「读书笔记」
爱尔兰人管万圣节叫Samhain,每年的10月31日到11月1日,人们都庆祝这个节日。人们相信万圣节这天,阴阳的界限会淡去,(that the boundaries between our world and the world of the dead were weakened)新近去世的鬼(spirits of the recently dead)会还魂,附在活人的身上。(possess the living)
节日里,村民们就自己扮成鬼魂精灵,(dress up in bizarre costumes)游走村外,(parade through their villages)到处捣乱,(causing destruction)嘴里说着Trick-or-Treat(接受我的恶作剧还是给我糖果),成群结队,吓唬(scare off any recently departed souls)在黑暗中寻找活人的鬼魂。(who might be prowling for bodies to inhabit)爱尔兰移民将节日的各种风俗传遍各地,其中包括人们都知道的万圣节标志(one of the symbols most commonly associated with Halloween)杰克灯笼。
杰克灯笼起源于爱尔兰的一个传说。传说,爱尔兰曾经有一个名叫杰克的爱恶作剧的酒鬼。(who was known for being a drunk and a prankster)一天晚上,他把一个魔鬼骗上树,然后在树干上刻了个十字架,(quickly carved an image of a cross)让魔鬼下不来。后来魔鬼不得不保证,以后再也不会引诱杰克去做坏事,(would never tempt him to sin again)杰克这才让它下来。杰克死后,魔鬼报复了,(was able to exact his revenge upon Jacks death)它让杰克上天不得入地无门,(Jack was barred from entering heaven and because of his earlier trick, he was also barred from hell)只能在阳间满无目的流浪,手里只有一盏灯笼取暖。
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