初三关于环保的英语作文带翻译精品20篇

With the explosion of population in the world, more and more poisonous waste is produced. As a resuit, a lot of rivers and lakes are polluted. In some areas, the air also becomes dirty and harmful. Consequently, animals and plants are endangered. And peopies health is greatly affected.

Fortunately, more and more people have realized the serious situation. Many countries have passed laws to prevent the environment from being further polluted. People are working hard to find ways to keep the earth clean: they treat waste gases, protect water sources and purify waste water. Definitely, controlling the increase of population is one of the most efficient ways.

However, in future more efforts will be needed to win the battle against pollution, The laws controlling pollution must be strictly enforced, And above all, attention should be paid to the education of the people so that everyone will show his concern about environmental protection.

以下是《九年级英语作文:我和哥哥的历险记》翻译。

It was sunny that day. Our parents were out, so there were only my brother and me at home. We were bored. So we decided to go boating. We played happily. But when we went to the middle of the river, the weather changed. It rained suddenly. We didn t bring umbrella and our boat was bamboo raft. As the rain was more and heavier, we were afraid to sink in the river. We tried our best to make our boat in shore. But our bamboo raft had more water on it. I was afraid to die. My brother was also very anxious. At that time, my mother came and she pulled us back to the ground. It was thrilling.

那是一个晴天。我们的父母都出去了，所以只有我和哥哥在家。我们很无聊。所以我们决定去划船。我们玩的很开心。但当我们走到河中央时，天气变了。突然下起雨来。我们没带伞，而且我们的船还竹排。由于雨越来越大，我们担心会沉到河里去。我们尽力使我们的船靠岸。但是竹筏上的水越来越多。我害怕死了。我哥哥也很着急。那时，我妈妈来了来了，她把我们拉回到地面。真的惊心动魄啊。

哎哟喂，雨真大啊，把雨衣爷爷吹得飞来飞去……

Hey, its raining hard. Blow grandpas raincoat

around.

雨，是个常见的自然景物，雨衣爷爷呢，他，就是为我们风吹挡雨的——好爷爷。他，为人们服务。今天，他就为特殊的人服务——那就是我和妈妈，特殊吧，嘻嘻，我和妈妈开始，可以挡过一阵，后来，雨加速了，又迎来了大大的风;呼呼呼呼……刚开始，是小雨，滴滴嗒嗒，小雨依然下着，好像在说;哈哈哈，我又来到人间啦，嘻嘻。呜，一阵风把它们刮得老大，这回，逼我和妈妈拿出——雨衣爷爷，来挡雨，噢，no，雨衣爷爷也挡不住，自己被风刮来刮去，似乎在说;哎哟，我的老骨头，孩子，我坚持不住啦。就这样，伴随风，回到家，脚淋湿了。

Rain,

is a common natural scenery, Grandpa raincoat, he is for our wind and rain -

good Grandpa. He, serve people. Today, he serves for special people - that is,

my mother and I, special bar, hee hee, my mother and I started to block for a

while, later, the rain accelerated, and ushered in a big wind; whirring At the

beginning, it was drizzle, ticking, drizzle was still falling, as if to say;

hahaha, I came to the world again, hee hee. Oh, a gust of wind has blown them to

the top. This time, my mother and I are forced to take them out - grandpa

raincoat, to block the rain, oh, no, Grandpa raincoat cant block it, he is

blown around by the wind, as if to say; ouch, my old bone, my child, I cant

hold on. In this way, with the wind, back home, feet

wet.

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。

The Spring Festival is a Chinese festival. It has a long history and splendid culture. And the Spring Festival many small rules superstition is that the man.

Everyone should know the Spring Festival is one of important thing is - is available. You dont look down upon this thing it is to have cultured. Able to use fruit cannot careless, for example, not all fruits are fit to worship ancestors and gods. To choose a good fruit. Such as: apple, go in peace, oranges, kumquat oh, oranges - horse. Like a pear, can not as a tribute because there are some who think the pear and "from" are homophones ghost word. So is not popular. There is a banana -. So some fruit can not be available.

Fruit is only part of the tribute and dumplings as a tribute must put cant alone in pairs. Put the sugar when it as a tribute for hard candy cant fudge. Because such sweet hard enough will not spread.

Able to have the red candle, touch paper, incense, and so on, but the most important thing is that touch paper, touch paper had been pressed to be real money to burn, and the head of the press, which may be felt more sincere.

Whether these are real or fake, but at least be ancestors had relished the reason why there must be it. The little common sense in the hope that the Spring Festival can let more after 80, 90 after they know the Spring Festival in our Chinese mind how important. If no taboo Spring Festival also means there is no so many people pay attention to it. Rules more can reflect the significance of the Spring Festival.

春节是中国人的重大节日。它有着悠久的历史和灿烂的文化底蕴。而春节的许多小规矩小迷信也那么那人探寻。

大家都应该知道春节很重要的一件事情就是——上供。大家可别小看了这件事情这可是有讲究的。例如，上供用的水果不能马虎，不是所有的水果都适合去供奉祖先和神灵的。要选着寓意好的水果。例如：苹果——平平安安，桔子——金桔满堂，橙子——心想事成。像梨，就不可以作为贡品因为有一部分人认为梨和“离”是同音别字。所以不受大家欢迎。还有就是香蕉——焦头烂额。所以有些水果不能上供。

水果只是一部分贡品还有就是饺子作为贡品一定要成双成对的放不能落单。把糖作为贡品上供的时候要放硬糖不能放软糖。因为这样的甜蜜够硬不会散。

上供还要有红烛，火纸，佛香等等，不过最重要的是火纸，火纸要被真钱压过才可以烧，而且要一家之主压，这可能是觉得更加真诚吧。

不管这些是真是假，但至少被老祖宗们津津乐道就一定有它的原因。希望这些春节中的小常识可以让更多的80后，90后们知道春节在我们中国人心目中有多么的举足轻重。如果春节没有任何禁忌那么也就代表没有那么多人关注它。规矩越多越能体现春节的重大意义。

readingis my hobby. While reading, I can get a lot of happiness. When I m free, I often read some famous books. Books are my best friends that always keep me a good company. They often give me powers. Through reading, I can enlarge my eyes as well as widen my heart. Through reading, I become more and more knowledgeable.

读书是我的爱好。读书时，我可以得到很多的快乐。当我有空时，我经常读一些名著。书是我最好的朋友，它们总是好好陪着我。他们给了我力量。通过阅读，我开阔了视野也让我的心变宽了。通过阅读，我变得越来越知识渊博。

My favorite books are Readers and VOA. Readers cover the knowledge of culture, literature, and history, so I can benefit a lot by reading it. VOA can let me know the foreign countries better. Thanks to VOA, my oral English is improving day by day.

我最喜欢的书是读者和美国之音。读者覆盖了文化，文学，历史知识，所以我可以通过阅读受益匪浅。美国之音，可以让我更好的了解国外。由于美国之音，我的英语口语日益提高了。

This is my good habit that I will keep it forever.

这是我会一生都保持的好习惯。

[关于初三英语作文：Reading

How time flies! I have studied in my school for three years. And I will graduate from the middle school in a month. I am eager to share my happiness and sadness with you.

I had so many memories in three years’ life. One of them impressed me very much. When I began to learn English, I found it too difficult. No matter how hard I tried, I still couldn’t do well in it and almost gave it up. As soon as my English teacher found my problem, she had a talk with me about how to learn English well. Since then, she has kept helping me. Little by little, I’ve become interested in English and I’m good at it.

I think I am so lucky to become one of her students. I’ve learned a lot from her. I will try to help others when they are in trouble. I think it is a happy thing to help others.

Our school is in the countryside. There are not many buildings and wide streets .But my school is very beautiful. There are many trees and flowers in my school. There are many good teachers in my school . They are good to us .They teach us much knowledge .We learn many things in my school. I love my school. My school is the most beautiful.I love my school very much.

我们学校在乡下。没有很多的建筑和宽阔的街道，但是我的学校很漂亮。我学校有许多树和花。我学校有许多好老师。他们教给我们很多知识，我们在学校里学到很多东西。我爱我的学校。我的学校是最漂亮的，我非常喜欢我的学校。

[我的漂亮学校英语作文及翻译

One Sunday my mother （Mother） had （made） me take my little young brother to the a trip to the country. She bade me take good care of him.

While we were walking along the road, the sun was shining brightly and the breeze was blowing gently. We saw the beautiful flowers smile （smiling） at us and heard the birds sing （singing） their sweet songs on the trees. The scenery was indeed very pretty （beautiful）。

When we felt tired, we returned home. We saw Mother （our mother） wait （waiting） for us at the door.

有一个星期日，我母亲叫我带小弟弟去乡村游历。她吩咐我要好好照料他(www.kuaidu.com.cn)。

当我们沿着道路行走的时候，太阳灿烂地照耀着，微风轻轻地吹着。我们看见美丽的花儿对我们微笑着，并听见鸟儿在树上唱着悦耳的歌曲，风景实十分美丽。

当我们感觉到疲倦的时候，我们就回家了。我们看见母样正在门口等候我们。

My mother is very kind and easygoing. She helps me a lot. She takes good care of my daily life. For example, every morning, she wakes me up and cooks breakfast for me. When I’m in trouble, She always encourages me to face my difficulties and cheers up. I still remember that once I argued with my best friend and was upset. My mother talked with me the whole night and finally helped me solve the problem. With her help, I become a top student in my class. I’m very thankful for all that she has done for me. I believe she will be proud of me in the near future

欢乐的笑声充斥着，几乎所有人都回到了这个温暖的家，只差大姑姑他们而已。我等着等着，等到饭也煮好了，椅子也排好了，一切都准备就绪时，我问妈妈：“大姑姑呢？他们没有要回来吗？”

The joy of laughter flooded, almost everyone returned to the warm home, only the big aunt. I waited and waited until the meal was cooked, and the chairs were arranged. When everything was ready, I asked my mother, &ldquo, the big aunt. Havent they got to come back? ”

妈妈摇摇头，失望的跟我说：“没有耶！”我垂头丧气的回到客厅，看到摆好的碗筷，叹了一口气，喃喃的说：“好可惜喔！我今年也想和大姑姑他们一起吃年夜饭。”

Mother shook her head, disappointed to say to me: “ no yes! ” I become dejected and despondent back to the living room to see good dishes, sighed and murmured: “ well! I would like to have a new years dinner with the big aunt this year. ”

大姑姑很少回家，所以她每一次回来都会带一大堆东西给我们这些顽皮鬼吃，偶尔也会买衣服给我们穿，她并不知道我们的尺寸，可是总能带回一件又一件属于我们的衣服，可是今年的年夜饭她还是没回来，这让我的心情又一下子荡到谷底。

Aunt seldom go home, so she come back every time will bring a lot of things for us to eat these devils, occasionally buy clothes to wear, she does not know our size, but always to a belongs to our clothes, but this years Eve she still did not come back, this let my mood and suddenly swung to the bottom.

还好我们依旧拥有堂妹的笑声，她不管几年级都还是很爱笑，有时候连冷笑话她都可以笑到抱着肚子倒地，只要有她在，就不会有冷场的机会。当我们在吃饭时，堂妹就自顾自的开始笑起来，我们不知道她在笑什么，可是我们大家就像被传染似的，也开始咯咯咯的笑起来，我还差点将火锅的汤喷了出来呢！

Fortunately, we still have the laughter of her cousin, no matter what grade are still love to laugh, sometimes even joke she can smile to hold the stomach down, as long as she was, would not have the chance to silence. When we were having dinner, my cousin just began to laugh, we do not know what she was laughing, but we all like to be contagious, also began to giggle, I still will spray out Hot pot soup!

暖暖的火锅，冷冷的天，形成了对比，大人们聊着天，小孩就看着电视，抢着3C产品玩，虽然距离很近，心却不像从前那般紧密的在一起了。

The warm chafing dish is a contrast with the coldly cold day. When adults talk about their children, they watch TV and rush to play 3C products. Though the distance is very close, their hearts are not as close as they used to be.

“小朋友，领红包了！”大人们叫着，我们一窝蜂的排队，我却不知所措，因为我突然发现，我今年忘了想好要说哪里一句吉祥话了，轮到我领红包时，我吞吞吐吐的挤出：“大…吉大…利！”我傻傻的笑着，虽然今年的红包没有很大也没有很小，可是我却领的很开心。

&ldquo, little friend, get a red bag! ” adults cried, we like a swarm of bees queuing, I was at a loss, because I suddenly found that I forget this year wants to say where an auspicious words, its my turn to red collar, I squeeze haltingly: “ … &hellip and Kyrgyzstan! ” I was silly to laugh. Although this years red packet is not very big and not very small, but I was very happy to lead.

今年的年夜饭，我们吃着暖暖的火锅，看着除夕夜的特别节目，手里拿着一年一次的大红包，过了一个平凡，却也不平凡的夜晚。

This years new years Eve dinner, we eat warm chafing dish, watching New Years Eve special program, holding a big red envelope once a year, passed an ordinary but also extraordinary night.

Saturday Nov. 15, 2003 Cloudy

My teacher gave me an assignment "experience life" last week. I had been thinking how to finish it because I had never done any thing by myself before.

Mother was out today. It was a good chance to complete the assignment. Seeing the barrel was empty, I decided to fetch water from the well.

I took the empty barrel and went towards the well outside the yard. It snowed yesterday, so the alley was very slippery. A layer of thickice was frozen on the platform of the well. I was frightened by the sight, but I gathered my courage to walk towards it.

The alley was so slippery that I walked with difficultly. Suddenly, I slipped and fell down, water in the barrel totally poured down on the ground. I stepped on the platform carefully. After standing steadily and squatting down slowly, I hooked the barrel at the end of the rope and put the rope down slowly. I made an effort to drag the barrel up after it was filled with water. I was very careful because it was easy to slip and fall. Then, I carried the barrel of water and returned to my house. My figners were frozen stiff. I realized my effort was in vain. I hated myself.

I failed to finish the assignment but I did experience life through a trifle which seemed easy but difficult to do well. Such was my first experience of life.

[以To Experience为题目的初三英语作文

As you know, if we dont protect the environment, all kinds of resources on the earth will slowly dry up; If you dont protect the environment, people will face destruction; If you dont protect the environment, is not only the human, the earth will gradually end! We live in this earth is so beautiful, so lovely, and so easily broken. We often can see some of this lens: a walk tall whams law enforcement officers, "pei" phlegmy spit on the ground of the clean; A middle-aged man smoking a cigarette, go soon threw the havent put out the cigarette butts on the ground. I have seen this picture: a father pull is drinking yogurt son hurriedly go, the son asks his father, bottle away? Father said casually throw. Son, and he said, the teacher said, cant literally throw things! the father said impatiently, oh, special circumstances special treatment! Said, and put the bottle with throw on the side of the road. People tend to throw things, garbage in less than ten steps, they dont want to walk more, your dont throw into the garbage can. If everyone threw a garbage, the earth will become a waste of the ocean.

There is a camera, a mother to buy a Popsicle, throw off the paper without extra trouble is on the side. The children see, picked up, not far from ready to throw into the trash can, but at this moment, the mother hurried up, take off the paper of the childs hand, said: "quick to throw away, dirty!" Same is the earth citizen, why have so big contrast! If everyone pick up the garbage around, so our earth will become a beautiful, clean! Arent those who damage the environment will have to wait until the environment under the destruction of their "ugly" to come back to continue to protect the environment?

The classmates, let us take action, pick up garbage on the side of, not far from thrown into the trash can, let our the earth mother again before the glorious! Let us work together to create a clean home

大家都知道，如果我们不保护环境，地球上的各种资源都会慢慢枯竭;如果不保护环境，人们就会面临灭亡;如果不保护环境，不仅是人类，地球也会逐渐走向灭亡!我们生活的这个地球是那么美丽、那么可爱，同时又是那么容易破碎。我们经常就可以看到一些这样的镜头：一位高大威猛的执法人员走着走着，“呸”的一声把一口痰吐在了干净的地面上;一位中年男子抽着烟，走了一会儿就把还没熄灭的烟头扔在了地上。我曾经看见过这样一幅画面：一位父亲拉着正喝着酸奶的儿子急匆匆地走，儿子问父亲，瓶子扔哪儿?父亲说随便扔。儿子又说，老师说‘不能随便扔东西!’父亲不耐烦地说，哎呀，特殊情况特殊对待嘛!说着，就把瓶子随手扔在了路边。人们往往乱扔东西时，垃圾箱就在不足十步的地方，他们就不愿多走几步，把不要的东西扔进垃圾桶里。如果每个人都扔一个垃圾，地球就会变成垃圾的海洋。

还有一个镜头，一个母亲给孩子买了一个冰棍，把撕下的纸顺手就扔在了一边。这个孩子看到后，捡了起来，准备扔进不远的垃圾桶，可就在这时，那位母亲赶紧走了上来，拍掉了孩子手上的纸，说：“快扔掉，脏!”同样是地球公民，为什么却有如此之大的反差!如果每个人都捡起身边的垃圾，那么我们的地球将会变得多么漂亮，干净啊!难道那些破坏环境的人要等到环境在他们的破坏下“不堪入目”才回过头来再继续保护环境吗?

同学们，让我们行动起来吧，捡起脚边的垃圾，扔进不远的垃圾桶，让我们的地球母亲重现以前的光彩吧!让我们共同创造一个洁净的家园

Today， I did housework for grandmother。 She is not very healthy and I decide to do housework for her more frequently。 And she will feel happy and bee better。 Suddenly， an idea hit me that it’s terrible to grow old becuase you have to worry about both your health and others’ opinions。 Once again， I make a decision to be a good girl。翻译：这天，我帮忙了奶奶做家务。奶奶的身体不好。我以后要常帮她做事。这样她就会高兴身体也会好一些。突然觉得，人老了真不好。不但身体不会好，而且一不留意就会惹得大家厌恶。我又做了一个决定，以后必须要做个乖孩子。

My name is Li Haoyi. Im nine years old. Im a monkey. School: Park Primary School, class two (3).

I was a lively and cheerful and brave pupils in the class is worthy of the name "big star". I was very good at math. I was sealed by Mr. Zhou as a representative of math class. I also got the good praise from Mr. Huang.

Once, I saw in the exercises when the teacher Huang and Professor Zhou refers to me, I think that is calling me. After the exercise, the teacher let my mother come to school, I was more nervous! When my mother talked to the teacher, I knew that my sister was praised. (call to a false alarm.)

Look, this is me!

A Happy Day in Spring

It’s spring. It’s sunny and cloudy today. There are many big trees in the park. Mr. Black’s family have a picnic in a park. They bring many food there. They bring fruit, drink and bread. Mr. Black and Mrs. Black talk with each other. They talk very happily. Ann reads a magazine. Tom likes flying a kite. The kite flies very well. They are hungry now. They want to eat their food. They are very happy.

春天到了，今天的天气晴朗，多云。在公园里有很多的树木。布莱克先生一家在公园有一个野餐。他们带到了很多食物。有水果，饮料和面包。布莱克夫妇彼此交流着。他们聊得非常开心。荌在看报纸。汤姆喜欢放风筝。风筝飞得非常高。他们现在饿了，想吃带的食物，他们非常开心。

[英语作文带翻译:春天快乐的一天

Save the Wild Animals

Many wild animals are facing the danger of extinction, because the environment that they are living in has changed greatly. For example, with the developmet of cities, the using of insecticide and serious pollution, their living areas have become narrowcr and narrower. Many of the wild animals, now are confronted with food crisis. At the same time, man is killing off species just for getting their fur, skin, horns, teeth and meat.

In order to protect our resources of ecology, people should realize that the loss of any species is at least the loss of source of knowledge and a source of natural beauty. There fore, measures of the following should be taken: pollution standards are made to keepdown poisons; killing off certain rare species is prohibited; national parks should be set up as wild life, reserves.

Only if we human beings take some drastic measures can wild animals be preserved.

保护野生动物

许多野生动物正面临绝种的危险，因为它们生活的环境发生了极大的变化。譬 如，随着城市的发展，杀虫剂的使用和严重的污染，野生动物的生活区域变得越来越狭小。许多野生动物目前正面临着食物方面的危机。同时，为了获取野生动物的毛、皮、角、牙齿和肉，人类正在屠杀野生动物。

为了保护生态资源，人们应当意识到任何物种的缺失，至少意味着知识资源和自然美的缺失。因此，应采取以下措施：制订污染标准以降低有毒物质;严禁杀害某些稀有物种;应建立国家公园作为野生动植物保护区。

我们只有采取一些有力措施，才能保护野生动物。

The Father and His Son

Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it.

He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He then addressed them in these words: "My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks."

一位父亲有几个孩子，这些孩子时常发生口角。他丝毫没有办法来劝阻他们，只好让他们看看不合群所带来害处的例子。为了达到这个目的，有一天他叫他们替他拿一捆细柴来。当他们把柴带来时，他便先后地将那捆柴放在每一个孩子的手中，吩咐他们弄断这捆柴。他们一个个尽力去试，总是不能成功。

然后他解开那捆柴，一根根地放在他们手里，如此一来，他们便毫不费力地折断了。于是他就告诉他们说：「孩子们!如果你们大家团结一致，互相帮助，你们就像这捆柴一样，不能被你们的敌人折断;但如果你们自行，你们就将和这些散柴一般，不堪一折了。

A long time ago, and has a small drop of water in the East China Sea listening to the story of the East China Sea Grandpa stresses. It is aware of the East China Sea using miles apart, can not be described in a vast sea, with 1000 960 high enough to describe the depth of the sea. It is very envious of the East China Sea. Therefore, it asked the East China Sea grandfather : Grandpa East. Why then has the vast East China Sea so deep? East grandfather told it : I also another little drop of water, I and many partners around the clock to muddy pool together a small partnership, it becomes a small stream. But we do not stop pace, the United States is continuing to pour forward, and then became rivers. Finally many rivers come together, it becomes a sea, the formation of the East China Sea. small drop asked : We really have so much power? can be turned into a stream, into a river into the sea? East Grandpa replied : Of course not! can not become small rivers flow, so you can become the sea. Also, into the sea, Do not forget the existence of small water droplets, not to overlook the power of small water droplets, but it is the source of our life! Without it, We would not. small drop in the East China Sea remember his grandfather, finally became the famous South China Sea.

很久以前，有一粒小水滴听东海爷爷讲有关东海的故事。它知道东海用千里之遥，不能形容海的辽阔，用千仞之高，不足以形容海的深度。它非常羡慕东海。

于是，它问东海爷爷：东海爷爷，为什么东海那么辽阔还那么深呢?东海爷爷告诉它：我以前也是一粒小水滴，我和许多伙伴们日夜不停地奔流，小伙伴汇集融合在一起，就成了一条小溪，但我们没有停止脚步，继续日夜不停的地向前奔流，然后又成了江河，最后许多江河汇集在一起，就成了大海，形成了现在的东海。小水滴又问：我们真的有那么大的力量吗?可以变成小溪，变成江河，变成大海吗?东海爷爷回答道：当然可以啦!不积小流无以成江河，所以你们都可以成为大海的。还有，成海以后，不要忘记小水滴的存在，更不要轻视小水滴的力量，它可是我们生命的源泉啊!没有它，就没有我们。

小水滴记住了东海爷爷的话，最后终于成为了著名的南海。

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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First of all, you must listen carefully and be active in class .Speak as much as possible. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes .Second, you’d better read widely and learn some important points by heart .Third you should practice writing often .Of course there are many other ways , You can also see English films ,learn to sing English songs or make pen pals with foreigners . You can listen to English programs on the radio and you can join English clubs and so on .They are all very helpful. Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it .If you do it like this in your English study ,I am sure you will learn English well.

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