Every year around Halloween, people across the world carve spooky, grinning faces into pumpkins and then place a light inside to create jack-o’-lanterns. This tradition has a history that goes back hundreds of years, and it all started in Ireland with the story of Stingy Jack. The story goes like this: Stingy Jack came across the Devil and tricked him by trapping him with a cross. Before letting the Devil go, Stingy Jack made him promise not to take his soul.
每年萬聖節，世界各地的人們會將恐怖又咧嘴笑的臉孔雕刻在南瓜上，然後在裡頭放個燈以製成南瓜燈。這項傳統的歷史可追溯至數百年前，而這一切都始於愛爾蘭的吝嗇鬼傑克的故事。故事是這樣的：吝嗇鬼傑克偶然遇見惡魔，他欺騙了惡魔並用十字架將他困住。在放走惡魔之前，吝嗇鬼傑克要求他發誓絕不會帶走他的靈魂。
生活必備字詞：
carve vt. 刻，雕刻
go back + 一段時間 往前回溯若干時間
come across... 偶然遇見……
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本文節錄自《常春藤生活英語》雜誌，完整內容請見十月號。
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