halloween is an annual celebration， but just what is it actually a celebration of？ and how did this peculiar custom originate？ is it， as some claim， a kind of demon worship？ or is it just a harmless vestige of some ancient pagan ritual？为大家精心整理了万圣节的由来英文【优秀5篇】，希望能够给予您一些参考与帮助。
1) trick or treat ，万圣节小孩最喜欢的恶作剧游戏。
相当于："不请客就捣乱！”或者“不给糖果就捣蛋！"
2) costume parties:
盛装成各种各种人物或鬼等
3) jack-o'-lanterns
鬼灯，空心南瓜灯（南瓜pumpkin）
4) prank: 恶作剧
5) haunted attractions: 鬼屋 探险
南瓜 Pumpkin
糖果 Candy
妖精 Evil巫师Wizard
女巫 Witch
万圣节服装 Halloween costume
骨架 Skeleton
蝙蝠 Bat
妖精 Evil
面具 Mask
死神 Grim Reaper
蜘蛛网 Spider web
不给糖，就捣蛋 Trick or tread
万圣节小常识
The Halloween celebrationcomes from All Hallows Day or All Saints Day, the 1st of November. This wasoriginally a pagan festival of the dead, but later became a holiday to honorChristian saints.
万圣节的庆祝活动来源于每年11月1日的All Hallows Day 或All Saints Day。它原先是异教徒们纪念死者的节日，但是逐渐演变成一个纪念基督圣者的节日。
The name Halloween comesfrom a contraction of All Hallows Eve ， the day before All HallowsDay. On this night it was believed that the spirits of the dead would try tocome back to life!
Halloween这个词来自于All Hallows Eve（夜晚），All Hallows Eve是All Hallows Day前一天的缩写。人们认为在当天晚上，亡者的灵魂会重新复活！
pumpkins are a symbol of halloween. the pumpkin is an orange-colored squash, and orange has become the other traditional halloween color. carving pumpkins into jack- o'-lanterns is a halloween custom also dating back to ireland. a legend grew up about a man named jack who was so stingy that he was not allowed into heaven when he died, because he was a miser. he couldn't enter hell either because he had played jokes on the devil. as a result, jack had to walk on the earth with his lantern until judgement day. so jack and his lantern became the symbol of a lost or damned soul. to scare these souls away on halloween, the irish people carved scary faces out of turnips, beets or potatoes representing "jack of the lantern," or jack-o-lantern. when the irish brought their customs to the united states, they carved faces on pumpkins because in the autumn they were more plentiful than turnips. today jack-o-lanterns in the windows of a house on halloween night let costumed children know that there are goodies waiting if they knock and say "trick or treat!"
南瓜是万圣节的标志性象征。南瓜是橘黄色的，所以橘黄色也成了传统的万圣节颜色。用南瓜雕制南瓜灯也是一个万圣节传统，其历史也可追溯到爱尔兰。传说有一个名叫杰克的人非常吝啬，因而死后不能进入天堂，而且因为他取笑魔鬼也不能进入地狱，所以，他只能提着灯笼四处游荡，直到审判日那天。于是，杰克和南瓜灯便成了被诅咒的游魂的象征。人们为了在万圣节前夜吓走这些游魂，便用芜菁、甜菜或马铃薯雕刻成可怕的面孔来代表提着灯笼的杰克，这就是南瓜灯(jack-o'-lantern)的由来。爱尔兰人迁到美国后，便开始用南瓜来进行雕刻，因为在美国秋天的时候南瓜比芜菁更充足。现在，如果在万圣节的晚上人们在窗户上挂上南瓜灯就表明那些穿着万圣节服装的人可以来敲门捣鬼要糖果。
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The Origin of Halloween 万圣节来历
Halloween roots lie in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain which was celebrated in what is now Great Britain on a full moon around November 1st. Later the Roman Catholic Church named this day as All Saints Day, formerly known as All Hallowmas. All Saints Day is known in England as All Hallows' Day. The evening before All Saints' Day is All Hallows' Eve, the origin of the American word Halloween.
万圣节起源于古代凯尔特人的萨温节(Samhain)，生活在英伦列岛的赛尔特人把11月1日左近的一个月圆日定为节日。后来罗马天主教会把这一天命名为万圣节，在英国被称为All Hallows Day（万圣节）。那么万圣“Hallow”加上前夜“een”就成为了Halloween这个美式表达。所以严格的说Halloween指的是万圣节前夜。
In Britain Halloween is celebrated on the 31st of October. However, it is not a public holiday. If the 31st of October falls on a weekday people go to work as normal. The typical colours of Halloween are orange and black, seen on items such as black vampires and pumpkin lanterns.
在英国人们的确是在10月31日这天庆祝万圣节。不过它不是公共假日。如果10月31日赶上工作日，那么人们将正常上班。万圣节的标志性色彩是橘黄和黑色，比如黑色吸血鬼和桔黄色南瓜灯等物品。
Some popular Halloween activities in Britain 英国一些受欢迎的万圣节活动