1. Unit 5 The Light of Halloween

2. Paragraph 1
On 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

3. ► fifteen minutes/six days/four weeks ago
Paragraph2
 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

4.  …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 )

5. He loves drinking with his friends and playing tricks on them

6. 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.

7. Paragraph 3
One 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)

8. 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)

9.  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.

10.  S + make/let/have + O + V ► The touching speech made all the
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.

11. 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

12. make + a promise keep break in a flash Paragraph 5
promise never to take my soul
make + a promise
keep
break
in a flash

13. Paragraph 6
…the Devil wouldn’t let him in either.
You are a student. I am, too.
You are not a student. I am not, either.

14. Paragraph 7
trick sb into V-ing
have + nothing + to do with N
something
a lot

15. 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.

16. 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)

17. 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

18.  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.

19. 字 詞 辨 義
► 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)

20.  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。

21. 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.

22.  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.

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

24. 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.