万圣节英语日记带翻译
南瓜灯由来
The origin of pumpkin lamp
南瓜灯源于古代爱尔兰。传说一个名叫JACK（杰克）的`人，是个醉汉且爱恶作剧。一天JACK把恶魔骗上了树，随即在树桩上刻了个十字，恐吓恶魔令他不敢下来，然后JACK就与恶魔约法三章，让恶魔答应施法让JACK永远不会犯罪为条件让他下树。JACK死后，其灵魂却既不能上天堂又不能下地狱，于是他的亡灵只好靠一根小蜡烛照着指引他在天地之间倘佯。
Pumpkin lamp originated from ancient Ireland. It is said that a man named Jack is a drunk and mischievous man. One day jack tricked the devil into the tree, and then he carved a cross on the tree stump to intimidate the devil so that he would not dare to come down. Then Jack made three rules with the devil to let the devil promise to cast the law so that Jack would never commit a crime and let him go down the tree. After Jack died, his soul could neither go to heaven nor Hell, so his ghost had to rely on a small candle to guide him to wander between heaven and earth.
在古老的爱尔兰传说里，这根小蜡烛是在一根挖空的萝卜里放着，称作“JACK LANTERNS”，而古老的萝卜灯演变到今天，则是南瓜做的Jack-O-Lantern了。据说爱尔兰人到了美国不久，即发现南瓜不论从来源和雕刻来说都比萝卜更胜一筹，于是南瓜就成了万圣节的宠儿。
In the old Irish legend, this little candle is placed in a hollowed out radish, which is called "Jack Lanterns". Today, the old radish lamp is jack-o-lantern made of pumpkin. It is said that soon after the Irish arrived in the United States, they found that pumpkins were superior to carrots in terms of both source and carving, so pumpkins became the favorite of Halloween.
这就是南瓜灯的由来。
This is the origin of pumpkin lamp.
