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萬聖節快到囉！讓我們家雙胞胎先來唸一段有趣的萬

聖節童詩給您聽。(這是他們大約在六歲半時錄製的)

Skeleton Parade

The skeletons are out tonight,

They march about the street

With bony bodies, bony heads

And bony hands and feet.

Bony bony bony bones

With nothing in between,

Up and down and all around

They march on Halloween.

這首詩出自Jack Prelutsky，他是當今美國兒童詩創作

的巨擘，享有美國童詩桂冠 (U.S. Children's Poet

Laureate) 的稱號。創作的詩集超過 50 本，其中特別

為孩子編選的合輯 Read Aloud-Rhymes for the Very

Young、 The Random House Book of Poetry for

Children 是欣賞英美童詩的最佳入門書。

這裡所選錄的“Skeleton Parade”出自 Jack Prelutsky

為四大節慶 (萬聖節、耶誕節、感恩節、情人節) 所創

作的四本合輯之一：It's Halloween。另外三本合輯分

別是 It's Christmas、It's Thanksgiving、

It's Valentine's Day 。

很幸運，美國專業兒童有聲書出版公司

HarperChildren’s Audio 將四本節慶詩集合錄成一張ＣＤ

“Jack Prelutsky Holiday Audio Collection”

，更令人驚喜的是由作者本人 Jack Prelutsky 親自為

兒童朗讀。全部 54 首短詩充滿童稚的純真與可愛，

為節慶增添不少趣味。

另外，摘錄一段有關 Halloween 的 Cloze 供老師參

考。這份資料來自知名的教材網站 Enchanted

Learning，除了提供許多免費的資料，如果加入會

員，無以數計的學習單是老師教學上的好幫手喔！

最後，幾幅 Halloween 的可愛圖畫，讓孩子感受萬

聖節的歡樂氣氛。

Word Bank: 

Halloween is a ________ celebrated on the last night of

________, the ________. On _________, many people

dress up in _________ and go trick or _________.

Children ________ up in costumes and go from house to

house around their ___________ collecting ________.

Some people dress up in scary costumes (such as a

_______), some people dress up in magical costumes

(such as a _______), some people dress up in pretty

costumes (such as a _______), and some dress up as an

________ (such as a bunny).

On Halloween, some people like to _______ a

 jack-o'-lantern. A ___________________ is a pumpkin

that has been hollowed out and then carved into a scary

face; a small candle is then placed _______ the pumpkin.

Another Halloween activity is visiting a _________ house,

a place that has been ________ in a spooky way, with

pretend ghosts, monsters, spider _______, mummies,

vampires, _______ cats, and other scary things.

Haunted House

Mummy

Trick or treat

Vampire

Witch on broomstick

Wizard