的风景真的很美丽，让我忍不住拍照，结果导致我手机内存不足。骑车不仅帮助我保持身体健康，对我来说也是可以用于游玩和欣赏风景的好方式。

How to protect the environment?

Nowadays, more and more people realize it`s necessary and important to protect the environment. Also,there are some people who don`t pay attention to hygiene and they can`t stop littering the rubbish casually or spitting everywhere all the time.And in addition, there are a few factories often cutting down the trees, discharging chemicals and dirty water and so on.And it causes many problems like the Greenhouse Effect.If they do these day by day and our life will be harder and harder,so we have to stop them. To stop them we can put up commonweal advertisements and tell them the detriment of destroying the environment.So we can start from now to make a beautiful life.

如何保护环境?

现在，越来越多的人意识到保护环境是必要和重要的。同时，也有一些人不`不注意卫生，他们可以`停止乱扔垃圾垃圾随便或随地吐痰的时候。此外，还有一些工厂经常砍伐树木，排放的化学物质和脏水。这引起了诸如温室效应等问题。如果他们天天这样做，我们的生活会变得很困难，所以我们必须阻止他们。为了阻止他们，我们可以提出公益广告，并告诉他们破坏环境的危害，所以我们可以从现在开始做一个美好的生活。

My summer vacation life was very fantastic and meaningful.I did my homework every day .I also played table tennis and basketball with my friends every day.I sometimes went to movies and went to the parks with my friends.I surfed the internet,read books and watched TV every evening.I visited my grandparents and helped them with the housework,too.I helped my parents clean the room and cook meals.My parents and I went to Hannan Island and spent a week there.I really had a happy summer vacation

Its a cloudy day. It suits me. If its the eye, it will make me burn the skin. If its a rainy day, Ill be drenched in a drowned rat! And the cloudy weather, the sun and the rain, the most suitable! And today is my birthday!

After breakfast, my mother called me to the car and said she would take me to one of my favorite places. Then I embarked on a journey to the mysterious place with curiosity.

Coming to the mysterious place, I realized that the mysterious place was the library. I was very happy, jumping and jumping. After a while, my mood calmed down and slowly entered the library.

What a lot of books in the library! There are three kingdoms, the water margin, the love of education. How the steel is tempered, the king of composition... So I came to the bookcase and began to pick books. Looking at it, I was hooked on a little version of loves education. As a result, the library was closed, I didnt know, I was still immersed in the book. Later, my mother shook me for a long time, and then pulled me back from the charming book and left the library with me.

我阿姨有个小宝宝。他的名字叫单佳星。现在三岁。我常常照看他。

他看起来像个绅士，因为他常常把手背在后面走路。他的眼睛像星星一样亮。

他很可爱。他非常喜欢猜我会送给他什么东西。

我拿出一个大苹果和一个小苹果问他：“你要哪一个？”他举起手说：

“好姐姐，给我那个大的吧，那个更好吃。”他拿着苹果高兴得跳起来。

有一次，他突然看见我的鼻子上有个黑东西。他惊讶地喊：“姐姐，快看！为什么你鼻子上长头发？”

这就是我的弟弟。他非常可爱。我非常喜欢他。朋友们，你喜欢他吗？

My aunt has a baby. His name is Shan jiaxing. He is three years old. I often look after him.

He looks like a gentleman because he always puts his hands behind his back and walks along the road.His eyes are very bright and like stars.

He is very cute. He is very glad to guess what I will send him. I take out a big apple and a small apple and ask him, “Which one do you like better?”“Sister, you are so kind?please give me the big one,it will be nicer. ”When he gets it,he jumps up with joy.

Once,he suddenly saw a black thing in my nose. Then he shouted in surprise,“Sister,look! Why does your nose grow hair?”

This is my brother. He is very lovely. I like him very much.

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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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