英语新闻视频：万圣节知多少？

 

To celebrate the upcoming Halloween on October 31st, Language Tips has invited three foreigners-Nancy Matos from Canada, Casey Chin from America and Guanny Liu from New Zealand, at the China Daily website to have a chat about it. Here comes the interview!

Interviewees:

Nancy Matos

Nancy Matos is from Canada. She is now a language expert at the China Daily Website.

Casey Chin

Casey Chin is an intern¹ at the China Daily's website. He's American-born Chinese and comes from Sacramento, California.

Guanny Liu

Guanny Liu is an intern at the China Daily's website. She was born in China and moved to Auckland, New Zealand as a child.

Questions:

Language Tips(LT): Halloween is believed to be a day when all the spirits come back to the world of the living. And we have a same day in China called “Guijie", the Day of Dead, which falls on July 14 in the Lunar Calendar. Why is the Day of Dead called “Halloween” in western countries?

LT: Halloween was not celebrated² until 19th century in US but has now become one of the biggest festivals of the year there. Why?

LT: Though it’s becoming popular in China, Halloween is still quite new to Chinese people. What we know about Halloween are limited to pumpkin³ lanterns, scary masks, trick -or -treat games, we don’t really celebrate it. What do people actually do on this day in the US? How do you spend the holiday in Canada and NZ?

LT: Anything traditional to do?

LT: Do you have any interesting experience on this day?

LT: What’s your favorite costume and mask?

LT: Are you going to wear masks? What kinds of masks are usually most popular? About pumpkin lanterns, do you carve it by yourselves or you just buy them from a store?

LT: Does the global economic crisis⁴ have any impact⁵ on Halloween this year? Does it make people eager to celebrate this day or just skip it to save money?

LT: What’s your plan for the upcoming Halloween?

LT: Here is one question from one of our readers. Do you believe in ghosts?

Say something for Halloween.

 

1 intern   

v.拘禁，软禁；n.实习生

参考例句：

• I worked as an intern in that firm last summer.去年夏天我在那家商行实习。
• The intern bandaged the cut as the nurse looked on.这位实习生在护士的照看下给病人包扎伤口。

2 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

3 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！

4 crisis   

n.危机，危急关头，决定性时刻，关键阶段

参考例句：

• He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.他已表明，在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。
• The topic today centers about the crisis in the Middle East.今天课题的中心是中东危机。

5 impact   

n.冲击，碰撞；影响；vt.装紧，压紧

参考例句：

• The computer had made a great impact on modern life.计算机对现代生活产生了巨大的影响.
• How will the war impact on such a poet?战争对这样一个诗人会产生什么影响？