2019年公共英语一级口语学习：圣节前夜
你愿意帮我做个南瓜/杰克灯吗?
Do you want to help me make a jack-o’-lantern?
我要穿件黑衣服。I’m going to put on a dark suit。
你要带面具吗?Are you going to wear a mask?
我给你们些糖果吧。Let me give you some candies。
多么可怕的晚上啊!What a horrible night!
我们的面具可以把幽灵吓走! Our masks will scare off the spirits!
我的心一直跳得厉害。My heart keeps pumping。
我们用灯笼为骷髅、魔鬼、女巫、鬼魂和死去的朋友和亲戚照路，他们要来人间。We use the lantern to light the way for skeletons, devils, witches, ghosts, and the dead friends or relatives, for they will visit the earth。
Halloween
Laura：Tomorrow is Halloween. I know I’m ready. I bought two pumpkins and a big bag of candy. Do you want to help me make a jack-o’-lantern?
Mike：I’d love to. I heard about Halloween when I was in Beijing. It’s a kind of children’s day. Small kids get dressed up, then walk around with paper bags or baskets knocking on their neighbor’s doors. But what do they say when their neighbor answers?
Laura：They’re supposed to say “Trick or Treat”. Then their neighbor is supposed to hand out some candy。
Mike：That’s kind of cool. But what does “Trick” mean?
Laura： Usually it’s the older kids going around playing pranks, like punching the pumpkins left outside people’s doors, or hanging a roll of toilet paper in someone’s tree. They usually do it late at night after the little kids go home。
Mike：It sounds kind of fun. Maybe I could get together with my friends that night。
Laura：Usually the adults who don’t have kids have a big party and get dressed up too。
Mike：That does sound like a lot of fun。
