大学英语综合教程1Unit2.ppt

Text AAll The Cabbie Had Was A Letter
Warm-up questions:
Are you and your middle school classmates still writing to each other? Why?
What kind of media do you prefer when you want to contact your friend? Why?
Cell phone
Writing letters
E-mail
MSN
QQ
Others
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Cultural Background
Halloween
Halloween , which is of pre-Christian origin,
is celebrated annually. It is on the night of 31
October, the eve of All Saints’ Day, when people
once believed that ghost could be seen. Now, in
Britain and America, it is a time when children
have parties, dress up as witches, make lanterns
out of pumpkins from which the inside has been
removed, and play “trick or treat”.
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“Trick or treat” is a traditional activity at Halloween. Children dress in costumes and visit houses. At each house they say “Trick or treat”. This means that they will play a “trick”, or joke, on the people in the house unless they are given a “treat”, . sweets or money. Most people prefer to give treats rather than having tricks played on them.
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古时候人们认为恶灵在每年10月31日的夜晚重返人间。为了驱逐恶灵,他们会将房子里的炉火和烛台熄灭,将房子弄得很荒凉,好像没人居住一样,这样恶灵就不会进屋去。他们也会故意穿得很邋遢,看起来很丑,这样恶灵就不愿意接近他们了。另外,他们还知道恶灵害怕噪音,于是他们穿着奇形怪状的服装上街游行。这就是万圣节的由来。
"不给糖就捣蛋"(trick or treat)这个习俗,来源于异教徒相信鬼魂会在每年降临人间的时候给活着的人制造麻烦。为了保护自己不被恶灵伤害,人们穿上看起来像鬼的衣服,并且准备面包、鸡蛋、苹果等食物当供品以求好运。人们戴着面具,穿着迷惑鬼魂的鬼服,挨家挨户收供品。慷慨的人点起灯火,受到良好祝愿,但吝啬的人却受到威胁。
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Jack-O'-Lantern
南瓜灯原本不是南瓜灯而是芜菁灯,据说是有一个叫杰克的爱尔兰人,因为对钱特别吝啬,死后不让他进入天堂,而是被打入地狱。但是在地狱他老是捉弄魔鬼撒旦,所以被踢出地狱,罚他提著灯笼永远在人间的夜里行走。又有一说是他是个恶名昭彰的酒鬼和骗子,曾经把恶魔撒旦骗上树,然后在树干上刻下十字架的图案,把撒旦困在树顶上下不来,后来杰克要求他以后死了不进地狱当交换条件,撒旦答应了才放它走。杰克死了以后无法上天堂;但他又和撒旦讲好不进地狱,所以地狱也不收他。恶魔只给了杰克一支微弱的柴火照路。他把柴火放在一个挖空的芜菁里,好让这支即将熄灭的火光能够燃烧久一点,这就是「杰克的灯笼」Jack-O‘-Lantern。爱尔兰人将这个习俗带到美国之后,发现美国盛产的南瓜比芜菁