할로인 계절 / It Was a Dark and Stormy Night...

[장석영(창조도전)]

'It Was a Dark and Stormy Night'

미국의 추수감사절이,

11월의 4번째 목요일이다. 그래서 11월 23일이 추수감사절이다.

그래서, 이번에는 11월 20, 21일까지 근무하고,

수요일인 23일부터는 근무들을 안한다.

할로인동안에는 꼬마들이 미리 점찍은 집들을 방문한다.

또한, 이 추수감사절에 미국인들은 일년 쇼핑을 다한다.

여기는, 이와관련 그 단어와 숙어들을 나열하였다.

FILE - Guests arrive at the The Dent Schoolhouse haunted attraction,

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

During the Halloween season, one popular activity is to visit a haunted house.

As a child, some of my earliest and most frightening memories happened in a haunted house at Halloween.

So, let me take you inside a real haunted house. This short story also gives you vocabulary

and idioms for describing something scary.

We begin as many scary stories have: It is a dark and stormy night.

You walk alone down a desolate street. The rain has been falling steadily all night and is only getting worse. Y

ou are soaked to the bone and need to get out of the rain.

Then you see a house. “Thank heavens!” you say out loud. But at second glance,

your relief is chilled by the look of the place.

It’s dark. Only a lone street lamp casts a dim, yellow light on the sad features of the house.

It looks as if no one has lived here for many years. The windows are broken.

An old, ripped curtain blows from a third-story window.

Now, you remember where you are.This house is from your childhood.

Neighborhood kids talked of ghosts, from a family long dead, walking through the house at night.

The front yard is tangled with overgrown weeds and vines.

A pathway lined with broken stones leads to an old house.

You follow it.

As you walk down the sidewalk, tree branches seem to lean into your path.

They grab at your hair and clothes. Spider webs stretched across the branches get caught in your eyes

and mouth. As you wipe them away, you hear something behind you.

What is it?! You turn around. Nothing. It was probably just a cat, you tell yourself. Although,

you don’t believe it.

Just as you step onto the sagging front porch, the door creaks open.

Suddenly, two bony hands push you inside. The door slams shut!

From the shadows, things start to come toward you! You can’t see anything,

but you can hear them coming closer. You run, but running only takes you farther into the nightmare.

Your heart beats wildly. Hoping to hide, you open a door, but a skeleton falls into your face.

Screaming, you fight with the bones as they entangle your arms and legs! Finally,

you break free and run for your life down a hallway.

For a moment, you think you’re safe. Then a deathly white hand reaches out from under a table,

grabbing at your ankles! You run faster, this time up a flight of stairs.

But a half-human, half-bat creature hangs from the ceiling.

It flies toward your neck with blood dripping from its razor-sharp teeth.

As you try to escape, you trip down some stairs and fall into a cold, dark basement.

From a small window you look outside and see a crazed man holding an axe. He’s looking right at you, laughing.

Fear takes over your whole body, as you run out of the house only to find ..

...a bowl of candy. If you’re lucky, maybe a plate of cupcakes, too.

You dig your hands into the candy bowl and fill your pockets with sweets.

You deserve it. You made it out alive!

That is exactly how I remember the first haunted house my parents took me to.

To this day, the thought of it still sends shivers down my spine.

And I still love being scared out of my wits!

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Words in This Story

haunt - v. to visit or inhabit as a ghost

desolate - adj. lacking the people, plants, animals, etc., that make people feel welcome in a place

soaked to the bone - idiomatic expression‎‎ : to be extremely or completely wet, especially through the clothing

glance - n. a quick look

chill - v. to become cold

weed - n. a plant that tends to grow where not wanted and

to prevent the growth of more desirable plants usually by taking up space

vine - n. a plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining or creeps along the ground

dim - adj. not bright or clear

creak - v. to make a long, high sound : to make a sound like the sound made by an old door

when it opens or closes

shadow - n. a dark shape that appears on a surface when someone or something moves

between the surface and a source of light

nightmare - n. a frightening dream that usually awakens the sleeper : something

(such as an experience, situation, or object) having the monstrous character of a nightmare

or producing a feeling of anxiety or terror

skeleton - n. the structure of bones that supports the body of a person or animal

scream - n. a sudden sharp loud cry : v. to voice a sudden sharp loud cry

entangle - v. to wrap or twist together

run for your life - idiomatic expression‎‎ : to run very fast because you are in danger

razor-sharp - adj. very sharp

sends shivers down my spine - idiomatic expression‎‎ : to cause an intense feeling of fear,

nervousness, exhilaration, or excitement in someone

scared out of my wits - idiomatic expression‎‎ : suggests one is frightened enough to lose one’s mind

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카나다 가수인,

아버지는 이태리, 엄마는 벨기에,

창조도전이 좋아하는 ;

Lara Fabian 의 " Always " 음악이다

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[장석영(창조도전)]

어제 유치원에서,
할로인 날을
행사하고 왔다고 한다.

# 하기 사진은 Lara Fabian 이다

[장석영(창조도전)]

카페의 테마 음악으로 정하면, 좋치요..

저음악이 우리에게는 잘 알려져있지 않지만,
자꾸만 들으면, 익숙해집니다.
Lara Fabian 의 성량도 아무나 흉내낼수가 없어요..
그리고, 귀여운 숙녀는 제 외손녀입니다..ㅎ

[장석영(창조도전)]

그래요..
우정을 나눌려는 행사 축하의
의미가 있어요..

[창밖금기용]

What costume am I going to wear..?
Dress up betman costume and do trick or treating... ㅎ

[장석영(창조도전)]

Yes, she looks like Betman ,
who always come up on the dangerous moment and save
someone' life .....ㅎ

[김주현(주현/성남)]

요즘 유치원에서 할로인데이 연습
시킨다고 옷을 입혀 보내라 하는데
우리나라와 별로 의미 없는날을
돈쓰게 한다고 부모들의 향의가
빗발 친다는 뉴스를 보았어요...

[장석영(창조도전)]

다양성을 경험한 아이들이
좋습니다..
미국의 문화을 잘아는 영업사원과
잘모르는 영업사원이 있어요..
누구을 미국 주재원 인사발령을 내겠어요?....

좁은 사야가 아니라 ,
미래넓은 시야로 봐야합니다..

[박흥용(샌프란)]

오늘이 활로윈인데 깜박 했네요..
월드 시리즈 보느라 정신 없었답니다.
다저스가 이겨서 내일 결판이 납니다.

[장석영(창조도전)]

재미있어요..
물론 우리는 다저스편에 응원합니다..

[박흥용(샌프란)]

이번 월드 시리즈 정말 대박 입니다!
아슬아슬 하게 경기가 진행 되네요. ㅎ

[오 명숙 (아벨라 일산)]

미국에서 손녀 보니까
할로인데이가 대단 하드라구요
각자 취향에 맞추어 옷을 입고 호박을 준비 하드라구요
헌데 요즈음 우리나라도
하드라구요

[장석영(창조도전)]

하나의 행사이니깐,
동네친구들하고
협동도되고 ,
마귀들을 쫓는 다는 것을 하니,
얼마나 재미있고 ,
의미가 있어요
외국에 좋은것은 채택하여,
더 발전시키면 좋아요...