旅游英语口语就该这么说:第153期 世界风俗 万圣节

 There is a foreign festival connected with pumpkin¹, but I cannot remember.

在国外有一个与南瓜相关的节日，但是，我记不起那是什么节日了。

Are you talking about Halloween?

你是说万圣节吗？

We used to have a party and give a lot of performances.

那天我们有一个聚会，并且进行许多表演。

Lots of people gave performances on that day.

那天有许多人表演。

Were they very scary² performances?

是非常恐怖的表演吗？

Not scary. We just danced together, just two rounds, one round is for girls and one round is fqr boys.

不是特别恐怖。那天所有的人都跳舞，组成两个圈，女孩一个圈，男孩一个圈。

Is there anything else?

还有别的吗？

Yeah, sometimes we cut up the pumpkin, so we did and then we lit it up.

是的，有时候我们剖开南瓜，然后点着它。

You carved the pumpkin? The jack-o-lantern?

剖开南瓜？做南瓜灯吗？

Yes. It was very interesting.

是的。非常有趣的。

1 pumpkin   

n.南瓜

参考例句：

• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你！

2 scary   

a.引起惊慌的；害怕的

参考例句：

• What animal do you think is the most scary?你认为什么动物最可怕？
• Are you afraid of scary movies?你害怕恐怖电影吗？