萬聖狂歡趣，恐怖又好玩的Costume Party！

10/31準備好如何歡度Halloween了嗎？快來瞧瞧萬聖節該玩哪些有趣的活動，以及認識你不可不知的萬聖節文化與相關英文單字及片語喔！

People celebrate “Halloween” annually on the 31st of October. In America, more than 60% of people celebrate this festival, second only to Christmas; however, this popular festival even didn’t come from America. In fact, it was from Ireland almost 2,000 years ago.

人們會在每年的10/31慶祝萬聖節。在美國，有60%以上的人會慶祝萬聖節，僅次於慶祝聖誕節的人們；然而，萬聖節並不是源自於美國。事實上，萬聖節是2000年前源自於愛爾蘭。

• celebrate (動詞) 慶祝
• annually (副詞) 周年地、每年地
• festival (名詞) 節慶
• Symbols for Halloween 象徵萬聖節的人事物
• jack-o'-lantern 萬聖南瓜燈

On Halloween, people throw costume parties, carve pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns and usually have apples with caramel, sweets or cake. People make them look like skulls, pumpkins, bats, spiders or some other scary icons.

在萬聖節的時候，人們會舉辦萬聖節化妝派對，將南瓜雕刻成還要吃上焦糖蘋果、甜食以及蛋糕。人們會把自己打扮成骷髏、南瓜、蝙蝠、蜘蛛或是其他可怕的造型。

throw a costume party 舉辦化妝派對

carve pumpkins/ jack-o'-lanterns 刻南瓜/南瓜燈

make apples with caramel 做焦糖蘋果

go trick-or-treating 玩不給糖就搗蛋(的遊戲)

put on costumes 穿上裝扮服裝

Tips: Remember to knock on the door with Halloween decorations or costumes while you go trick-or-treating, or else you won't get the treat!

小撇步：敲人家的門、玩不給糖就搗蛋遊戲時，記得要有瘋狂的萬聖節裝扮，才會收到滿滿的糖果喔！

延伸閱讀：類似萬聖節─11/1、11/2色彩絢麗的南美大節日-墨西哥亡靈節