what's up guys happy halloween in this
lesson we'll be
oh wait that's better
in today's lesson we are going to be
learning all about today's
special event halloween and we'll be
learning about how it's celebrated
in the us and the uk
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so do you know what halloween is also
known as
all hallows eve it originated as an
ancient celtic festival
where people would light bonfires and
wear costumes to ward off ghosts
hundreds of years later irish and
scottish immigrants took it over to the
us
in the 19th century over time halloween
evolved into a day of activities like
trick-or-treating
carving pumpkins costume parties apple
bobbing and eating treats
so to start off we are going to watch
this hilarious scene from the series
friends
and i will be explaining the most
important vocabulary related to
halloween
in the second part of the lesson we'll
be talking about the different ways that
this day is celebrated
in the uk and the us
hi wait you're supposed to wear a
costume i am
i am a woman who spent a lot of money on
a dress and she wants to wear it because
soon she won't be able to fit into it
oh i'm catwoman who wants to borrow the
dress when you're too big for it okay
oh oh can i give out the candy i really
want to be with the kids right now
you know ever since i got pregnant i i
have the strongest maternal instincts
just a minute
oh look at you guys wow
you are a very scary witch
and you are a very funny clown
and you are so in style right now
ah catwoman so we meet again
so we do supergirl it's me phoebe
monica can i talk to you for a second
listen i appreciate you getting me the
costume oh you did this too
what i thought he'd love it his favorite
kids book was the velveteen rabbit
the velveteen rabbit was brown and white
hey you didn't dress up either yes i did
i'm chandler
[Applause]
dude what happened how is that
me okay i'm chandler when have i ever
done that
when have i ever done that wow
oh fine joey's going to be thrilled he
was hoping you come by as a
um nurse i'm just a nurse
you think that would embarrass me but
you see i'm maxed out
[Music]
hi wait you're supposed to wear a
costume it is very common during this
celebration to wear a costume
which is a set of clothes worn to look
like someone or something
i'll be right else i can't wait to see
in your costume dudley do right
as you can see in this scene this is not
only a tradition for kids but
also for adults listen did you ever do
anything about costumes for claire's
thing tonight
i'm going to pick them up this afternoon
you're going to be a gargle and i'm
going to be an
evil village brewer
very funny mom i know it's halloween
nice
fake hands
we love halloween which of these phrasal
verbs is used to say that you will wear
a costume
that's right later on in the scene we
can hear monika
ask joey why he's not wearing a costume
hey you didn't dress up either yes i did
i'm chandler
now let's have a quick lesson on
pronunciation
here we have a good example of connected
speech which is the way that natives
connect their words together in order to
speak more fluently
you didn't dress up either phrasal verbs
consist of a verb and a particle
now verbs are content words this means
natives stress them
particles are function words they are
unstressed
one thing that can make your speech
sound unnatural as a non-native is
over stressing function words like the
particles in phrasal verbs
let's take this phrasal verb dress up as
an example
we stress dress and don't stress up
furthermore we connect the two so
instead of saying
dress up we say dress up
let's hear it again fast and slow you
didn't dress up either
you wonder
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oh oh can i give out the candy trick or
treating is a very common activity that
began in the usa
about 100 years ago although the origins
date back to 16th century britain and
ireland
in which children knock on the doors of
houses on halloween night and shout
trick-or-treat
this means that the person who answers
the door has two options
to give a treat such as sweets or candy
or otherwise they will get a trick
a prank as a consequence
would you like some candy yeah
trick or treat okay places places
come in if you dare
dad oh
oh can i give out the candy i really
want to be with the kids right now
here we have another very common phrasal
verb that is used in this celebration
if you want to say that you distribute
things among a group of people
you can say that you give those things
out as i was saying before during
halloween it is very common to give out
candy
look at you guys wow you
are a very scary witch
do you know which of these means scary
[Music]
this is the spookiest warehouse in the
world
kids you don't believe me just take
a look as you might know in theory
halloween should be very scary however
it's common in the us to use this
occasion just to wear a costume
without giving much importance to the
scary part of it
this is one of the big differences
between the celebration in the uk
and the us let's look at this funny clip
from mean girls in which katie goes to a
halloween party
in the us for the first time
[Music]
hey why are you dressed so scary
it's halloween as you can see nowadays
it's very common to use this occasion to
wear sexy costumes
and not really scary ones let's watch a
bit more of the friends clip
thank you and you are a very funny clown
and you are so in style right now
oh hi joey's gonna be thrilled he was
hoping you come by as a nurse um
actually i'm just a nurse
here we can see china confusing mona's
costume as he says that she came dressed
as a nurse
but actually she was just a nurse this
scene is humorous because the term
in normal context is very
offensive
as it is used to say that a woman is
promiscuous
however halloween is a celebration in
which it's not a problem to wear sexy
costumes
and many people choose to girl world
halloween is the one night a year when a
girl can dress like a total and no
other girls can say anything about it
oh my god you guys look adorable thanks
so do you
buddy cow no sexy cop bloody cop only
came with a skirt and
two badges okay
mom you cannot have a problem with this
i'm mother teresa
are you kidding me what i'm her back
when she was hot
i will cover you up halloween is the eve
of all saints day which is not a very
important celebration in the us
but it is a national holiday in some
countries
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now another big difference between the
uk and the us
is the house decoration now in the us
people put a lot of effort into
decorating their houses
whereas in the uk this doesn't really
happen that frequently
the tradition of trick-or-treating only
really became popular in the uk
in the last 10 years or so to be honest
many families are quite
afraid or a bit cautious of their
children knocking on strangers doors for
candy or sweets
in fact some people will not even open
their doors to trick-or-treaters
however if trick-or-treaters are welcome
some people might decorate their front
door
to show that they are welcome to knock
on the door and
say trick-or-treat in contrast this is a
very popular
tradition in the us and in fact if you
don't open your door to
trick-or-treaters
then they might even egg your house and
throw toilet paper at it
throw it like this
in scotland it's very common for
children to
do a performance or show a talent in
return for some candy
or some chocolate or sweets and what
they tend to do as well in scotland is
they carve out
turnips so you may have seen and heard
that in the us
they actually carve out pumpkins to make
jack-o'-lanterns
this year i decided to really get into
the spirit of halloween
[Applause]
[Laughter]
[Music]
in the uk we celebrate guy fawkes night
or bonfire night more
and this happens on the 5th of november
which is the date in which guy fawkes
tried to blow up the houses of
parliament
and it's also known as the gunpowder
plot so
to commemorate this day we actually
celebrate with fireworks
tell me do you know what day it is evie
um
november the 4th not anymore
remember remember the 5th of november
the gunpowder treason and plot
[Music]
and now i want to hear from you how do
you celebrate halloween in your country
share it in the comments down below
so i hope you enjoyed learning a little
bit more about the culture
in the uk and the us on this special day
and if you're celebrating today i wish
you all a happy halloween
well it would have been but uh my
parents just moved here oh
well you should know this place is a
real big magnitude
wanna make out
you know here's an idea why don't uh i
put the food in the fridge
and we can eat it later that sounds like
a plan um
is there a place that i could go freshen
up oh yeah yeah um