初中进阶 (2286 期 20151030) 8 版Halloween is coming! Are you

ready?

Pre-reading1. What do you know about Halloween?

Date: October 31

Origin: It was originally called Samhain when the veil between this world and the spirit world is the thinnest and departed spirits can return to mingle with (混入 ) the living.

Pre-reading

2. How do people celebrate Halloween in

the Western countries?

While-reading

• Complete the chart with the information from the article.

Activities The Amazing Maize Maze Ghost Bus Tours

Countries ________1________ ________4________

Customs

• ________2________ to find the way out of the maize maze;

• Winners go to the ________3________ to pick jack-o’-lantern from the field.

• Travel ________5________on an all-black double-decker bus.

the United States

Solve puzzles

pumpkin patch

the United Kingdom

around London

Language study

• Find a word in the article that best matches each

definition. The first letter has been given.

1. f________: with a lot of decorations or bright colors2. f________: to move slowly in the air3. p________: a game, etc. that you have to think about

carefully in order to answer it or do it4. s________: frightening5. t________: something very pleasant and enjoyable,

especially something that you give someone or do for them

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After reading• Work in groups and

make a poster of

Halloween. You may

include information from

the article or add more

information from the

Internet to your poster.