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Cultural background: Halloween

Where does Halloween come from?
We celebrate Halloween every year on October 31st. Where does the holiday come
from?
The holiday originally comes from a people called the Celts. The Celts lived in Europe
more than 2000 years ago. On November 1st they celebrated the end of summer.
They thought ghosts visited the living on October 31st. They dressed up like ghosts so
the spirits would not harm them.
Today, many countries still remember the dead on
November 1st. It is called All Saints Day. Another name
for it is All Hallow’s Day. The day before, October 31st, is
called All Hallow’s Eve, or Halloween for short.
Halloween is an old tradition in Ireland and Scotland. In
those countries, people dressed up and carried lanterns
made of turnips. When people moved from Ireland and
Scotland to the United States, they started using
pumpkins. This is where the jack-o’-lantern comes from.
They also had a tradition of giving food to the spirits.
Later, they gave the food to poor people.
This is where trick-or-treating comes from.
Halloween has changed a lot since its origins. New people
have brought new traditions, and changed the old ones.
What do you think Halloween will be like in another two
thousand years?

Vocabulary: WHERE DOES HALLOWEEN COME FROM?

*to celebrate _______________ *the dead _______________

*a holiday _______________ *a tradition _______________
*thought (= past of _______________ *a lantern _______________
to think ) *a turnip _______________
*a ghost _______________ *a pumpkin _______________
*a spirit _______________ *a brought (= past _______________
*to harm somebody _______________ of to bring)

Answer the questions

1. What is this story (Where does Halloween come from) about?

a. Trick-or-treating.
b. Ireland and Scotland.
c. Ghosts.
d. Where the Halloween tradition comes from.

2. When did the Celts live in Europe?

a. 20 years ago.
b. 200 years ago.
c. More than 2000 years ago.
d. More than 2,000,000 years ago.

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3. Who did the Celts think visited the living on October

31st?
a. Their relatives.
b. Spirits of the dead.
c. Poor people.
d. Irish people.

4. Why did the Celts dress in costumes?

a. It is fun.
b. To go trick-or-treating.
c. So spirits would not hurt them.
d. To scare poor people.

5. What costume would you like to wear on Halloween? Why?

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Vocabulary matching: Halloween

1 witch a An animal with eight long legs which 1

catches insects in a web
2 ghost b A man of high social rank 2

3 scared c A woman who has magical powers 3

that she uses to do bad or strange
things
4 count d Frightened or worried 4

5 spider e The spirit of a dead person which 5

appears to people who are alive

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Reading: Buffy the vampire-slayer

Pre-reading exercise: Write the names under the right picture. Choose from:
Spike – Angel – Cordelia – Buffy – Xander – Vampire Spike – Giles - Willow

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HALLOWEEN
SYNOPSIS
It’s Halloween. Buffy and friends hire costumes and take children out trick-or-
treating . Everyone’s having fun. But there’s someone new in Sunnydale who
wants to spoil their fun. His name is Ethan, he’s opened a Costume Shop and
he has evil plans. Ethan casts a spell (he’s actually a sorcerer). Whatever
costume people hired from him, that’s what they turn into. Vampire-slaying
Buffy loses her powers and becomes a cowardly noblewoman from 1775.
Willow becomes a ghost and Xander turns into a real-life soldier. The vampires
are delighted. Buffy and friends find themselves imprisoned in an old
warehouse by Spike with a band of children who have turned into vampires.
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about to bite Buffy and turn her into a vampire, Ethan’s spell is broken by
Giles, Buffy’s powers return and Spike pays the price.

CHAPTER 1: A bad day at work

Angel looked at his watch. It was after nine o’clock. ‘Where are you, Buffy?’ he
thought.
The Bronze was busy tonight but Angel sat alone. He looked at the young faces
around him. People laughed and danced. ‘This is Buffy’s world,’ he thought.
‘Why am I
here?’ But he already knew the answer. He was there because he loved Buffy.
With his dark eyes, he watched the door.
***
Buffy was almost at the Bronze. It was the end of October, two nights before
Halloween. The evening was black and cold. Suddenly, something hit Buffy on
the back
of her head. She turned quickly. A vampire smiled at her – not a pretty smile.
Buffy hit him hard. He got up quickly and laughed. He hit back. ‘I haven’t got
time for this,’ Buffy thought. ‘Angel is waiting for me.’She pulled a stake from
her jacket. Soon it was in the vampire’s body. No more vampire. ‘Look at me!’
she thought. ‘Tonight is my first date with Angel. My clothes are dirty. My hair
is terrible. This isn’t a good start.’
***
‘She isn’t coming,’ thought Angel. He wasn’t happy. ‘It’s like, I know,’ someone
said to him. ‘The Bronze just isn’t cool. Why do we come here?’ Angel looked
up. ‘Oh hi, Cordelia,’ he said and looked back at the door. ‘I’m waiting for
Buffy.’ ‘Great!’ she said, and sat down. She smiled and talked. She moved
closer to Angel. Angel didn’t want her there. 7
But he was a nice vampire, so he smiled back at her. It was the wrong time for
a smile. Buffy came in and saw them together. ‘This is stupid,’ she thought.
‘Look at Cordelia. She always looks fantastic. And I look … terrible.’ She turned
to the door.
Angel saw Buffy across the room. ‘Buffy?’ He ran to the club door. ‘Oh … hi,’
Buffy said. ‘I’m …’ ‘… late,’ Angel finished. ‘Bad day at work,’ Buffy said. ‘Hmm.
I see,’ said Angel. He smiled. ‘I love your hair, Buffy!’ Suddenly Cordelia was
there. ‘Very “street fashion”. How do you do it?’ She smiled at Buffy then
walked back to the table. ‘Angel,’ said Buffy, ‘I’m going to … put a bag over my
head. I can’t stay here.’ ‘Don’t listen to Cordelia. You look great.’ ‘You’re very
kind,’ she said. But she didn’t believe him. ‘We have a date, you know,’
laughed Angel. ‘A date!’ She talked quietly and sadly. ‘Other girls have dates.
Not me. I never think about my hair and my shoes. I don’t have time. I think
about vampires and stakes and blood.’ She left the club. Angel didn’t follow
her. Cordelia came back and smiled. ‘Coffee?’ she asked.
***
The next morning, Principal Snyder waited
for the students at Sunnydale High. He had
paper and pens. A girl walked into school.
He grabbed her arm. ‘Hey!’ she said.

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‘Put your name here,’ he told her. ‘What is it?’ she asked. ‘Tomorrow is
Halloween, and the children of Sunnydale are going trick-or-treating. They
need some teenagers with them. That’s you. Put your name here.’ ‘Can I say
“no”?’ ‘No.’ The girl wrote her name angrily and went off. ‘Did you see that?’
Xander asked Buffy and Willow. ‘Yeah. Let’s walk faster,’ said Buffy. ‘Ah! Miss
Summers.’ There was a hand on her arm. Sunnydale’s worst student.’ He
smiled. ‘Put your name here.’ ‘Oh, I love children, Principal Snyder, but … I’m
sorry … there’s something wrong with my … ermm … hands. My doctor says …’
Principal Snyder gave her a pen. Then he gave two more pens to Willow and
Xander. ‘Write! The trick-or-treaters leave here at four o’clock. They must be
home at six. Don’t forget your costumes.’9
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‘I don’t believe it!’ said Xander. ‘It’s Halloween – party night. And we’re going
to have lots of small children with us. And we’re going to be in stupid
costumes!’ ‘I wanted a night at home!’ said Buffy. ‘It’s the only quiet night in
the year for me.’ ‘Halloween is quiet?!’ Xander was surprised. ‘Isn’t it party
night for vampires?’ ‘No, they stay at home. Giles told me. ‘ ‘I love those
vampires,’ said Xander. ‘So usually I can stay in, too. But now I can’t. Thanks,
Snyder.’
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Exercise 1: Translate the following words into Dutch.

(to) hire (v) (to) laugh (v)

(to) spoil (v) (to) think (v)
evil a stake
(to) cast (v) terrible
a spell a date
a sorcerer quiet(ly)
cowardly (to) grab (v)
to be angrily
imprisoned
a warehouse worst
children to be
surprised
Exercise 2: Answer the following questions in a full sentence.

Synopsis
1. Who is the bad guy in the story?
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2. What’s his plan?
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3. Who becomes a ghost?
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A bad day at work

4. Who is waiting for Buffy?
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5. Where is he waiting?
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6. Why is he waiting?
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7. Why is Buffy late for her date?
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8. How does she kill the vampire?

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9. Who does Angel meet in The Bronze?
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10. Is the date between Angel and Buffy a succes? Why (not)?
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11. Are Buffy and her friends happy to go trick-or-treating with little
children? Why (not)?
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Exercise 3: True or false? Correct the false sentences.

1. Angel feels happy in Buffy’s world. T/F
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2. Buffy slays a vampire on the way to The Bronze. T / F
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3. Cordelia doesn’t like Angel. T/F
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4. Cordelia thinks Buffy’s hair looks good. T/F

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5. Cordelia is always thinking about her hair and clothes. T/F
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6. Buffy, Xander and Willow want to go trick-or-treating with the Sunnydale
children. T/F
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7. There’s something wrong with Buff’s hands and she can’t write. T/
F
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Exercise 4:

D O O L B G R P O E U L O R B U F F Y N
C A S P I K E H M Z F I V E T V Q E U O
S V C G I L E S E N L D V D G P A V Z D
S E I R E S V T X O I J O N R X C I G E
R E Y A L S S D Y R E G H A E W T L D H
E K A T S D Z S K B X R J X V Q U F A W
R A L L E G E L L E H C I M H A R A S S
G R R T A B H I K H J S S P D X K Q W S
S T E R X Y R H T T J U O I M W N V R O
L E L H E B L P H H P E Z G N A Q Z A J
C I V D C E E W S E L X O H O Q V S D Y
C L I L G T O T R Z L O H E C D I C F S

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J V C N O L A N Z E D L H O E T O I U U
N G A Q L W A W S J K S M M R R I N Z N
Z K W I B T E U T E Z Q O O D R N W M U
X C W S U Q C R P F I N A E U Y O C E W
J D K R M P Q R E S J B L C D T I R C K
M K A R H D U Q G W W I M A U G H F F I
P L P A J P J N O H A X L O A G Q I C Z
W O B S S O R C Q U M E T M Z W V L Y I

Words to find:
ANGEL SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR
AXE SLAYER
BLOOD SPIKE
BUFFY STAKE
CORDELIA SUNNYDALE
CROSSBOW SUPERNATURAL
DEMON THE BRONZE
EVIL TV SERIES
GARLIC VAMPIRE
GILES WATCHER
GOOD WEREWOLVES
HELLMOUTH WILLOW
HORROR WITCH
JOSS WHEDON XANDER
MAGIC ZOMBIES

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