15篇文章贯通六级词汇Unit02

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[00:15.10]Let's Dress Up——It's Halloween

[00:17.94]From early childhood getting

[00:21.00]dressed up is connected with

[00:23.63]a special pastime in North America,

[00:26.47]called Halloween. Halloween is

[00:28.99]celebrated on the last

[00:31.17]night of October, when the air

[00:33.15]is crisp and snow is

[00:34.90]not far off. Every young

[00:37.30]child is acquainted with

[00:39.49]this exciting tradition.

[00:42.01]On the last day

[00:44.85]of October when dinner is finished,

[00:47.04]children hurry to

[00:48.57]dress up in a costume.

[00:50.11]Darkness comes early at this time

[00:53.17]of year and caution

[00:54.92]must be practiced, foremost

[00:56.67]by the children who are

[00:57.98]going from house to house,

[01:00.50]“trick or treat”.

[01:01.48]Parents warn their children

[01:04.21]not to dart 1 out

[01:05.31]in front of cars.

[01:06.74]In all the excitement

[01:08.37]it is easy for children to

[01:10.68]become distracted and ignore safety rules.

[01:13.30]Planning what your costume

[01:17.13]will be, ahead of time,

[01:19.20]is part of the

[01:20.74]fun of the evening.

[01:22.60]Many mothers will spend time

[01:25.23]fabricating outfits 2 for

[01:26.97]their little girls who suddenly

[01:29.27]turn into circus clowns,

[01:30.69]beautiful ballet dancers or

[01:33.10]weird colorful bugs 3. Fathers may

[01:36.71]help their sons construct

[01:39.01]a costume of foil armor.

[01:41.31]Little boys often enjoy pretending

[01:44.48]they are in the army so

[01:46.56]on Halloween it is possible

[01:48.75]to see squads 4 of lieutenants 5

[01:50.94]and sergeants 6 marching along

[01:53.01]in the dark. We affiliate 7

[01:56.40]this celebration with the supernatural

[01:58.70]so some children may choose

[02:00.89]to wear a skeleton costume

[02:02.53]bearing a skull 8 and crossbones,

[02:04.72]or even a monster costume.

[02:07.13]The choice of wardrobe

[02:09.64]for the evening is really limitless.

[02:12.92]Witches can be seen

[02:14.68]riding on broomsticks across well?

[02:16.75]illuminated intersections 9. Earlier

[02:19.48]in the evening they may

[02:22.11]have concocted 10 a witch's brew 11

[02:23.86]to quench 12 their thirst

[02:25.72]for their arrival home.

[02:28.46]Ghosts can be heard groaning 13

[02:30.76]and moaning while they

[02:32.18]glide along city streets.

[02:34.91]Beautiful butterflies flutter by

[02:37.76]on their way to a party.

[02:40.27]Pirates carrying swords and pistols

[02:42.56]roam about, patches over one eye.

[02:46.28]Small aliens search for

[02:48.90]a new home here on Earth.

[02:51.31]Wearing a cape 14 and mask

[02:53.50]allows a child to become Superman

[02:55.25]for a few hours and

[02:57.21]enter the world of fantasy.

[02:59.62]An ethnic 15 flavor is introduced

[03:02.46]as a band of gypsies dance

[03:04.55]along under a bright full moon.

[03:07.72] Of course you can always

[03:09.90]see a certain number of

[03:11.66]Native American costumes,

[03:13.96]the buckskin jackets and dresses

[03:15.93]decorated with fringe and beads 16.

[03:18.45]Some youngsters choose to

[03:21.61]decorate only their faces with grease

[03:23.69]paint instead of wearing masks.

[03:27.19]In many ways this is

[03:29.05]safer for a child,

[03:31.13]making visibility clearer.

[03:32.77]At the same time

[03:34.63]a mask allows them to

[03:36.05]remain anonymous 17 to all

[03:37.37]but their closest friends.

[03:40.65]Usually, on the night

[03:42.84]before Halloween, family members

[03:45.46]gather together to carve a pumpkin 18.

[03:48.96]On Halloween night the candle lit

[03:51.59]face of the pumpkin shines

[03:53.12]from each home welcoming the little

[03:55.53]ghosts and goblins to call.

[03:57.94]Parents usually escort small children

[04:00.89]around their own neighborhood

[04:02.42]helping to keep them safe.

[04:05.05]Small children only visit random 19 houses,

[04:08.22]their parent's friends mostly, while

[04:10.96]older children knock at every door.

[04:13.36]Crowding onto the front porch

[04:16.76]of the house the children rap at

[04:18.61]the door and chant

[04:20.03]the refrain “trick or treat”.

[04:21.89]Householders distribute candies, apples,

[04:24.85]peanuts, or any edible 20 treat

[04:28.46]into decorated wooden six quart baskets,

[04:31.30]or plastic bags. They may

[04:34.26]be asked to recite a poem

[04:36.23]or sing a song

[04:37.87]before receiving their treat.

[04:40.27]Some lucky children may receive

[04:42.68]cookies from a freshly baked

[04:44.76]batch of chocolate chip cookies.

[04:47.28]On arriving home the children

[04:49.79]will dump all the junk candy

[04:51.54]out onto the floor

[04:52.97]to examine their loot.

[04:55.27]Usually there is a great racket

[04:58.33]as brothers and sisters compare

[05:00.19]what goodies they have collected.

[05:02.81]Adults, too, like to

[05:05.22]join in Halloween celebrations

[05:06.75]by attending small house parties

[05:09.27]or large group gatherings 21

[05:11.56]at halls or arenas 22.

[05:13.86]They may play the old traditional games

[05:16.49]such as bobbing for apples,

[05:18.24]which float in tubs of water,

[05:20.43]telling ghost stories and

[05:22.28]visiting a haunted house.

[05:24.48]Everyone seems to get enjoyment 23

[05:26.88]from being slightly afraid.

[05:29.84]If you live in the country

[05:32.46]the hooting 24 of an owl 25 or

[05:34.32]even the howl of a wolf

[05:35.74]underlines the spooky atmosphere

[05:38.37]of Halloween evening. Clouds scuttle 26

[05:41.98]across the face of the moon

[05:43.84]and the flap of

[05:45.59]a bird's wings can be heard

[05:47.12]as it settles on

[05:48.55]the bare branches of a tree.

[05:50.30]Eyes gleam in the night as

[05:53.36]a black cat crosses your path.

[05:56.31]Bats swoop 27 about in the dark

[05:58.83]startling those who are nervous.

[06:01.35]On this evening it is

[06:03.97]not necessary to be extravagant 28

[06:05.50]to have a good time.

[06:08.34]A little imagination and

[06:10.57]a sense of fun will create

[06:12.76]a memory of Halloween

[06:14.29]night for many years