环球慢速英语 第399期:万圣节(5)

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voice 1: For many people today, Halloween is a very important time. It is a day to celebrate the people who have lived before us. Many people believe that Halloween started in the Americas. But that is not true!
声音1：现在对许多人来说，万圣节是非常重要的时刻。这一天是人们庆祝先人的日子。许多人认为万圣节起源于美国。但事实并非如此！

voice 2: Irish settlers brought Halloween traditions to the United States in the middle eighteen hundreds. But Americans did not widely celebrate Halloween until almost one hundred years later - during the early nineteen hundreds. Today, children all across the United States dress up on October thirty-one. They go from door to door demanding candy by saying 'trick or treat.' And some still cause trouble too - just like the ancient Celts celebrating Samhain!
声音2：19世纪中期，爱尔兰定居者将万圣节传统传入美国。但是当时美国人并没有广泛地庆祝这一节日。直到近100年之后，也就是20世纪早期时，万圣节才逐渐流行起来。现在，美国各地的孩童都会在10月31日这天乔装打扮。他们会挨家挨户地要糖果，还会说“不给糖就捣乱”。不过还是会有些麻烦发生，就像古凯尔特人庆祝萨温节时一样！