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G’day guys

大家好

its Yazmin from Talko English

我是Talko 英语的 Yazmin

 and I’m talking about all things Halloween.

我介绍了很多关于万圣节的知识

Now I want to teach you a couple of things and fun facts that maybe you didn't know about halloween.

现在我要告诉你们一些，你可能不一定知道的万圣节趣闻轶事。

Of course you would know that

你肯定知道

Halloween is all about getting dressed up

万圣节要盛装打扮

 and putting on different costumes

穿上不同的服装

and usually it’s suppose to be a bit scary.

而且它们通常会有点吓人

But traditionally costumes weren't scary for halloween,

但传统上的万圣节服装并不可怕，

dressing up was about hiding from ghosts and having a disguise,

变装是为了躲避“幽灵”和乔装打扮

 and then we've taken it to be this scary and really fun event.

后来我们把他变成了一个可怕又有趣的活动。

But originally it was about hiding from the ghosts.

不过初衷是为了躲避“幽灵”哦。

Jack o' Lanterns,

南瓜灯

we know them as those big pumpkins carved out,

我们知道它是用大南瓜是雕出来的，

but they were originally made from turnips,

但是最初的南瓜灯是用大头菜做的

not pumpkins.

而不是南瓜

The tradition of the Jack o' Lantern

南瓜灯的传统

comes from a folktale  

来源于一个传说

about a man named Jack

有一个叫杰克的人

and he tricked the devil

他戏弄了魔鬼

and he had to wander the Earth with a lantern.

所以不得不拿着灯笼在人间游荡。

It is believed that

人们相信

if you see a spider on Halloween,

如果你在万圣节看到一只蜘蛛，

it is the spirit of a loved one watching you.

则是有个爱你的灵魂在注视着你

Maybe it is a good things to sometimes see spiders

看来有时看到蜘蛛是一件好事

I hope your learnt a couple of fun and interesting things about Halloween which you didn't know before,

希望你有了解到一些以前不知道的万圣节趣闻轶事

and I’ve got a couple more videos coming up for you guys,all about Halloween.

我还为你们准备了更多的视频，全是万圣节主题哦~