Halloween’s origins date to the ancient Celtic festival __1__
" @1 L {* K, s! L of Samhain(pronounced sow-in). The Celts, which lived __2__8 j' a( w6 K( G6 }8 W) k; {5 p
2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom,0 f ]! g" u0 o! i, A* n2 S
and northern France, celebrated its new year on November 1.
' h% h$ J9 ]/ j* l @( ~ This day marked the end of the summer and the harvest and __3__
/ S3 B) b% O2 j4 \' m the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was3 w a8 X) F/ F
often associated with human death. Celts believed that at the __4__
2 V& h# f0 g" N ~* [3 y night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds& O8 n: Q$ r6 D0 C U+ s) b2 p) t
of the live and the dead became blurred. On the night of October __5__9 C8 q. F3 d& B+ I, Y( q
31, they celebrated Samhain, when it believed that the ghosts __6__
2 G$ a8 Z2 E' {/ X$ y of the dead returned to earth. In addiction to causing trouble and: E3 o R) A! c; k" k# z
damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the
, y* |/ G- \* l other worldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic Priest,
( j* H4 I r6 E" D) X( {* L make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent __7__8 @- y' L% Q2 P" E O' L$ T7 _
on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important, `# x5 Z. j7 f, Y! j6 f& U
source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.
- v( y+ v$ g4 F% B To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires,
( |$ L9 t# S! g" v$ O; D2 B% U Which the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices __8__" t+ ?. U) h) P) K% B, W
to the Celtic deities. During the celebration, the Celts wore& c0 h5 {3 d' I- d
costumes, typically consisted of animal heads and skins, and __9__
5 K4 D3 o' ?6 @ k attempted to assume each other’s fortunes. When the celebration __10__6 s" d9 ?5 v7 \9 C4 @
was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished
0 r- U- x( t7 z0 Q" x- T% A% Q# ?" m" q earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them6 c/ V8 v0 w: K+ P* ?) u
during the coming winter.
3 {3 Y* @. \4 C( h 答案:$ D% F( u" q; W1 K/ |& q) y
1.^to—back date back to 固定搭配,意为“追溯至”。( C" v$ }- d1 ]# y/ d# a7 v. i" G2 X
2.which—who Celts 是“盖尔特人”的意思,应该用who来引导非限制性定语从句。
: D) L" W g( S6 P 3. the summer-- / summer 季节前面不用加冠词。& f% _5 d2 \+ O& n" I- D. ~! g3 S
4.at—on 在某个特定日子的晚上用介词on。
9 [- C9 M# w5 e' e3 v4 H" D7 J* S 5.live—living the living 表示“活着的人”与the dead “死者”相对。
y1 Y4 k8 K- ^0 q 6.^ believed—was 这里应该用被动句。7 ?# Z- j+ K& U& K3 j( P
7.^ make—to 动词不定式短语做真正的宾语。% Q2 y1 e4 H' i% p, Q' ^
8.which—where 或者^which—around 先行词bonfire在这里是表示地点的名词。
, o( D5 F) T2 Z5 B 9.consisted—consisting 用现在分词表示主动。
" q) d. ~- p( Q2 x8 [. z: H+ | 10.assume—sell “算命”英语用“tell one’s fortune”. |