萬聖節英語閱讀文章

① 萬聖節 英語小介紹

Halloween is celebrated on October 31. On Halloween, American children dress up in funny or scary costumes and go "trick or treating" by knocking on doors in their neighborhood. The neighbors are expected to respond by giving them small gifts of candy or money.

② 求英文作文：閱讀以下的材料，然後寫一篇短文介紹南瓜燈的步驟。

BE a Halloween for October 31 days, at this festival children's usually knocking the door of other people's house still have already wanted candy.The thing of these orange and blacks is outside door.The lantern is among them of a! use empty of the pumpkin come to carvings.
I want to do a lantern!A matter is to wash pumpkin to me.Then be dig to open a pumpkin crest and dig empty inside.
This isn't that one be easy of the affair spend me two hour always a long-handled sword to dig empty inside I reserve those seed for edible.I g three triangle in the inside, 2 was eyes, rest of that be the nose.Down below I g mouth.I achieve me very satisfaction, I put it at outside then let my friends see.

③ Halloween: A Scary Night英文閱讀翻譯

萬聖節前夜：一個驚險刺激的夜晚

④ 用英文寫的一篇關於外國節日的文章

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聖誕節的由來英文版

the name christmas is short for "christ\'s mass". a mass is a kind of church service. christmas is a religious festival. it is the day we celebrate as the birthday of jesus. there are special christmas services in christian churches all over the world. but many of the festivities of christmas do not have anything to do with religion. exchanging gifts and sending christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating the christmas in the world.

the birth of jesus had a story: in nazareth, a city of galilee. the virgin\'s name was mary was betrothed to joseph. before they came together, she was found with child of the holy spirit. joseph her husband was minded to put her away secretly. while he thought about these things, gabriel, an angel of the lord appeared to him in a dream and told him did not be afraid to take mary as wife. and mary will bring forth a son, and he shall call his name, jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.

before jesus births, joseph and mary came to quirnius was governing syria. so all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. joseph also went up out of galilee, out of the city of nazareth, into judea, to the city of david, which is called bethlehem, because he was of the house and of the lineage of david, to be registered with mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. so it was that while they were there, the days were completed for her to bedelivered. and she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

and that, christmas is the feast of the nativity of jesus, is on 25th, december every year. but nobody know the actual birthday of jesus. and the christmas has become popular when christmas cards appeared in 1846 and the concept of a jolly santa claus was first made popular in nineteenth century.
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情人節的由來英文版-The Origin of St Valentine's Day
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St. Valentine's Day has roots in several different legends that have found their way to us through the ages. One of the earliest popular symbols of the day is Cupid（愛神丘比特）, the Roman god of love, who is represented by the image of a young boy with bow and arrow.

Three hundred years after the death of Jesus Christ, the Roman emperors still demanded that everyone believe in the Roman gods. Valentine, a Christian priest, had been thrown in prison for his teachings. On February 14, Valentine was beheaded（斬首）, not only because he was a Christian, but also because he had performed a miracle. He supposedly cured the jailer's daughter of her blindness. The night before he was executed, he wrote the jailer's daughter a farewell letter, signing it "From Your Valentine." Another legend tells us that this same Valentine, well-loved by all, received notes to his jail cell from children and friends who missed him.

Another Valentine was an Italian bishop who lived at about the same time, AD 200. He was imprisoned because he secretly married couples, contrary to the laws of the Roman emperor. Some legends say he was burned at the stake.

February 14 was also a Roman holiday, held in honor of a goddess. Young men randomly chose the name of a young girl to escort to the festivities. The custom of choosing a sweetheart on this date spread through Europe in the Middle Ages, and then to the early American colonies. Throughout the ages, people also believed that birds picked their mates on February 14!

In AD 496 Sain Pope Gelasius I named February 14 as "Valentine's Day". Although it's not an official holiday, most Americans observe this day.

Whatever the odd mixture of origins, St. Valentine's Day is now a day for sweethearts. It is the day that you show your friend or loved one that you care. You can send candy to someone you think is special. Or you can send roses, the flower of love. Most people send "valentines," a greeting card named after the notes that St. Valentine received in jail. Valentines can be sentimental, romantic and heartfelt（真心真意的）. They can be funny and friendly. If the sender is shy, valentines can be anonymous.

Americans of all ages love to send and receive valentines. Handmade valentines created by cutting hearts out of colored paper, show that a lot of thought was put into making them personal. Valentines can be heart-shaped, or have hearts, the symbol of love, on them. In elementary schools children make valentines for their classmates and put them in a large decorated box, similar to a mailbox. On February 14, the teacher opens the box and distributes the valentines to each student. After the students read their valentines they have a small party with refreshments.

For teenagers and alts, major newspapers throughout the country have a Valentine's Day offer. Anyone can send in a message, for a small fee of course, destined for a would-be sweetheart, a good friend, an acquaintance or even a spouse of fifty years. The message is printed in a special section of the newspaper on February 14.
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萬聖節（中，英文版）

關於萬聖節有這樣一個故事。是說有一個叫傑克的愛爾半蘭人，因為他對錢特別的吝嗇，就不允許他進入天堂，而被打入地獄。但是在那裡他老是捉弄魔鬼撒旦，所以被踢出地獄，罰他提著燈籠永遠在人世里行走。 在十月三十一日愛爾蘭的孩子們用土豆和羅卜製作「傑克的燈籠」，他們把中間挖掉、表面上打洞並在里邊點上蠟燭。為村裡慶祝督伊德神的萬聖節，孩子們提著這種燈籠挨家挨戶乞計食物。?這種燈籠的愛爾蘭名字是「拿燈籠的傑克」或者「傑克的燈籠」，縮寫為Jack-o'-lantern ?在拼寫為jack-o-lantern。 現在你在大多數書里讀到的萬聖節只是孩子們開心的夜晚。在小學校里，萬聖節是每年十月份開始慶祝的。 孩子們會製作萬聖節的裝飾品：各種各樣桔紅色的南瓜燈。你可以用黑色的紙做一個可怕的造形??一個騎在掃帚把上戴著尖尖帽子的女巫飛過天空，或者是黑蝙蝠飛過月亮。這些都代表惡運。當然黑貓代表運氣更差。有時候會出現黑貓騎在女巫掃帚後面飛向天空的造形。 在萬聖節的晚上，我們都穿著爸爸媽媽的舊衣服和舊鞋子，戴上面具，打算外出。比我們小的孩子必須和他們的母親一塊出去，我們大一點的就一起鬨到領居家，按他們的門鈴並大聲喊道：「惡作劇還是招待！」意思是給我們吃的，要不我們就捉弄你。里邊的人們應該出?評價我們的化裝。 「噢！這是鬼，那是女巫，這是個老太婆。」 有時候他們會跟我們一起玩，假裝被鬼或者女巫嚇著了。但是他們通常會帶一些糖果或者蘋果放進我們的「惡作劇還是招待」的口袋裡。可是要是沒人回答門鈴或者是有人把我們趕開該怎麼辦呢？我們就捉弄他們，通常是拿一塊肥皂把他們的玻璃塗得亂七八糟。然後我們回家，數數誰的糖果最多。 還有一個典型的萬聖節花招是把一卷手紙拉開，不停地往樹上扔，直到樹全被白紙裹起?。除非下大雪或大雨把紙沖掉，紙會一直呆在樹上。這並不造成真正的傷害，只是把樹和院子搞亂，一種萬聖節的惡作劇。 HALLOWEEN One story about Jack, an Irishman, who was not allowed into Heaven because he was stingy with his money. So he was sent to hell. But down there he played tricks on the Devil (Satan), so he was kicked out of Hell and made to walk the earth forever carrying a lantern. Well, Irish children made Jack's lanterns on October 31st from a large potato or turnip, hollowed out with the sides having holes and lit by little candles inside. And Irish children would carry them as they went from house to house begging for food for the village Halloween festival that honored the Druid god Muck Olla. The Irish name for these lanterns was "Jack with the lantern" or "Jack of the lantern," abbreviated as " Jack-o'-lantern" and now spelled "jack-o-lantern." The traditional Halloween you can read about in most books was just children's fun night. Halloween celebrations would start in October in every elementary school. Children would make Halloween decorations, all kinds of orange-paper jack-o-lanterns. And from black paper you'd cut "scary" designs ---an evil witch with a pointed hat riding through the sky on a broomstick, maybe with black bats flying across the moon, and that meant bad luck. And of course black cats for more bad luck. Sometimes a black cat would ride away into the sky on the back of the witch's broom. And on Halloween night we'd dress up in Mom or Dad's old shoes and clothes, put on a mask, and be ready to go outside. The little kids (children younger than we were) had to go with their mothers, but we older ones went together to neighbors' houses, ringing their doorbell and yelling, "Trick or treat!" meaning, "Give us a treat (something to eat) or we'll play a trick on you!" The people inside were supposed to come to the door and comment on our costumes. Oh! here's a ghost. Oh, there's a witch. Oh, here's an old lady. Sometimes they would play along with us and pretend to be scared by some ghost or witch. But they would always have some candy and maybe an apple to put in our "trick or treat bags." But what if no one come to the door, or if someone chased us away? Then we'd play a trick on them, usually taking a piece of soap and make marks on their windows. .And afterwards we would go home and count who got the most candy. One popular teen-agers' Halloween trick was to unroll a roll of toilet paper and throw it high into a tree again and again until the tree was all wrapped in the white paper. The paper would often stay in the tree for weeks until a heavy snow or rain washed it off. No real harm done, but it made a big mess of both the tree and the yard under it. One kind of Halloween mischief.
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復活節中英文介紹

A Sunday between March 22 and April 25
The meaning of many different customs observed ring Easter Sunday have been buried with time. Their origins lie in pre-Christian religions and Christianity. All in some way or another are a "salute to spring," marking re-birth. The white Easter lily has come to capture the glory of the holiday. The word "Easter" is named after Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. A festival was held in her honor every year at the vernal equinox （春分）.

People celebrate the holiday according to their beliefs and their religious denominations （命名）. Christians commemorate Good Friday as the day that Jesus Christ died and Easter Sunday as the day that He was resurrected （復活）. Protestant settlers brought the custom of a sunrise service, a religious gathering at dawn, to the United States.

This year Easter will be celebrated on Sunday April 11, 2004. On Easter Sunday children wake up to find that the Easter Bunny has left them baskets of candy. He has also hidden the eggs that they decorated earlier that week. Children hunt for the eggs all around the house. Neighborhoods and organizations hold Easter egg hunts, and the child who finds the most eggs wins a prize.

The Easter Bunny is a rabbit-spirit. Long ago, he was called the" Easter Hare." Hares and rabbits have frequent multiple births so they became a symbol of fertility. The custom of an Easter egg hunt began because children believed that hares laid eggs in the grass. The Romans believed that "All life comes from an egg." Christians consider eggs to be "the seed of life" and so they are symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Why we dye, or color, and decorate eggs is not certain. In ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and Persia eggs were dyed for spring festivals. In medieval Europe, beautifully decorated eggs were given as gifts.

Egg Rolling

In England, Germany and some other countries, children rolled eggs down hills on Easter morning, a game which has been connected to the rolling away of the rock from Jesus Christ's tomb when he was resurrected. British settlers brought this custom to the New World.

In the United States in the early nineteenth century, Dolly Madison, the wife of the fourth American President, organized an egg roll in Washington, D.C. She had been told that Egyptian children used to roll eggs against the pyramids so she invited the children of Washington to roll hard-boiled eggs down the hilly lawn of the new Capitol building! The custom continued, except for the years ring the Civil War. In 1880, the First Lady invited children to the White House for the Egg Roll because officials had complained that they were ruining the Capitol lawn. It has been held there ever since then, only canceled ring times of war. The event has grown, and today Easter Monday is the only day of the year when tourists are allowed to wander over the White House lawn. The wife of the President sponsors it for the children of the entire country. The egg rolling event is open to children twelve years old and under. Alts are allowed only when accompanied by children!

Traditionally, many celebrants （司儀神父） bought new clothes for Easter which they wore to church. After church services, everyone went for a walk around the town. This led to the American custom of Easter parades all over the country. Perhaps the most famous is along Fifth Avenue in New York City.

Good Friday is a federal holiday in 16 states and many schools and businesses throughout the U.S. are closed on this Friday.
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感恩節的由來Thanksgiving Day

Now I would like to give you some details about Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Thanksgiving Day is the most truly American of the national Holidays in the United States and is most closely connected with the earliest history of the country.

In 1620, the settlers, or Pilgrims, they sailed to America on the May flower, seeking a place where they could have freedom of worship. After a tempestuous two-month voyage they landed at in icy November, what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts.

During their first winter, over half of the settlers died of[1] starvation or epidemics. Those who survived began sowing in the first spring.

All summer long they waited for the harvests with great anxiety, knowing that their lives and the future existence of the colony depended on the coming harvest.Finally the fields proced a yield rich beyond expectations. And therefore it was decided that a day of thanksgiving to the Lord be fixed[2]. Years later, President of the United States proclaimed the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day every year. The celebration of Thanksgiving Day has been observed on that date until today.

The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. The big family dinner is planned months ahead. On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes.There will be plum pudding, mince pie, other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash. The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. They have been the most traditional and favorite food on Thanksgiving Day throughout the years.

Everyone agrees the dinner must be built around roast turkey stuffed with a bread dressing[3] to absorb the tasty juices as it roasts. But as cooking varies with families and with the regions where one lives, it is not easy to get a consensus on[4] the precise kind of stuffing for the royal bird.Thanksgiving today is, in every sense, a national annual holiday on which Americans of all faiths and backgrounds join in to express their thanks for the year' s bounty and reverently ask for continued[5] blessings.
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⑤ 萬聖節的由來英文版！急！急！急！

Halloween culture can be traced back to the Druids, a Celticculture in Ireland, Britain and Northern Europe. Roots lay in thefeast of Samhain, which was annually on October31st to honor the dead。

萬聖節文化可以追溯到德魯伊教，這是一種愛爾蘭、北歐和英國的凱爾特文化，根植於Samhain節的慶祝活動，Samhain節於每年的10月31日紀念逝者。

Samhain signifies "summers end" or November. Samhain was aharvest festival with huge sacred bonfires, marking the end of theCeltic year and beginning of a new one. Many of the practicesinvolved in this celebration were fed on superstition 。

Samhain節說明夏天結束或者十一月，是一個豐收的節日。在Samhain節會燃起神聖巨大的篝火，標志著凱爾特一年的結束和新一年的開始。一些做法因為迷信被加入慶祝活動中。

The Celts believed the souls of the dead roamed the streetsand villages at night. Since not all spirits were thought to befriendly, gifts and treats were left out topacify the evil and ensure next years crops wouldbe plentiful. This custom evolved into trick-or-treating。

凱爾特人相信死者的靈魂會在夜裡出沒在街道和村莊。因為他們認為不是所有的靈魂都是友善的，所以就把禮物和好吃的留在外面安慰惡靈來確保來年的莊稼可以豐收。這種習俗演變成了trick-or-treating。

(5)萬聖節英語閱讀文章擴展閱讀：

由於萬聖夜鄰近蘋果的豐收期，太妃糖蘋果（toffee apples）成為應節食品。製法是把蘋果插上竹簽，然後手持竹簽把蘋果放在太妃糖漿中轉動，有時會再粘上果仁。

從前，各家各戶會准備太妃糖蘋果送給小孩，但當傳聞有人把大頭針和刀片放入蘋果中，送太妃糖蘋果的習慣便逐漸消失。雖然大部分個案只是惡作劇，即使是在真實個案中，小孩也僅受輕傷，但是不少家長仍然以為在蘋果中放刀片是十分普遍的。

⑥ 萬聖節的由來英文版和中文20字

萬聖節的由來英文版

The legend of the origin of Halloween, there are many versions, the most common view, that is before the birth of Christ from the Medieval Western Europe countries, including Ireland, Scotland and Wales. This person called several of the Medieval Western Europe Druitt people. Druitt in the November 1 New Year, New Year's Eve,

young people who set druid team, wearing all kinds of weird mask, carrying a carved radish good light (the late custom pumpkin light system, Medieval Western Europe first there is no pumpkin), they walk in the villages between. This was actually a kind of harvest celebration; also said to be "Halloween", the legend who died that year,

the eve of Halloween spirit will visit the world, said that people should be allowed to visit the ghost that the ghost of a successful harvest and to render a hearty welcome. All fire and lights, the one to frighten away the ghost, but also for the ghost light line, to guide their return.

Central Europe in the Middle Ages, there had been destroyed by the pagan history of Christianity. However, before the ritual celebration of New Year's Eve never really eliminated, but in the form of witchcraft. This is why we are Halloween, but are also left witches broom,black cat,spells and other marks.

萬聖節的由來中文版

萬聖節,是國際性節日慶祝10月31日。萬聖節的活動包括糖果、鬼怪旅遊,篝火，化裝，舞會，參觀鬧鬼的景點，雕刻火焰般雙眼的-lanterns，閱讀和看恐怖片的可怕的故事。愛爾蘭移民帶版本的傳統到北美在十九世紀。其它西方國家接受了二十世紀後期的節日。

萬聖節是西方世界的幾個國家,最常見的是在美國、加拿大、愛爾蘭、波多黎各、日本、紐西蘭、英國,偶爾在澳大利亞的部分。在瑞典度假的所有聖徒的官員在11月的第一個星期六。

萬聖節源自凱爾特人的薩溫節。在古凱爾特人的信仰里，新的一年於11月1日開始，或稱薩溫節(Samhain)。正如比較短的白天象徵新一年的開始，日落亦象徵新一天的開始;所以每年收割的節日於10月31日晚上開始。

不列顛群島的德魯伊教徒會燃點農作物作為祭品，而當他們圍著火堆跳舞時，太陽季節便會完結而薩溫 節隨即開始。凱爾特人相信死亡之神Samhain在10月31日的晚上會和鬼魂一起重返人間，尋找替身。因此他們點燃火炬，焚燒動物以作為死亡之神的獻禮。

還會用動物的頭或皮毛做成的服飾打扮自己，發出古怪的聲音，使死亡之神認不出自己，避過災難。這就是今天萬聖節化妝舞會的由來。

⑦ 英語手抄報資料 萬聖節

Halloween, is an international holiday celebrated on October 31. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting haunted attractions, carving Jack-o'-lanterns, reading scary stories and watching horror movies. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in several countries of the Western world, most commonly in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom and occasionally in parts of Australia. In Sweden the All Saints' official holiday takes place on the first Saturday of November.
萬聖節,是國際性節日慶祝10月31日。萬聖節的活動包括糖果、鬼怪旅遊,篝火,化裝舞會,參觀鬧鬼的景點,雕刻火焰般雙眼的-lanterns,閱讀和看恐怖片的可怕的故事。愛爾蘭移民帶版本的傳統到北美在十九世紀。其它西方國家接受了二十世紀後期的節日。萬聖節是西方世界的幾個國家,最常見的是在美國、加拿大、愛爾蘭、波多黎各、日本、紐西蘭、英國,偶爾在澳大利亞的部分。在瑞典度假的所有聖徒的官員在11月的第一個星期六。
Next to Christmas, Halloween is the most commercialized celebration in the United States and Canada. This ancient festival originated far from North America however, and centuries before the first European set foot on the continent.
The ancient Druids 督伊德教(古代高盧人與不列顛人的一種宗教)的教徒 who inhabited what we now call Great Britain placed great importance on the passing of one season to the next, holding "Fire Festivals" which were celebrated for three days (two days on either side of the day itself).
One of these festivals was called Samhain (pronounced Sha-Von) and it took place on October 31 through to November 1. During this period, it was believed that the boundaries between our world and the world of the dead were weakened, allowing spirits of the recently dead to cross over and possess the living.
聖誕節是萬聖節,這下最商業化的慶祝活動在美國和加拿大。這個古老的節日來源於北美,幾百年前第一批歐洲移民踏上美洲大陸。
古代德魯伊德教大不列顛放置很重視的一個賽季,"火焰節」,它是為3天(兩天的)。
其中一個節日被稱作萬聖節,它將從10月31日至11月1日。在這期間,他們認為,我們的世界之間的界限,死者的世界被削弱,允許剛剛死去的鬼魂穿越生活。

⑧ 瘋狂英語閱讀版56期 把愛寄給我（smiles and tears) 的原文

Smiles and Tears
快樂天使←☆ 發表於: 2007-5-05 18:38 來源: 河北電視台網上社區

把愛寄給我

這是一位即將退役的海軍寫給新婚妻子的書信。讀罷，不禁想起了林覺民的《與妻書》，「窗外疏梅篩月影，依稀掩映，吾與汝並肩攜手，低低切切，何事不語，何情不訴！……」兩封「與妻書」，一種一外，一古一今，同中有異。新婚燕爾，分割兩地，借信箋傳情，字里行間無不流露出濃情蜜意，這是兩者的共同點。但由於所處時代以及環境等種種不同，兩者有各有特色：海軍的「與妻書」通過一系列的排比句細說深情和思念，將愛情的甜蜜和生活得幸福烘托得恰到好處；而林覺民的《與妻書》，確切說是「與妻決別書」，卻是一字一血淚，一語一悲慟！
My Love,
You've asked what you can send me while I'm on the cruise;those tings which I want but cannot get was fairly easy to write.I suspect that it won't be so easy to fill the order.
Please send me autumn.Fill a box with that special chill the evenings get that forebodes the cold of winter,that Jack Forst nip.Add the colors of fall:the yellows, reds and browns of leaves whose cycle of life has ended.Send me the sound the make as you shuffle through ankle-deep blankets of them scattered across the yard.Be sure to wrap some of the fragrant smoke which spirals up from the pile as the burn.Package with it the yellow harvest moon caughe in the naked branches of a tree which has begun its winter sleep.
Later you can send me winter.Send me the firs heavy snowfall;that mute,magical silence which comes down across the land with the fat flakes that pile up quickly.Don't forget the taste of snow caught in your hair like jewels.Send me a blanket of white under a full moon,when the land seems to glow.Send me a snowman,or even better a snow family with a snow-saddy,snowmommy and little snow children with button eyes,sticks for arms and carrots for noses.Send me an evening in front of a fireplace with hopes and dreams in the flames.Send me some of your warmth, as we snuggle beneath the covers on a cole December night.Icicles,too;long sturdy ones an thin delicate ones.
The holidays,too,I'll want those.Send me Halloween with the little witches,ghosts,cowboys and pirates.Carefully wrap for me the shy voices which whisper "trick or treat"from the little fairies joining in the ritual for the first time.Package them carefully with the louder,bolder cries of the more experenced trolls and Indians hidden safely behind disguises they are sure could fool even their funny or horrifying jack-o-lantern grins and snarls.Capture for me some of the more grown-up magic that comes later that one night a year near the witching hour,when after the little ones are tucked in their beds and the house is quiet except maybe for a branch against the window and even grow-ups get an uneasy feeling that perhaps there are haunts and goblins about in the night.
Save for me the smells of roast turkey and dressing,homemade breads and pies.Send me the smells of Thanksgiving,as the food is cooked all day and the table is piled higher and higher. Send me that quiet sense of pride and accomplishment that rests briefly between setting the table and the feasting frenzy.
Send me a Christmas tree.Not just any tree;a fresh cut tree felled by small hands assisted by mom and dad.Send it to me with its fresh cut smell,some lights and sparkles all draped in tinsel carelessly tossed here and there as the young try to out do each other.Send me a glass of eggnog, ever so gently spicked.Take your sips first,and leave the prints from your lips there on the glass for me to see and taste.Send me that sleepless anticipation of the night before Christmas,when little angels are trying so hard to go to sleep,knowing in their hearts that Santa won't come until the sleep.Share with me a glass of milk and a couple of chocolate chip cookies as we help preserve the fleeting illusions of childhood.Send me the excited shouts as little ones get their first glimpse of the piles of gifts left by St.Nick. Send the crinkle and tear of wrapping paper and the oohs and aahs that punciuate each gift as it is exposed and shown around.Send me the hugs as everyone opens the gifts that were "just what I wanted!"
For the last day of the year,send me a quiet evening spent with you as we look forward to another year together,and marvel at all we survived the year before.
Space out the packages,but send me all the changes of season,all the day-to-day worries and joys,all the holidays that I'll miss as I sit halfway around the world from you.Most of all,send me your smiles and tears.
Most of all,send me your love.
God Bless...

cruise[kru:z]n. (軍艦等）巡邏，巡航
forebode[fc:bEud]v.預示，預兆
Jack Forst <擬人語>霜神，嚴寒
nip[nip]n.刺骨的寒氣
shuffle['SVfl]v.拖著（腳）走
blanket['blaegkit]n.厚的覆蓋物
spiral['spaiErEl]v.盤旋上升
harvest moon 秋分後的滿月
mute[mju:t]adj.無言的，沉默的
flake[fleik]n.薄片，雪片
pile up 堆積，積壓
snuggle['snVgl]v.偎依，緊靠
icicle['aisikl]n.冰柱，垂冰
sturdy['stE:di]adj.堅固的
delicate['delikEt]adj.易破碎的，纖細的
pirate['paiErit]n.掠奪者，海盜
trick or treat 不請吃就搗亂，西方萬聖節的一項有趣活動。萬聖節前夕，孩子們會提著南瓜燈籠挨家討糖吃。見面時，打扮成鬼精靈模樣的孩子千篇一律地都要發出「不請吃就搗亂」的「威脅」，主人自然不敢怠慢，連聲說「請吃！請吃！」，同時把糖果放進孩子們隨身攜帶的大口袋裡。
bold[bEuld]adj.大膽的，勇敢的
troll[trEul]n.（北歐神話中的）洞窟巨人
disguise[dis'gaiz]n.偽裝，化裝
horrify['hCrifai]v.使恐怖，使戰栗
snarl[sna:l]n.咆哮，怒吼
tuck in 使...蓋好被子睡覺
haunt[hC:nt]n.幽靈，鬼
goblin['gCblin]n.惡鬼，妖怪
feast[fi:st]v.享受美食，飽餐
frenzy['frenzi]n.瘋狂，狂熱
fell[fel]v.砍伐（樹等）
drape[dreip]v.懸掛，裝飾
tinsel['tinsel]n.（裝飾聖誕樹，舞蹈服裝的）金箔，金屬片
eggnog['eg,nCg]n.蛋奶酒，用牛奶或奶油、糖和蛋攪拌而成，通常混有朗姆酒或白蘭地等酒的飲料
spike[spaik]v.（飲料）加酒精
Santa['saentE]n.即Santa Claus聖誕老人，下文的St.Nick同樣指聖誕老人
crinkle['kriGkl]n.沙沙聲
punctuate['pVGktjueit]v.不時打斷，插入
marvel at 對...驚奇
space out 隔開

⑨ 一篇英語閱讀

張超在聖誕節過的很愉快。這個來自天津的14歲女孩參加了學校里舉行的聚會，而且收到了聖誕賀卡和禮物。「我喜歡聖誕節，每個人都很開心很享受。」
但是張可能不知道在下個月，將有10個博士生把不同的看法帶給她。這些來自清華大學，北京大學和人民大學的學生呼籲人民停止慶祝聖誕節和其他外國的節日。人們應該支持他們自己民族的節日，他們說。
「西方文化的影響在過去只是像一陣微風，可是現在它們像是一場風暴！」那些學生在一封公開的信中寫到。
他們發現，商店，旅館，賓館擺上了聖誕樹，愛人們為了情人節買玫瑰和巧克力，孩子們在萬聖節做紙南瓜。「但在中國的節日里比如中秋節和龍舟節他們就沒有什麼有意思的活動。」
「這是一種文化侵略，我們必須戰斗。」學生們說。
但是一些人並不同意，他們說更多的了解外國的節日是有好處的。
還有一些一向慶祝的人並不在意這些，劉楊，一個上海的14歲女孩，她把所有的節日都看作是從學習生活中的解放。「聖誕節和春節都能使我感到不同於日常生活的趣味。」她說。
不久前的一次調查支持了劉楊的說法，調查結果表明春節依然是70%的中國人的最愛。有四分之一的人既慶祝聖誕節又慶祝春節。
1.D。文中提到了6個節日：聖誕，春節，萬聖節，情人節，端午節，龍舟節。
2.你沒有給出畫線句。。
3.C。四分之一，就是25%。
4.D。張超沒看成是解放，是劉楊看作是解放。
5.A。在中國有越來越多的人慶祝聖誕節。