儿童故事集：Don’t Be Scared of Halloween NEW VERSION

 Don’t Be Scared of Halloween

 

Don’t be scared of Halloween

Or the things that go unseen

There’s no need to feed the fear

When the ghosts and ghouls are awfully¹ near.

 

Witches love to swoop² on sticks

Formation flying, stunting³ tricks

Loop the loop and scoop⁴ the earth

Flinging sweets for all they’re worth

 

People say the girl’s a witch

Kids are cruel and love to snitch

They say she’s got a funny squint⁵

And sucks on garlic like a mint

 

Katie knows a spell or two

She can make a toad⁶ of you

So don’t go near or else you might

Crouch⁷ and croak⁸ throughout the night

 

October thirty first is the time

They taunt⁹ her worst and it’s a crime

(chant)”Your family’s fiendish and a clutch

Of witches goblins ghouls and such.”

 

Chorus

 

Out on the streets there are sweets about

Katie she’s at home, Katie’s missing out

Out in the night the kids are tricking fun

Katie, Katie she’s at home and Katie’s feeling glum¹⁰

Katie, Katie, Katie, Katie

She’s the Witch who’s scared of Halloween!

 

[back to verse]

 

There’s a moonlight mystery,

It’s the Goblin King you’ve got to see

He’s the guy, and ice-cool dood

Who drools and rules the witch’s brood.

 

The Goblin Dude, now he’s the one,

He calls on Katie to dance his song,

Over the moonbeams and far away

Scattering¹¹ Stardust ’till the day

 

Chorus

 

Out on the streets there are sweets about

Katie, Katie – she’s at home and missing out

Out in the night the kids are tricking fun

Katie Katie she’s at home and feeling glum

Katie, Katie, Katie, Katie

She’s the Witch who’s scared of Halloween !

 

Baba Yaga, Whippety Stourie

Drac-ular and Frankenstein

Feel the fear

They’re frightfully near

creeping crawling, silently stalking

Inch by inch and bit by bit

Sweeping¹² slowly

Seething¹³ below thee

 

Nothing to do

Coming for you

Run for your life! It’s Halloween! Halloween!

 

Out on the streets there are sweets about

But Katie – she’s at home, Katie’s missing out

Out in the night the kids are tricking fun

Katie she’s at home, Katie’s feeling glum

Katie, Katie, Katie, Katie

She’s the Witch who’s scared of Halloween!

 

Out on the streets there are sweets about

But Katie – she’s at home, Katie’s missing out

Out in the night the kids are tricking fun

But Katie she’s at home, Katie’s feeling glum

Katie, Katie, Katie, Katie

She’s the Witch who’s scared of Halloween!

1 awfully   

adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地

参考例句：

• Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
• I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。

2 swoop   

n.俯冲，攫取；v.抓取，突然袭击

参考例句：

• The plane made a swoop over the city.那架飞机突然向这座城市猛降下来。
• We decided to swoop down upon the enemy there.我们决定突袭驻在那里的敌人。

3 stunting   

v.阻碍…发育[生长]，抑制，妨碍( stunt的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Objective To report three-year-old twin brothers with speech stunting. 目的报道孪生兄弟同患语言发育迟缓的临床结果。 来自互联网
• No one should talk while stunting except coach or back spotter. 在技巧进行的过程中，只有教练或后保能说话。 来自互联网

4 scoop   

n.铲子，舀取，独家新闻；v.汲取，舀取，抢先登出

参考例句：

• In the morning he must get his boy to scoop it out.早上一定得叫佣人把它剜出来。
• Uh,one scoop of coffee and one scoop of chocolate for me.我要一勺咖啡的和一勺巧克力的。

5 squint   

v. 使变斜视眼, 斜视, 眯眼看, 偏移, 窥视; n. 斜视, 斜孔小窗; adj. 斜视的, 斜的

参考例句：

• A squint can sometimes be corrected by an eyepatch. 斜视有时候可以通过戴眼罩来纠正。
• The sun was shinning straight in her eyes which made her squint. 太阳直射着她的眼睛,使她眯起了眼睛。

6 toad   

n.蟾蜍，癞蛤蟆

参考例句：

• Both the toad and frog are amphibian.蟾蜍和青蛙都是两栖动物。
• Many kinds of toad hibernate in winter.许多种蟾蜍在冬天都会冬眠。

7 crouch   

v.蹲伏，蜷缩，低头弯腰；n.蹲伏

参考例句：

• I crouched on the ground.我蹲在地上。
• He crouched down beside him.他在他的旁边蹲下来。

8 croak   

vi.嘎嘎叫，发牢骚

参考例句：

• Everyone seemed rather out of sorts and inclined to croak.每个人似乎都有点不对劲，想发发牢骚。
• Frogs began to croak with the rainfall.蛙随着雨落开始哇哇叫。

9 taunt   

n.辱骂，嘲弄；v.嘲弄

参考例句：

• He became a taunt to his neighbours.他成了邻居们嘲讽的对象。
• Why do the other children taunt him with having red hair?为什么别的小孩子讥笑他有红头发？

10 glum   

adj.闷闷不乐的，阴郁的

参考例句：

• He was a charming mixture of glum and glee.他是一个很有魅力的人，时而忧伤时而欢笑。
• She laughed at his glum face.她嘲笑他闷闷不乐的脸。

11 scattering   

n.[物]散射；散乱，分散；在媒介质中的散播adj.散乱的；分散在不同范围的；广泛扩散的；（选票）数量分散的v.散射(scatter的ing形式)；散布；驱散

参考例句：

• The child felle into a rage and began scattering its toys about. 这孩子突发狂怒，把玩具扔得满地都是。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The farmers are scattering seed. 农夫们在播种。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

13 seething   

沸腾的，火热的

参考例句：

• The stadium was a seething cauldron of emotion. 体育场内群情沸腾。
• The meeting hall was seething at once. 会场上顿时沸腾起来了。