Unit 5The Light of Halloween

Paragraph 1On Halloween, houses and yards

in the U.S.A. are often lit up by jack-o’-lanterns.

…are often lit up by jack-o’- lanterns. be lit up 為「現在被動式」用法

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Long ago, a man named Jack…

long ago 很久以前「 一段時間 + ago 」，意為「…以

前」 ► fifteen minutes/six days/four weeks ago

► a moment/a minute/a short while ago

…a man named Jack… 　 …a man called Jack…

　 … a man who was named/called Jack　 … a man whose name was Jack

wonder ( 猜想 )

wander ( 徘徊 )

He loves drinking with his friends and playing tricks on them

Soon, no one wanted to be Jack’s friend.

No one wanted to make friends with Jack.

make friends with 與…做朋友 ► Candy is such a nice girl that everyone wants to make friends with her.

Paragraph 3One evening, while Jack was

drinking, he thought about playing a trick on someone. However, no one fell for his tricks again.

fall for + N ( 上…當 )

Paragraph 4 turn up ( 出其不意的出現 )Jack looked at the purse that he had stolen earlier that

day.

…that he had stolen… had stolen the purse ( 先發生 )

looked at the purse ( 後發生 )earlier that day 那天稍早

(↔ later that day)

It had a silver cross inside… have vt. 擁有，包含

► There was a silver cross inside the purse.

► The purse had a silver cross inside it.

It had a silver cross inside that would make the Devil lose all his power.

此處的 make 為使役動詞

S + make/let/have + O + V ► The touching speech made all the

audience cry.

The Devil fell for Jack’s trick and turned himself into a silver coin, so that he could ask for Jack’s soul later.

turn A into B ( 把 A 變成 B )The Devil turned himself into a silver coin.

so that 後接子句表「目的」。

ask for N

Paragraph 5promise never to take my soul

make + a promise

keep break

in a flash

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…the Devil wouldn’t let him in either.

You are a student. I am, too.

You are not a student. I am not, either.

Paragraph 7trick sb into V-ing

have + nothing + to do with N something

a lot

Paragraph 7 “You will wander in the

darkness between Heaven and Hell forever,”

said the Devil.

between A and B

Then, before he shut the gate, he threw a burning piece of coal at Jack.

現在分詞與過去分詞當形容詞 現在分詞作形容詞表示「主動或進行」。例如：► a sleeping baby

(= a baby who is/was sleeping) ► the boiling water

(= the water which is/was boiling)

過去分詞作形容詞通常是表「被動或已完成」。例如：► a broken window

(= a window which is broken) ► a used car

(= a car which has been used)

Feeling sad and miserable, Jack picked up the coal with a turnip.

As Jack felt sad and miserable, he picked up the coal with a turnip.

with a turnip

make A out of B ( 用 B 製成A)► Mother made a bag out of the jeans I

was going to throw away. 此用法若使用被動語態，通常會省

略 out 。例： ► The beautiful chair was made of

wood.

► Cheese is made from milk. ( 化學變化 ; 本質由牛奶變化為乳酪 )

► Amy made a vase out of an old bottle. ( 物理變化 ; 只有外形的變化 )

With the lantern, Jack wandered…As Jack carried the lantern, Jack wandered…

　 Carrying the lantern, Jack wandered with 在這裡作「拿著，持有」的意思。

Paragraph 8 the Irish 愛爾蘭人

the Irish 為集合名詞，作句中的主詞 時需搭配複數動詞。 ► The Irish are famous for their jokes,

coffee, and tap dance.

They symbolized Jack’s miserable soul and were used to scare wandering ghosts away.

人 be used to + N (V-ing) ( 習慣 )I am used to hot weather.

事物 be used to + V ( 被用來 )The lanterns were used to scare ghosts away.

when Irish immigrants arrived in the U.S.A., …

► After eleven hours of flight, we finally arrive in New York.

► We arrived at the hotel in the evening.

► It’s 12:00 a.m., and Anna hasn’t

arrived home. I worry about her so much.

They found pumpkins and used them to replace the turnips.

They replaced the turnips with pumpkins.

They had used the turnips for

their jack-o’-lanterns.