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Halloween

Date: Oct 31 2008

Themes: Holidays, Party

Grammar: Used to Do vs Be Used to

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Intro

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slutty
prank

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Halloween is an American holiday that takes place on October 31 and celebrates all things dark and scary. People celebrate Halloween by dressing up in costumes, carving jack-o-lanterns, trick-or-treating, watching horror movies, or going to parties. Traditional Halloween costumes are things like witches, ghosts, monsters, and skeletons. These days, it’s also common for people to dress up like famous movie stars, musicians, or even politicians.

Halloween is most popular with little kids, who love to dress up and eat lots of candy. Most teenagers think they’re too old to trick-or-treat, so they often watch horror movies or play pranks like throwing eggs at cars or TP-ing their neighbors’ houses. Some adults celebrate Halloween, too, but in a very different way, as you’ll see by listening to Amanda and Devan talk about their Halloween plans.

Dialog

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Devan

Amanda

Devan: Hey, do you want to come out with me on Halloween? Me and my friends are gonna get these crazy costumes of like nurses..bad nurses…and we’re gonna go…

Amanda: Are you gonna dress up like Tina Fey?

Devan: Tina Fey? Huh?

Amanda: Oh. OK, first of all, did you forget I have a child?

Devan: Oh…

Amanda: Yeah, I can’t go to a party on Halloween!

Devan: Yeah, kids are a party foul.

Amanda: Oh, no doubt. Like Halloween used to be… I used to go with you all the time, right?

Devan: I know, we’d get wasted…

Amanda: Yeah. Now I have to man the front door and answer it about a hundred times between…mmm…sundown and midnight, possibly get TP-ed, and then take my kid around the block while you’re, uh…what?

Devan: We were gonna get a keg, and…I totally forgot about trick-or-treating and children and all those things Halloween’s usually affiliated with. Ever since I’ve been in college it’s all about like keg stands...

Amanda: It comes full circle, ‘cause remember, back in the day it was fun to trick-or-treat. Then it’s all about parties. Then you have a child, and Halloween represents something totally different.

Devan: Well, what’s your kid gonna be for Halloween?

Amanda: Um, Anakin Skywalker. On sale for $69.99. Awesome.

Devan: I saw a slutty Anakin Skywalker.

Amanda: A slutty Anakin—? Oh, was his saber somewhere else?

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Discussion

Devan wants Amanda to go out with her on Halloween. She’s going to dress up like a sexy nurse and go to a crazy party.

Now that Amanda has a son, she can’t party on Halloween like she used to. Instead, she has to stay home so she can take her son trick-or-treating and pass candy out to the other kids in the neighborhood.

The way people celebrate Halloween changes depending on their age and lifestyle. Children love this holiday because they get to dress up in fun costumes and eat tons of candy. For college students and people in their twenties, Halloween is more like an excuse to wear a silly or sexy outfit, go to parties, and get drunk. But once people have kids of their own, they usually stay home with their children instead of going out on Halloween.

Have you ever celebrated Halloween or gone to a costume party? Do you think Halloween sounds like more fun when you’re a kid and you get to go trick-or-treating, or when you’re older and you can go to parties?

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sweet&honey

Egypt

merry halloween …..

but here we donot have halloween

sweet&honey

Egypt

merry halloween …..

but i here we donot have halloween

sachinpt

India

pretty good!

seren sunshine

Turkey

ı like halloven.

let say trick ot treat.

hahaha

dofkele15

Lithuania

Unfortunately Halloween isn't celebrating in my country

susan1964

China

merry halloween

i wish to take part in a Halloween!

shad84

United States

i loooove it…i gut me a GRIM REAPER costume …huahahahahahaaa

kaira_harry

Yemen

kaira_harry

Yemen

is nice
but i’m from yemen
and i haven’t get a party….

Jerry-chen

China

Merry Halloween !!!

though we don't have this interesting festival in China ,today is saturday ,we have time to relax ourselves ! we also can go to parties , enjoying the music show ...there ! life need relaxation and passion !

Tasya

Ukraine

Merry Halloween!!!

Marcelolic

Brazil

It haven’t age to like of costume parties! I adore :D

Marcelolic

Brazil

I adore thematic parties,even more costume parties…it has two weeks,I went a birthday partie and the theme it was any costume…I went with my girlfriend and we were us a "horror couple" hehe…She went dressing up of "Black Widow" and me went dressing up with a long black clothing type "Panic",but the mask,it was a mask type "Cyber Skull" with metalic details hehe…it was cool!