nonsense: foolish talk, ideas, behavior Example: I think the report is nonsense and nothing but a waste of paper.
Language Study: look the part
look the part: have an appearance for a particular job, role, or position Example: I think he must be a captain---- he certainly looks the part.
Jack O’Lantern:
Jack eventually freed the Devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree's bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years. When Jack died, he wasn’t allowed to go to heaven. When he tried to go to hell, he found that because he had tricked the devil, he wasn’t admitted in hell. Instead, Saintain threw him a candle to light his way on earth. Jack put the candle in a pumpkin and made a landern.
Reading I Hollowe’en
Pre-reading Task Cultural Notes Text Organization Questions for Discussion Language Study Text Translation

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Pre-reading Task

Language Study:
keep up: continue to practice or observe something Example: There are a number of people keep up the tradition of making pumpkin pies on Thanks Giving Day. Do you still keep up your Japenese.
Pre-reading Question
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What do you know about Hallowe’en?
Do you know any traditional Chinese festivals that are related to ghost in their origins? Give details.


Pumpkins are members of the gourd family. They are related to melons, cucumbers and squashes. They are, like all of their , , not . Pumpkins have firm flesh, seeds in the center and that is usually orange. And they contain more than almost any other fruit. Pumpkins have been grown for thousands of years in North and Central America. They have been grown for so long, in fact, it is unclear what wild relative the plant has. Pumpkins grow on . Most pumpkins weigh a few kilograms, but some have four hundred fifty kilograms.
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spell: n. a: words used as a charm, supposed to have magic power b: a usually quickly-passing period of illness, fainting, attack Examples: The beauty of the island cast a spell over the tourists.
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a cold spell a spell of coughing CF: To cast/put/lay/set a spell over/ on sb. To break the spell



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stables and sheds: Horses are kept in stables and cattle (cows and bulls) are kept in sheds.
Cultural Notes
What is the jack O’Lantern?
People have been making jack-o'-lanterns at Halloween for centuries. The practice originated from an Irish myth about a man nicknamed "Stingy Jack." According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didn't want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into his original form.
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Many Americans Halloween on Monday by placing pumpkins outside their homes. A Halloween tradition is to the big, round squash. Pumpkins are also an important part of the Thanksgiving holiday in late November. Tradition says early ate pumpkin pie, or something similar to it, with the during the first celebration.
Language Study:
enchant: v. a. placed under a magic spell b. fill (somebody) with great delight ( by/ with) Example: He is enchanted with her manner. A enchanted garden
Questions for discussion
1. When is Hallowe’en? 2. Who did people think would come back on earth on Hallowe’en? 3. What were some of the old customs that some superstitious people kept? 4. Why did people hang rowan leaves over stable and shed doors? 5. What do children do on Hallowe’en? And want happens to those people who have no sweet for them ?

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ducking for the apple: trying to get an apple which is floating on water by biting into it without using one’s hands.
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