秋意漸濃，忙著備戰雙十壹的老母親們別忘了秋天最值得寶寶期待的萬聖節哦。受政策影響，學校壹般不帶孩子過洋節，但奈何萬聖節的活動實在有趣又大多專屬於兒童，每年小鹿都會給娃打扮壹番，和鄰居朋友自發組織萬聖節活動。同時，小鹿也趕在萬聖節前給大家準備了簡單易懂的萬聖節英文繪本和萬聖節的簡介，別忘了給寶寶補上有趣的壹課哦。
Hello, baby. Today we are going to talk about Halloween！
寶寶妳好啊，今天我們來說說萬聖節吧。
Halloween is a western holiday.
萬聖節是西方國家的節日。
It falls on the last day of October.
萬聖節是十月的最後壹天。
People will celebrate it from the midnight of October, 31 to November first.
人們會從十月三十壹日的午夜就壹直開始慶祝到十壹月壹日。
It is celebrated to praise autumn
人們慶祝這個節日是為了贊美秋天。
So we can see pumpkins everywhere on Halloween.
因此我們總能在萬聖節看到南瓜。
There is also another legend about Halloween.
關於萬聖節，還有壹個傳說。
A scary one.
壹個嚇人的傳說哦。
Halloween is also connected with the ghosts.
人們也把萬聖節和鬼魂聯系在壹起。
People believe that the ghosts who have no home to go will go out for food on the night of October, 31.
人們認為那些無家可歸的鬼魂會在10月31日晚上出來找食物。
So they decided to celebrate on that day, hoping that lighting up lights would frighten the ghosts away.
因此他們決定慶祝這壹天，希望慶祝的燈火能嚇走鬼魂。
But now, kids will put on strange masks and frightening costumes on Halloween.
但現在呢，在萬聖節這天，小朋友們會戴上面具，穿上嚇人的服裝。
When they finish? make-up, they will carry bags from house to house to play the game, “Trick or treat”.
打扮好後，他們會帶著袋子，挨家挨戶玩“不給糖就搗亂”的遊戲。
Adults will put the candies into their bags.
大人們會在他們的袋子裏放上糖果哦。
OK, after this short introduction to Halloween, let's have a look at the book we are going to talk about today.
好了，介紹過萬聖節後，壹起來看看這周的繪本吧。本周小鹿選的是Karen Katz的Where is Baby's Pumpkin，這本書內容簡單，畫風可愛，還是本小寶寶喜聞樂見的翻翻書。壹起來看看吧。
Tonight is Halloween.
今晚就要開始萬聖節狂歡啦！
Baby is looking for her special pumpkin.
寶寶在找屬於他的那個不壹樣的南瓜燈。
Is it under the leaves?
南瓜燈會藏在樹葉下面嗎？
Tonight the baby wears a black cat costume, pretending to be a cat.
今晚，小寶寶穿著黑貓的服裝，假裝他是只貓。
Will he find a pumpkin under the leaves？
他會在落葉下發現南瓜嗎?
No!? But there’s a fuzzy black cat!
咦！樹葉下面有壹只毛絨絨的黑色貓咪！
The baby looks just the same as the black cat.
那個寶寶看起來跟這只黑貓壹樣。
The cat seems to be frightened.
那只貓好像被嚇到了。
I guess he was sleeping under the leaves.
我猜他剛才應該是在樹葉底下睡覺。
Is it behind the curtain?
南瓜燈會在窗簾後面嗎？
The baby continues to find his pumpkin.
寶寶繼續找南瓜。
This time, he tries to find It behind the curtain.
這回，他試著到窗簾後面找。
What will he find this time？
這回他又會找到什麽呢？
No! Look! A friendly ghost！
不！看！有個友好的鬼魂！
A Halloween ghost hides behind the curtain.
壹個萬聖節鬼魂躲在窗簾後面呢。
But it is not scary at all.
但他壹點都不嚇人。
Is it in the closet？
南瓜在壁櫥裏嗎？
You guess.
妳猜猜看。
Is the pumpkin in the closet？
南瓜會在壁櫥裏嗎？
No! But here are some happy bats！
不在，但這裏有好多開心的蝙蝠！
Happy Halloween, bats！
萬聖節快樂，小蝙蝠們!
Bats are also symbol of Halloween.
蝙蝠也是萬聖節的標誌。
Is it behind Mommy's bowls？
南瓜會在媽媽的碗後面嗎？
The bowl is big.
這碗是很大。
But I don't think it is big enough to cover a pumpkin.
但我認為這碗還沒有大到可以擋住壹個南瓜呢。
No! But here are some candy apples. Yum！
不。但這裏有些蘋果糖，真是太好吃了！
Look, he finds the candy apples mommy prepared for Halloween.
看，他找到了媽媽為萬聖節準備的蘋果糖。
But there is still no pumpkins.
可還是沒有南瓜。
So he keeps on finding.
因此他繼續找啊找。
Is it under the bed?
南瓜會在床下嗎？
Guess what will he find this time？
猜猜這次他又會找到什麽？
Pumpkin？
南瓜？
Witch？
還是巫婆？
No！It's a pointy witch's hat！
不，是壹頂尖尖的巫婆帽！
Who left the hat here？
誰把帽子落在這裏了？
A witch！
是巫婆！
Let's run！
快跑吧！
Is Baby' pumpkin outside the door？
寶寶的南瓜在門外嗎？
Look at the table.
看看桌子上。
There are candies and candy apples on the table.
桌子上有糖果和蘋果糖。
We can give them to the little ghosts who play trick or treat.
我們可以給來玩不給糖就搗亂的小鬼們壹些糖。
Yes！ And now we can all go trick-or-treating！
是的！現在我們都去玩不給糖就搗亂的遊戲啦！
The baby holds his pumpkin lantern and goes out with all the friends he found.
寶寶拿著南瓜燈，跟他剛才找到的朋友們壹起出發啦！
Halloween is coming,? let's dress up and go trick-or-treating！
萬聖節就要來了，我們也裝扮起來，出去要糖吃吧！
萬聖節來啦，帶著南瓜和糖果的香甜，帶著小朋友們惡作劇的壞笑來了，快領上寶寶，約上三五好友，壹起玩起來吧！
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