萬聖節起源於古代凱爾特人的薩溫節 (Samhain)，生活在英倫列島的賽爾特人把 11 月 1 日最近的一個月圓日定為節日。後來羅馬天主教會把這一天命名為萬聖節，在英國被稱為 All Hallows Day（萬聖節）。那麼萬聖 「Hallow」 加上前夜 「een」 就成為了 Halloween 這個美式表達。所以嚴格的說 Halloween 指的是萬聖節前夜。
In Britain Halloween is celebrated on the 31st of October. However, it is not a public holiday. If the 31st of October falls on a weekday people go to work as normal. The typical colours of Halloween are orange and black, seen on items such as black vampires and pumpkin lanterns.
在英國人們的確是在 10 月 31 日這天慶祝萬聖節。不過它不是公共假日。如果 10 月 31 日趕上工作日，那麼人們將正常上班。萬聖節的標誌性色彩是橘黃和黑色，比如黑色吸血鬼和桔黃色南瓜燈等物品。
Dressing up in costumes is one of the most popular Halloween customs, especially amongchildren. According to tradition, people would dress up in costumes (wear special clothing, masksor disguises) to frighten the spirits away.
Dressing up in costumes 是最受歡迎的萬聖節風俗之一，尤其是受孩子們的歡迎。按照傳統習俗，人們會 dress up in costumes（穿戴一些特別的服裝，面具或者裝飾）來嚇跑鬼魂。Popular Halloween costumes include vampires (creatures that drink blood), ghosts (spiritsof the dead) and werewolves (people that turn into wolves when the moon is full).
流行的萬聖節服裝包括 vampires（吸血鬼），ghosts（死者的靈魂）和werewolves（每當月圓時就變成狼形的人）。Trick or Treating is a modern Halloween custom where children go from house to housedressed in costume, asking for treats like candy or toys. If they don't get any treats, they mightplay a trick (mischief or prank) on the owners of the house.
Trick or Treating 是現代萬聖節的風俗。孩子們穿著特殊的衣服走街串巷，討取糖果和玩具之類的賞賜。如果他們得不到任何的賞賜，就可能會對屋主大搞惡作劇或者胡鬧了。The tradition of the Jack o' Lantern comes from a folktale about a man named Jack who trickedthe devil and had to wander the Earth with a lantern. The Jack o' Lantern is made by placing acandle inside a hollowed-out pumpkin, which is carved to look like a face.
Jack o' Lantern 的傳統來自於一個民間傳說。一個名叫 Jack 的人戲弄了惡魔，之後就不得不提著一盞燈在地球上流浪。Jack o' Lantern 是用雕刻成臉型，中間挖空，再插上蠟燭的南瓜做成的。There are many other superstitions associated with Halloween. A superstition is anirrational idea, like believing that the number 13 is unlucky!和萬聖節有關的迷信還有很多。迷信是一種不合常理的想法，比如認為13是不吉利的數字！
Halloween is also associated with supernatural creatures like ghosts and vampires. Thesecreatures are not part of the natural world. They don't really exist... or do they?
萬聖節還和一些諸如鬼魂和吸血鬼之類的超自然的生物有關。這些生物不是自然界的一部分。他們實際上是不存在的.或許他們其實真的存在？Witches are popular Halloween characters that are thought to have magical powers. Theyusually wear pointed hats and fly around on broomsticks.
女巫是萬聖節很受歡迎的人物，人們認為她們具有強大的魔力。他們通常戴著尖頂的帽子，騎在掃把上飛來飛去。Bad omens are also part of Halloween celebrations. A bad omen is something that isbelieved to bring bad luck, like black cats, spiders or bats.
惡兆也是萬聖節慶祝活動的一部分。惡兆,被認為是帶來壞運氣,黑貓、蜘蛛或者蝙蝠都算是。Pumpkins are on salein shops and supermarkets from as early as the beginning of October. By the last week of October you can see pumpkin lanterns everywhere in shop windows and in people's houses. Although British people used to use potatoes and turnips, now they use pumpkins to make Jack-o-lanterns unique to the Halloween season. The name「Jack-o-lantern"comes from an Irish folktale about a man named Stingy Jack who, because of his bad nature, was doomed to roam the earth without a resting place and with only his lit lantern to light the way in the darkness.
從十月初開始南瓜就在商店裡出售啦。到十月最後一周，南瓜燈隨處可見，商店櫥窗裡或英國居民家裡也會擺放南瓜燈。雖然英國人過去也曾用土豆和蘿蔔來刻南瓜燈，但是現在他們都用南瓜做萬聖節特有的「傑克燈」了。傑克這名字來自愛爾蘭民間故事中一個小氣鬼，由於他人品不好，所以死無去處，只能靠提著一個南瓜燈的亮光在黑暗中遊蕩。
Children love this game! They dress up and then knock on the doors of people's houses in their neighbourhood asking for a 『trick or treat』. The neighbour gives them chocolates, sweets or money as a 『treat』. If there is no treat, the children play a trick on the neighbour, for example, they might throw soap at the window. It only happens once a year so even the stingiest adultsmightgive something to the kids as a treat!
孩子們可喜歡這個遊戲啦！他們化了妝，接著就去鄰居家裡敲門 「trick or treat」。一般來說鄰居都會給孩子們一些巧克力、糖果或錢。如果鄰居不給點兒東西意思一下，那麼孩子們就會搞點惡作劇，比如他們會把肥皂往玻璃窗上抹。想想一年只有這麼一次，所以即便最財迷的人一般也會給孩子們一些「款待」的。
Across the UK, people throw parties to celebrate Halloween. The biggest Halloween party has to be in Sheffield at the end of October. A lot of people go there to experience Fright Night. Can you image a party with about 40,000 people? There are activities for people of all ages: fancy dress catwalk, urban dance, a monster in a fountain and a zombie garden, as well as the traditional apple bobbing and a competition for the best pumpkin lantern.
英國各地都會舉辦各種派對聚會活動來歡度節日。不過最隆重的要數謝菲爾德的萬聖節大派對了。很多人都會去體驗一下那裡的「恐懼夜晚」。你能想像一個四萬人的聚會嗎？不論你是什麼年齡都會有適合你的活動：化妝走貓步，都市舞，山中大怪還有吸血鬼公園，再有就是英國傳統的咬蘋果比賽和評選最佳南瓜燈。
This is a fun and competitive game which is very traditional. What you do is to place lots of apples in a large tub or a bowl of water - not too cold or too hot. This is because the participants or competitors have to take a bite from one of the apples without using their hands. Sometimes the participants are blindfolded, just to make it even more challenging and fun.
咬蘋果（Apple bobbing）是萬聖節的一個有趣的競爭遊戲，很傳統。你需要把很多蘋果放在大盆或大桶裡，盛滿了水，水嗎要不冷也不熱因為參賽者必須在不用手幫忙的情況下用嘴叼住蘋果咬一口。有時候為了讓遊戲更難也更有趣還會把參賽人的眼睛蒙住。
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