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万圣节起源于爱尔兰的塞温节（Samhein），已有长达2500年的历史。而万圣节刻灯的传统，背后是一个邪恶的人和一个傻白甜魔鬼之间长达十几年的相爱相杀。
How pumpkin carving became a Halloween tradition?
南瓜雕刻为何成为万圣节传统？
👏With glowing eyes and a crooked smile, jack-o-lanterns crop up every Halloween, but where did the tradition come from?
每年万圣节，闪烁着眼睛和歪斜笑容的南瓜灯随处可见，但这个传统源自何处呢？
👏"Pumpkins derive from an old folktale that's found in hundreds of variants around the world, and it's centered around a character named Jack, or Stingy Jack or Jack the Trickster," Lisa Morton, author and Halloween expert, said.
“南瓜的来源是一个古老的民间故事，这个故事在世界各地有数百个版本，围绕一个名叫‘杰克’，或‘吝啬鬼杰克’、‘杰克骗子’的人物展开，”作者兼万圣节专家丽莎·莫顿说。
👏The story goes that after Jack dies, he is rejected from heaven and hell. The devil gives him a single ember which he puts in a carved-out gourd to light his way as he roams the earth forever.
故事是这样的：杰克去世后，他被天堂和地狱拒绝。魔鬼给了他一颗火炭，他把它放在一个挖空的南瓜里，照亮他在地球上漫游的道路，永无止境。
🌰The old fence was crooked and barely held together.
这道旧栅栏歪斜着，几乎快要散架了。
🌰He was too stingy to buy new clothes, even when he had enough money.
他即使有足够的钱，也太小气而不愿买新衣服。
3.ember/ˈɛm.bər/A small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire.余烬；炭火
🌰The campfire had died down to a few glowing embers.
营火已经熄灭，只剩下几块发光的余烬。
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👏"In Ireland in particular, they loved pranks on Halloween," Morton said. "On Halloween night, they'd set that out somewhere dark and someone stumbling along would come across that, they would get a little fright from it and they might think, 'Oh my goodness it's Jack.'"
“尤其在爱尔兰，他们在万圣节特别喜欢恶作剧，”莫顿说。“在万圣节的晚上，他们会把南瓜放在黑暗的地方，路过的人如果碰到，就会吓一跳，可能会想，‘哦，天哪，是杰克。’”
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👏The Irish first carved out turnips. When they brought the tradition to America in the mid-1800s, they discovered pumpkins and it has stuck ever since.
爱尔兰人最初雕刻的是萝卜。当他们在19世纪中叶把这个传统带到美国时，发现了南瓜，并从此沿用至今。
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👏"It has become quite an art at this point," Morton said. "I not only carve a pumpkin every year, I grow them." From growing to painting and carving with stencils, jack-o-lanterns take on many forms nowadays. What has remained is a tradition still being passed down through generations.
“到目前为止，这已经成为一种艺术，”莫顿说。“我不仅每年雕刻一个南瓜，还自己种南瓜。”如今，南瓜灯从种植到涂色，再到用模板雕刻，呈现出多种形式。但有一点没有改变，那就是这个传统仍然在代代相传。
