万圣节的由来和习俗英文版
万圣节的由来和习俗（英文版）
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万圣节马上就要到了，各种南瓜灯、稻草人等万圣节的装饰和符号代表的意思你都知道吗？万圣节又是在什么时候起源的？为什么在这个节日里，我们必读得买糖果和盛装打扮呢？下面的雅思双语阅读材料将为大家详细解答这些问题，一起来看看吧！
Halloween as we know it today bears little resemblance tothe Roman harvest festivals especially celebrated the appleharvest.
The name Halloween comes from the 1500’s, and is avariation on “All-Hallows-Even”, the nig
ht before All SaintsDay, or All Hallows Day.? As with many things, the CatholicChurch had a holiday to coincide with a pagan celebration.?
万圣节名字的由来大约在1500年代。是由“All-Hallows-Even”演变而来。在天下圣徒之日（All Saints Day）即万圣节的前夕，天主教的教堂会以一个异教徒为批判对象举行一次集会。这就是万圣节的起源
So what do witches, ghosts, goblins, and the like have to dowith all this history? Read on to find out.
但是巫师、幽灵、鬼怪和其他诸类事物又对这段历史产生了怎样的影响？让我接着往下读。
Corn Husks and Stalks of Wheat
谷壳和小麦的茎干
The significance of corn husks and stalks of wheat is prettystraightforward.? Halloween comes in the autumn, the traditionalfestival celebrated the end of summer and the end of th
eharvest, so these images are meant to represent the end ofharvest and the beginning of winter.? Corn and wheat are
symbols of agricultural change, and the change of the seasons.?
稻谷的外壳还有小麦的茎干所传达的意思是非常鲜明的。万圣节深受在秋季时分庆祝夏日离去、丰收结束的传统节日的影响。所以谷壳和麦茎就是在传达着丰收的喜讯还有冬季即将到来的消息。稻谷和小麦是所有农作物从耕种到丰收阶段的变化，同时也在向人们传递着四季交替的信息。
The Colors Orange and Black
主打橙和黑
The colors orange and black are most likely further
representations of the time of year, rather than any Halloweenlore or mythology.? The color orange likely represents autumn,when the leaves change from green and orange pumpkins
areripe for the picking.? As mentioned earlier, the Celtic festivalmarked the transition between “light” days and “dark” days– so the black likely represents those dark days of winter whenthere are fewer daylight hours to attend to the fields and crops.?Of course, the modern secular Halloween retailers have certainlypushed the orange-and-black as official colors of Halloween, sosuch an explanation seems weak, but it’s true.? Sorry, to quotesome movie somewhere, “orange is the new black.”? Or pink.?Or something.
英文网万圣节之所以是橙和黑作为主打，很可能是因为在某种深层次的角度而言，这俩颜象征了一年之中时节的变化，没必要把颜的问题上升到学术或者神秘学的高度来探讨。橙很可能象征着秋季。当叶子从绿变成了橘黄，南瓜也是如此，好像在提醒人们“我已经成熟啦，快来采我吧”。在更早一些的年份，古代的凯尔特文化下的节日把时间标记为“白”和“黑”。而“黑”代表的就是冬季的时间，因为凯尔特文化发源于北爱尔兰，众所周知秋冬交际，太阳向南回归线移动，白天的时间短了，自然而然，黑成为了冬季的代表。现在万圣节时期零售商们售卖的流行玩具大体都是这两种调。尽管你可能会觉得关于主打的解释有点牵强，但这可是真的。
Spiders
As we move more into the “spooky” tales of the Halloweensymbol, we’ll start with spiders.? Go to a Halloween party andyou’re sure to see fake spider webs spread all over the place.?Forgoing a discussion of any potential mystical qualities a spidermight have (because, ew), it is significant that spiders weavewebs, which has long been associated with the passing of time,progress, and fate.? OK, so maybe that’s a little mystical too.?All in all, though, the spider’s spinning of its web is a great
natural representation of the cycle of life – a spider spins its web,bugs fly into the web, nourish the spider, etc.? Also, spiders likedusty, dark places.
当我们一想起无奇不有的万圣节时，蜘蛛总是不可或缺的。如果你去参加一个万圣节晚会，我敢保证你能在墙上看到随意布置的假蜘蛛网。摒弃一切关于蜘蛛的潜在的神话故事，我想蜘蛛之所以出现在万圣节的舞台很可能是因为它编织的蜘蛛网，让人联想到了时间的流逝，生活的前进，还有命运的不可预知。好吧，我承认，讲到这里就有点神秘感了。总而言之呢，蜘蛛织网的行径在自然界是象征生命循环的伟大代表——蜘蛛编织它的网，昆虫粘在网
上，成为蜘蛛的`大餐等等，同时，蜘蛛喜欢满是灰尘而又黑暗的地方。
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双语阅读：万圣节的习俗和来源（二）
万圣节马上就要到了，各种南瓜灯、稻草人等万圣节的装饰和符号代表的意思你都知道吗？万圣节又是在什么时候起源的？为什么在这个节日里，我们必读得买糖果和盛装打扮呢？
双语阅读：万圣节的习俗和来源（一）
Bats 蝙蝠
Bats are nocturnal?creatures, so it’s natural that a
celebration about the end of the light seasons and the beginningof the dark ones would incorporate them.? Additionally, in theold days Halloween meant big bonfires, which draw mosquitoesand moths, which would in turn draw bats,。Also, once vampirelegends made their way into Halloween folklore, the position ofthe bat was set – since it was thought that vampires couldtransform into bats.?
蝙蝠是昼伏夜出的动物。庆祝丰收原本就是在白季节（秋季）的结束和黑季节（冬季）的开始期间。于是蝙蝠自然而然成为“步入夜”的代表动物。除此之外，万圣节曾经流行的庆祝方式是在篝火旁进行。这样无疑吸引了许多蚊子和蛾子，因此也间接吸引来了蝙蝠。同时，吸血鬼传说一度曾是民间最流行的热点话题。自从古人认定吸血鬼能够变成蝙蝠在天空中飞舞的时候，蝙蝠在人们心中的地位便再也无法动摇了。
Black Cats 黑猫
OK, so while Halloween started out to be about the end ofharvest, etc., there are some ancient cultures who also believedthat, on Halloween night, the veil between the living world andthe spirit world was, if not lifted entirely, at least a little thinner.?Ancient Celtic religions taught that cats were reincarnated soulsof humans, and that they were able to see the future.? Also, itwas thought (as mentioned earlier) that witches could turn intocats.? Truth be told, most single ladies were thought to be
witches, and, just like today, many of the single ladies had?cats.?
So, in the 1600’s or so, the local cat lady would have probablybeen tried for witchcraft.
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