純正地道美語 第155期(外教講解):萬聖節遊戲
B: Tom, aren’t you a little too old to be trick-or - treating?
A: What are you talking about? Where is your Halloween spirit ? Didn’t you ever dress up in a costume and go around the neighborhood trick-or-treating with your friends?
B: Of course， I did, but when I was ten! Trick -or-treating is for kids, plus, I ’m sure people will think you’re a kidnapper or something, running around with kids NCP at night.
A: Whatever, I’m going next door I heard Mrs. Robinson is giving out big bags of M&Ms!
trick-or -treat "不請吃就搗蛋"(指萬聖節孩子們挨家逐戶要糖果等禮物,如不遂願便惡作劇一番的風俗。)
dress up 穿上盛裝，精心打扮
Don't bother to dress up come as you are.
用不着穿講究衣服－－就穿平常的衣服來吧。
kidnapper n. 綁架者, 拐騙者
run around 四處亂竄
give out 免費分發
【拓展詞彙】
goblin n. 惡鬼，小妖精
haunted 被鬼魂纏住
mummy n. 木乃伊；乾屍
B:湯姆，玩"不請吃就搗蛋"的遊戲你是不是有些歲數大了？
A:你說什麼？你的萬聖節精神呢？你不曾穿萬聖節的服裝並和朋友們一起向鄰居要糖嗎？
B:當然，我曾經做過，但那時我10歲。那是給小孩子玩的遊戲，而且我敢肯定人們會把你看做是綁架者或是壞蛋，在晚上和狐朋夠友四處亂竄。
A:無論你說什麼，我要去下一家了。我聽說Robinson夫人正在分發大包的巧克力。
