Halloween 開心又恐怖的節日
Halloween 開心又恐怖的節日
A Jack-O-Lantern
The script of this programme 本節目臺詞
Wang Fei: 大家好。歡迎收聽都市掠影節目。我是王飛。我現在正走在倫敦的大街上，10月下旬的倫敦已經是涼意襲人。但是我也發現，在很多超市、商店的門口和櫥窗里都放滿了大南瓜 pumpkins 或者南瓜的裝飾品。人們要慶祝什么節日呢？我一會兒回到演播室為大家揭開答案。
Wang Fei: Now with me in the studio is…
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Rob: 大家好, I’m Rob Carter.
Wang Fei: Rob, why are there so many pumpkins in stores and supermarkets at the moment?
Rob: Well, pumpkins are a symbol of a festival called Halloween and it's on the 31st October every year.
Wang Fei: Halloween, 萬圣節。每年的10月31日是西方的萬圣節。So what are these pumpkins for then?
Rob: Well, that's a good question. Actually I've already bought one pumpkin, not for myself, but for my children. My daughter is four years old now and I'm going to carve a Jack-O-Lantern for her, that's like a spooky face and I'll put a candle inside to light it up.
Usually, I don't like putting on make-up but I like dressing up scarily.
Interviewee
Wang Fei: Jack-O-Lantern, 萬圣節南瓜燈，Rob 將為自己的女兒在萬圣節雕刻一個南瓜燈。So, what else do people do for Halloween? Let's hear more.
Interviewee:Yeah, trick-or-treating, and with some friends. Usually, I don't like putting on make-up but I like dressing up scarily.
Interviewee:Trick-or-treating, yeah. We go in the streets, round where I live, knock on doors and get loads of sweets and money.
Wang Fei: Trick or treating 意思是：你要款待我呢，還是想讓我給你搗鬼呢？
Rob: Trick or treating is something special that people do at Halloween. Now the second interviewee said she walks around the streets where she lives and knocks on doors saying ''trick or treating'' and she gets loads of sweets and money.
Wang Fei: 她要在她住的附近挨家敲門，然后說 "trick or treating"，然后就會得到很多的糖果或者錢。
Rob: Sweets, yes, but money? Mmm, I doubt it.
Wang Fei: Anyway I wish her good luck this year. Rob, are you going to do trick or treating this year?
Rob: Well, yes and no. Usually it's just the kids who go trick or treating, but this year I'm going to go out with my daughter. This is her first year of doing trick or treating and she's very excited about it.
Trick-or-treating, yeah. We go in the streets, round where I live, knock on doors and get loads of sweets and money.
Interviewee
Wang Fei: I reckon she'll get a lot of sweets.
Rob: I hope so, some for me as well.
Wang Fei: 看來，如果你住在英國的話，萬圣節的時候一定要準備一些糖果來應付那些敲門的孩子們。
Rob: Yes, don't let the kids down, otherwise they might get nasty and play a trick on you.
Wang Fei: 孩子們失望生氣之后，可能會跟你搗鬼。
Wang Fei: So Rob, Halloween sounds like a happy festival for kids, doesn't it?
Rob: Yes, it is a happy festival for kids. But at the same time, there is a more sinister side to Halloween…
Wang Fei: It sounds very scary.
Rob: Yes, Halloween can be very scary. You always hear words like zombie!
We've got extra make-up, special effects, blood, vomit, pus, slime, all the usual things.
Annie
Wang Fei: Zombie 就是僵尸。
Rob: Vampire!
Wang Fei: Vampire 就是吸血鬼。
Rob: And werewolf!
Wang Fei: Werewolf 狼人。
Rob: OK let's visit Charles Fox, a make-up shop in London and listen to Annie. Please try to hear what they've prepared for Halloween.
Annie: Well, Halloween is probably our busiest time of year, so we've been preparing for it for about a month now, ordering stuff in. We've got extra make-up, special effects, blood, vomit, pus, slime, all the usual things.
The masks are just an arrangement of scary things: werewolves, skulls, scary clowns – pretty much sold out – the red devil, very popular. Things that have been really selling this year is our zombie kit, which we've got. Another big seller is vampire fangs, very big.
Rob: They've prepared all the scary things you might need for a good Halloween costume. They've got extra make-up.
Wang Fei: Make-up 化妝用品。他們有什么萬圣節化妝用品呢？
Rob: Blood, vomit, pus, slime.
Wang Fei: 血、嘔吐物、膿還有又粘又滑的東西，都是讓人惡心的東西。
Rob: They've also got some scary masks.
Wang Fei: Masks 面具。他們有什么萬圣節面具呢？
Rob: A werewolf, a skull, and a scary clown
Wang Fei: 狼人、骷髏頭還有恐怖小丑，都夠嚇人的。
Rob: The big sellers are the zombie kit and vampire fangs.
Wang Fei: 最暢銷的是僵尸套裝和吸血鬼大牙。聽起來都讓人覺得恐怖。
Rob: Yes, the scarier the better. Young adults in the UK often go to a fancy dress party on Halloween night and they wear scary masks or horrible make-up, but just for fun.
Wang Fei: Fancy dress party, 化妝晚會。聽Rob 這么一介紹，萬圣節真是一個讓人開心，又讓人恐怖的節日。
Rob: Yes, but people do these things just for fun. They shouldn't wear their masks or make-up in public places to scare people at night. Now I hope you'll have a happy and scary Halloween this year. For more On the Town programmes please check our website. It's bbcukchina.com. Bye for now!
Wang Fei: Bye.
