万圣节英语阅读文章

① 万圣节 英语小介绍

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：阅读以下的材料，然后写一篇短文介绍南瓜灯的步骤。

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③ Halloween: A Scary Night英文阅读翻译

万圣节前夜：一个惊险刺激的夜晚

④ 用英文写的一篇关于外国节日的文章

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圣诞节的由来英文版

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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情人节的由来英文版-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（爱神丘比特）, 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（斩首）, 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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万圣节（中，英文版）

关于万圣节有这样一个故事。是说有一个叫杰克的爱尔半兰人，因为他对钱特别的吝啬，就不允许他进入天堂，而被打入地狱。但是在那里他老是捉弄魔鬼撒旦，所以被踢出地狱，罚他提着灯笼永远在人世里行走。 在十月三十一日爱尔兰的孩子们用土豆和罗卜制作“杰克的灯笼”，他们把中间挖掉、表面上打洞并在里边点上蜡烛。为村里庆祝督伊德神的万圣节，孩子们提着这种灯笼挨家挨户乞计食物。?这种灯笼的爱尔兰名字是“拿灯笼的杰克”或者“杰克的灯笼”，缩写为Jack-o'-lantern ?在拼写为jack-o-lantern。 现在你在大多数书里读到的万圣节只是孩子们开心的夜晚。在小学校里，万圣节是每年十月份开始庆祝的。 孩子们会制作万圣节的装饰品：各种各样桔红色的南瓜灯。你可以用黑色的纸做一个可怕的造形??一个骑在扫帚把上戴著尖尖帽子的女巫飞过天空，或者是黑蝙蝠飞过月亮。这些都代表恶运。当然黑猫代表运气更差。有时候会出现黑猫骑在女巫扫帚后面飞向天空的造形。 在万圣节的晚上，我们都穿着爸爸妈妈的旧衣服和旧鞋子，戴上面具，打算外出。比我们小的孩子必须和他们的母亲一块出去，我们大一点的就一起哄到领居家，按他们的门铃并大声喊道：“恶作剧还是招待！”意思是给我们吃的，要不我们就捉弄你。里边的人们应该出?评价我们的化装。 “噢！这是鬼，那是女巫，这是个老太婆。” 有时候他们会跟我们一起玩，假装被鬼或者女巫吓着了。但是他们通常会带一些糖果或者苹果放进我们的“恶作剧还是招待”的口袋里。可是要是没人回答门铃或者是有人把我们赶开该怎么办呢？我们就捉弄他们，通常是拿一块肥皂把他们的玻璃涂得乱七八糟。然后我们回家，数数谁的糖果最多。 还有一个典型的万圣节花招是把一卷手纸拉开，不停地往树上扔，直到树全被白纸裹起?。除非下大雪或大雨把纸冲掉，纸会一直呆在树上。这并不造成真正的伤害，只是把树和院子搞乱，一种万圣节的恶作剧。 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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复活节中英文介绍

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 （复活）. 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 （司仪神父） 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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感恩节的由来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 万圣节的由来英文版！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。

万圣节文化可以追溯到德鲁伊教，这是一种爱尔兰、北欧和英国的凯尔特文化，根植于Samhain节的庆祝活动，Samhain节于每年的10月31日纪念逝者。

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节说明夏天结束或者十一月，是一个丰收的节日。在Samhain节会燃起神圣巨大的篝火，标志着凯尔特一年的结束和新一年的开始。一些做法因为迷信被加入庆祝活动中。

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。

凯尔特人相信死者的灵魂会在夜里出没在街道和村庄。因为他们认为不是所有的灵魂都是友善的，所以就把礼物和好吃的留在外面安慰恶灵来确保来年的庄稼可以丰收。这种习俗演变成了trick-or-treating。

(5)万圣节英语阅读文章扩展阅读：

由于万圣夜邻近苹果的丰收期，太妃糖苹果（toffee apples）成为应节食品。制法是把苹果插上竹签，然后手持竹签把苹果放在太妃糖浆中转动，有时会再粘上果仁。

从前，各家各户会准备太妃糖苹果送给小孩，但当传闻有人把大头针和刀片放入苹果中，送太妃糖苹果的习惯便逐渐消失。虽然大部分个案只是恶作剧，即使是在真实个案中，小孩也仅受轻伤，但是不少家长仍然以为在苹果中放刀片是十分普遍的。

⑥ 万圣节的由来英文版和中文20字

万圣节的由来英文版

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.

万圣节的由来中文版

万圣节,是国际性节日庆祝10月31日。万圣节的活动包括糖果、鬼怪旅游,篝火，化装，舞会，参观闹鬼的景点，雕刻火焰般双眼的-lanterns，阅读和看恐怖片的可怕的故事。爱尔兰移民带版本的传统到北美在十九世纪。其它西方国家接受了二十世纪后期的节日。

万圣节是西方世界的几个国家,最常见的是在美国、加拿大、爱尔兰、波多黎各、日本、新西兰、英国,偶尔在澳大利亚的部分。在瑞典度假的所有圣徒的官员在11月的第一个星期六。

万圣节源自凯尔特人的萨温节。在古凯尔特人的信仰里，新的一年于11月1日开始，或称萨温节(Samhain)。正如比较短的白天象征新一年的开始，日落亦象征新一天的开始;所以每年收割的节日于10月31日晚上开始。

不列颠群岛的德鲁伊教徒会燃点农作物作为祭品，而当他们围着火堆跳舞时，太阳季节便会完结而萨温 节随即开始。凯尔特人相信死亡之神Samhain在10月31日的晚上会和鬼魂一起重返人间，寻找替身。因此他们点燃火炬，焚烧动物以作为死亡之神的献礼。

还会用动物的头或皮毛做成的服饰打扮自己，发出古怪的声音，使死亡之神认不出自己，避过灾难。这就是今天万圣节化妆舞会的由来。

⑦ 英语手抄报资料 万圣节

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.
万圣节,是国际性节日庆祝10月31日。万圣节的活动包括糖果、鬼怪旅游,篝火,化装舞会,参观闹鬼的景点,雕刻火焰般双眼的-lanterns,阅读和看恐怖片的可怕的故事。爱尔兰移民带版本的传统到北美在十九世纪。其它西方国家接受了二十世纪后期的节日。万圣节是西方世界的几个国家,最常见的是在美国、加拿大、爱尔兰、波多黎各、日本、新西兰、英国,偶尔在澳大利亚的部分。在瑞典度假的所有圣徒的官员在11月的第一个星期六。
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(古代高卢人与不列颠人的一种宗教)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.
圣诞节是万圣节,这下最商业化的庆祝活动在美国和加拿大。这个古老的节日来源于北美,几百年前第一批欧洲移民踏上美洲大陆。
古代德鲁伊德教大不列颠放置很重视的一个赛季,"火焰节”,它是为3天(两天的)。
其中一个节日被称作万圣节,它将从10月31日至11月1日。在这期间,他们认为,我们的世界之间的界限,死者的世界被削弱,允许刚刚死去的鬼魂穿越生活。

⑧ 疯狂英语阅读版56期 把爱寄给我（smiles and tears) 的原文

Smiles and Tears
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把爱寄给我

这是一位即将退役的海军写给新婚妻子的书信。读罢，不禁想起了林觉民的《与妻书》，“窗外疏梅筛月影，依稀掩映，吾与汝并肩携手，低低切切，何事不语，何情不诉！……”两封“与妻书”，一种一外，一古一今，同中有异。新婚燕尔，分割两地，借信笺传情，字里行间无不流露出浓情蜜意，这是两者的共同点。但由于所处时代以及环境等种种不同，两者有各有特色：海军的“与妻书”通过一系列的排比句细说深情和思念，将爱情的甜蜜和生活得幸福烘托得恰到好处；而林觉民的《与妻书》，确切说是“与妻决别书”，却是一字一血泪，一语一悲恸！
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. (军舰等）巡逻，巡航
forebode[fc:bEud]v.预示，预兆
Jack Forst <拟人语>霜神，严寒
nip[nip]n.刺骨的寒气
shuffle['SVfl]v.拖着（脚）走
blanket['blaegkit]n.厚的覆盖物
spiral['spaiErEl]v.盘旋上升
harvest moon 秋分后的满月
mute[mju:t]adj.无言的，沉默的
flake[fleik]n.薄片，雪片
pile up 堆积，积压
snuggle['snVgl]v.偎依，紧靠
icicle['aisikl]n.冰柱，垂冰
sturdy['stE:di]adj.坚固的
delicate['delikEt]adj.易破碎的，纤细的
pirate['paiErit]n.掠夺者，海盗
trick or treat 不请吃就捣乱，西方万圣节的一项有趣活动。万圣节前夕，孩子们会提着南瓜灯笼挨家讨糖吃。见面时，打扮成鬼精灵模样的孩子千篇一律地都要发出“不请吃就捣乱”的“威胁”，主人自然不敢怠慢，连声说“请吃！请吃！”，同时把糖果放进孩子们随身携带的大口袋里。
bold[bEuld]adj.大胆的，勇敢的
troll[trEul]n.（北欧神话中的）洞窟巨人
disguise[dis'gaiz]n.伪装，化装
horrify['hCrifai]v.使恐怖，使战栗
snarl[sna:l]n.咆哮，怒吼
tuck in 使...盖好被子睡觉
haunt[hC:nt]n.幽灵，鬼
goblin['gCblin]n.恶鬼，妖怪
feast[fi:st]v.享受美食，饱餐
frenzy['frenzi]n.疯狂，狂热
fell[fel]v.砍伐（树等）
drape[dreip]v.悬挂，装饰
tinsel['tinsel]n.（装饰圣诞树，舞蹈服装的）金箔，金属片
eggnog['eg,nCg]n.蛋奶酒，用牛奶或奶油、糖和蛋搅拌而成，通常混有朗姆酒或白兰地等酒的饮料
spike[spaik]v.（饮料）加酒精
Santa['saentE]n.即Santa Claus圣诞老人，下文的St.Nick同样指圣诞老人
crinkle['kriGkl]n.沙沙声
punctuate['pVGktjueit]v.不时打断，插入
marvel at 对...惊奇
space out 隔开

⑨ 一篇英语阅读

张超在圣诞节过的很愉快。这个来自天津的14岁女孩参加了学校里举行的聚会，而且收到了圣诞贺卡和礼物。“我喜欢圣诞节，每个人都很开心很享受。”
但是张可能不知道在下个月，将有10个博士生把不同的看法带给她。这些来自清华大学，北京大学和人民大学的学生呼吁人民停止庆祝圣诞节和其他外国的节日。人们应该支持他们自己民族的节日，他们说。
“西方文化的影响在过去只是像一阵微风，可是现在它们像是一场风暴！”那些学生在一封公开的信中写到。
他们发现，商店，旅馆，宾馆摆上了圣诞树，爱人们为了情人节买玫瑰和巧克力，孩子们在万圣节做纸南瓜。“但在中国的节日里比如中秋节和龙舟节他们就没有什么有意思的活动。”
“这是一种文化侵略，我们必须战斗。”学生们说。
但是一些人并不同意，他们说更多的了解外国的节日是有好处的。
还有一些一向庆祝的人并不在意这些，刘杨，一个上海的14岁女孩，她把所有的节日都看作是从学习生活中的解放。“圣诞节和春节都能使我感到不同于日常生活的趣味。”她说。
不久前的一次调查支持了刘杨的说法，调查结果表明春节依然是70%的中国人的最爱。有四分之一的人既庆祝圣诞节又庆祝春节。
1.D。文中提到了6个节日：圣诞，春节，万圣节，情人节，端午节，龙舟节。
2.你没有给出画线句。。
3.C。四分之一，就是25%。
4.D。张超没看成是解放，是刘杨看作是解放。
5.A。在中国有越来越多的人庆祝圣诞节。