Halloween Fun万圣节英语 600字高中英语作文

　　The American tradition of "trick-or-treating" probably dates back to the early All Souls" Day parades in England。 During the festivities， poor citizens would beg for food and families would give them pastries called "soul cakes" in return for their promise to pray for the family"s dead relatives。

　　The distribution of soul cakes was encouraged by the church as a way to replace the ancient practice of leaving food and wine for roaming spirits。 The practice， which was referred to as "going a-souling" was eventually taken up by children who would visit the houses in their neighborhood and be given ale， food， and money。

　　The tradition of dressing in costume for Halloween has both European and Celtic roots。 Hundreds of years ago， winter was an uncertain and frightening time。 Food supplies often ran low and， for the many people afraid of the dark， the short days of winter were full of constant worry。

　　On Halloween， when it was believed that ghosts came back to the earthly world， people thought that they would encounter ghosts if they left their homes。 To avoid being recognized by these ghosts， people would wear masks when they left their homes after dark so that the ghosts would mistake them for fellow spirits。 On Halloween， to keep ghosts away from their houses， people would place bowls of food outside their homes to appease the ghosts and prevent them from attempting to enter。

初三英语作文：StayingatHomeAlo

　　Thuesday Nov. 16, 2003 Fine

　　I took my school report and came back home cautiously only to find mother wasn’t at home. She went to my aunt’s and wou!d come back in the evcning. I knew that fi’om a note on the table. I was still a little bit frightened as if mother would come back suddenly.

　　Seeing the low marks on the school report and remcmbering mother’s cold face, I almost trembled with fear. lf mother know I got so low marks oa the subjects, especially English, she would tear all my cartoon books which are my fovourite. I have been treating them as my own life for a long time. But mother always thought cartoon perted my attention from study and had a bad effect on me. Frankly speaking, I had realized it. Mother hated those books. She had warned me if I got low marks once more she would get rid of them. I Still wanted to keep those books even if I would mever touch them from then on. What should I do? I knew that any persuation was in vain. I would prevent mother from doing that.

　　A good idea stroke me. I gathered all the books and put them in a box. Then, I hid the box under my bed. Having done it carefully, I had a breathing spell.

　　Opening the English book, I sat at the desk and began to read. It was really the time that I learned English carefully, I thought.