The Weekend - Trick Or Treat (C0157)

A:

Trick - or -treat

B:

Tom, aren't you a littletoo old to be trick-or - treating?

A:

What are you talking about? Where is your Halloweenspirit? Didn't you ever dress up in a costume and go around the neighborhood trick-or-treatingwith your friends?

B:

Of course I did, but when I was ten! Trick -or-treatingis for kids, plus, I 'msure people will think you're a kidnapper or something, running around with kids NCP at night.

A:

Whatever, I'mgoing next doorI heard Mrs. Robinson is giving out big bags of M&Ms!

Key Vocabulary

give out

to give for free, to give something

trick-or - treat

a children's Halloween practice of asking for trea

dress up

attire in clothes suited to a particular role

kidnapper

to seize and detain or carry away by unlawful forc

run around

to go all over the place, to move quickly from one place to another

Supplementary Vocabulary

Goblin

in folklore and fairy tales, an ugly creature that does evil or mischief to humans.

Haunted

inhabited or visited by ghosts.

Mummy

a corpse preserved by embalming, esp. one embalmed and wrapped by or in the manner of the ancient Egyptians.

Potion

a mixture for drinking, esp. one that is supposed to have medicinal, magical, or poisonous effects.

jack-o'-lantern

A pumpkin that is carved to look scary

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