Halloween’s origins date to the ancient Celtic festival __1__
of Samhain(pronounced sow-in). The Celts, which lived __2__
2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom,
and northern France, celebrated its new year on November 1.
This day marked the end of the summer and the harvest and __3__
the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was
often associated with human death. Celts believed that at the __4__
night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds
of the live and the dead became blurred. On the night of October __5__
31, they celebrated Samhain, when it believed that the ghosts __6__
of the dead returned to earth. In addiction to causing trouble and
damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the
other worldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic Priest,
make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent __7__
on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important
source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.
To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires,
Which the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices __8__
to the Celtic deities. During the celebration, the Celts wore
costumes, typically consisted of animal heads and skins, and __9__
attempted to assume each other’s fortunes. When the celebration __10__
was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished
earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them
during the coming winter.
答案：
1.^to—back date back to 固定搭配，意為“追溯至”。
2.which—who Celts 是“蓋爾特人”的意思，應該用who來引導非限制性定語從句。
3. the summer-- / summer 季節(jié)前面不用加冠詞。
4.at—on 在某個特定日子的晚上用介詞on。
5.live—living the living 表示“活著的人”與the dead “死者”相對。
6.^ believed—was 這里應該用被動句。
7.^ make—to 動詞不定式短語做真正的賓語。
8.which—where 或者^which—around 先行詞bonfire在這里是表示地點的名詞。
9.consisted—consisting 用現(xiàn)在分詞表示主動。
10.assume—sell “算命”英語用“tell one’s fortune”.
of Samhain(pronounced sow-in). The Celts, which lived __2__
2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom,
and northern France, celebrated its new year on November 1.
This day marked the end of the summer and the harvest and __3__
the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was
often associated with human death. Celts believed that at the __4__
night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds
of the live and the dead became blurred. On the night of October __5__
31, they celebrated Samhain, when it believed that the ghosts __6__
of the dead returned to earth. In addiction to causing trouble and
damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the
other worldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic Priest,
make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent __7__
on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important
source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.
To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires,
Which the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices __8__
to the Celtic deities. During the celebration, the Celts wore
costumes, typically consisted of animal heads and skins, and __9__
attempted to assume each other’s fortunes. When the celebration __10__
was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished
earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them
during the coming winter.
答案：
1.^to—back date back to 固定搭配，意為“追溯至”。
2.which—who Celts 是“蓋爾特人”的意思，應該用who來引導非限制性定語從句。
3. the summer-- / summer 季節(jié)前面不用加冠詞。
4.at—on 在某個特定日子的晚上用介詞on。
5.live—living the living 表示“活著的人”與the dead “死者”相對。
6.^ believed—was 這里應該用被動句。
7.^ make—to 動詞不定式短語做真正的賓語。
8.which—where 或者^which—around 先行詞bonfire在這里是表示地點的名詞。
9.consisted—consisting 用現(xiàn)在分詞表示主動。
10.assume—sell “算命”英語用“tell one’s fortune”.