英国常见节日英文版

HALLOWEEN– October 31st Vocabulary

1.Secular现实的

2.Religious宗教

3.Celts/Celtic

4.Souling

5.Bonfire

6.Carve雕刻

7.Hayride出游

8.Haunted House

9.Jack-o-lantern

10.Trick or treating

11.Candy

12.Chocolate

13.Candy corn

14.Costume服装

15.Dress-up

History and Religion

ed to be secular → made Christian → Today is mostly secular again.

2.Halloween comes from Ireland and a Celtic holiday called Samhain (“SOW-in”)

a.Samhain – celebrated the October 31st when fall met winter.

i.Fall was a season of life and harvest.

ii.Winter was a season of death.

iii.Celts believed that this day the spirits of the dead would rise and be with the living.

b.Samhain went to Europe and Catholics made it Christian by making the

next day (Nov. 1st) “All Saint’s Day” / “All Hallow’s Day

i.Samhain (Oct. 31st) →“All Hallow’s Eve” →“All Hallow’s Even”

→“Hallowe’en” →“Halloween”

ii.Souling - On Halloween people would go from house to house to bring “soul cakes” to peoples house and pray for their dead →

this became trick or treating.

c.Halloween came to the United States when the Irish left Ireland

(mid-1800s) because of a potato famine and brought Halloween with them. What Halloween Celebrates

1.The coming of winter

2.Fun and candy

3.Scary things Symbols

1.Ghosts幽灵

2.Skeletons骷髅

3.Witches女巫

4.Black cats

5.Bats

6.Vampires吸血鬼

7.Spiders/webs

8.Full moon月亮

9.Jack-o-lanterns

10.Candles

Colors

1.Black

2.Orange

3.Sometimes

purple

Customs

Dressing up in a costume Costume parties

Bonfires

Carving a jack-o-lantern Bobbing for apples

Trick-or-treating Haunted house

Food

Chocolate Candy Candy corn Candy apples Caramel apples

*I will take off points if you say the word “sugars” THIS IS NOT A WORD! THANKSGIVING– 4th Thursday in November

Vocabulary

1.Europeans

2.Pilgrims香客

3.Native Americans (DO NOT CALL THEM INDIANS; THEY ARE NOT INDIANS)

4.Harvest收割

5.Cornucopia丰饶角

6.Feast盛会

7.Parade

History

1.The first Thanksgiving was in 1621.

a.Some of the first Europeans in America (the pilgrims) had a winter

where many people died because they didn’t have enough food.

b.Some of the Native Americans (the “Indians”) helped teach them how

to grow food and continue living.

c.One fall there was a great harvest that the pilgrims and Native

Americans shared together in a feast.

2.1863 –President Abraham Lincoln called it “Thanksgiving Day.”

3.1941 – Thanksgiving becomes an official national holiday.