Halloween | Learn English | One Minute English

Extras: http://linguaspectrum.com/podcasts/podcast.php?id=10

This is a seasonal One Minute English Lesson. Halloween is one of the oldest festivals in Britain. It was originally the Celtic festival of Samhain, celebrating the last day of summer. Many of the traditions maintained by those who celebrate Halloween can be traced to the Celtic origins. This video gives you some of the vocabulary of Halloween. The vocabulary includes, witch, broomstick, ghost, mask, soul, dead, bat, spider, skeleton and more. The podcast and typescript are here: http://linguaspectrum.com/podcasts/podcast.php?id=10

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[Linguaspectrum]

These are very interesting comments. Please tell us all if you celebrate Halloween, and how.

Best wishes,

Richard

[Fortuntato]

1:09 ù.ù not 1:00 ahaha xD

[conchazapater]

I like it. Very interesting for my pupils

[miglcam]

Avery interesting video for my students and a different way of explaining the Halloween vocabulary.

[Dpl0iD]

haha it's nice..

I got scared with that scream :P

came to a standstill..

see you

[ketenoko]

best video :) i am from Geogia and there halloween is not celebrated :( i really interest how it celebrated ;( sorry for my bed english

[0929japan]

NICE!!!

[rockmusicM]

we also celebrate all Saints day. People take flowers to the cemetery for the deceaseds

it is a mix between all Saints day and Halloween

[cliffenigma]

Mr Minute, your present lesson is very informative and of cultural importance as well.

In Hungary we don't celebrate Halloween, but we celebrate All Saints' Day on the 1st of November followed by All Souls' Day.(the Day of the Dead) on the 2nd. At these occasions we go to the cemetery to light a candle for the soul of our dead relatives and friends. All Saints' Day has been a public holiday in Hungary in the past years.

[rockmusicM]

in Spain we celebrate Halloween too, children and people of all ages wear costumes and we have fun all the night