萬圣節(jié)在每年的10月31日,當晚小孩會穿上化妝服，戴上面具，挨家挨戶收集糖果，這是西方世界的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日。萬圣節(jié)流傳到今天已經(jīng)完全沒有了宗教迷信色彩，它成了一個孩子們的節(jié)日，也是年輕人化裝舞會的節(jié)日。南瓜是萬圣節(jié)的代表，在腦袋上套個南瓜吧，記得留幾個洞，幽靈的傳說也遍及全世界，鬼怪的節(jié)日自然也少不了它的出現(xiàn)，還有可怕的僵尸，冷酷的吸血鬼，巫婆、黑貓、掃把、魔法帽、科學怪人、精靈、半人馬、狼人、魔鬼、不死火焰鳥、牛頭人、蜥蜴人、木乃伊、大腳怪、巫妖、矮人、巨魔、無頭騎士、骷髏等等很多的萬圣節(jié)的經(jīng)典人物，給萬圣節(jié)增添了很多的色彩。

　　Halloween is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate every year. It means "holy evening," and it comes every October 31, the evening before All Saints' Day. However, it is not really a church holiday, it is a holiday for children mainly.

　　Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, children pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin! These lights are called jack-o'-lanterns, which means "Jack of the lantern".

　　The children also put on strange masks and frightening costumes every Halloween. Some children paint their faces to look like monsters. Then they carry boxes or bags from house to house. Every time they come to a new house, they say,"Trick or treat! Money or eat!" The grown-ups put treat-money or candy in their bags.