Woman: A ghost.
Man: A ghost is the spirit of a dead person or animal, that is seen or heard by a living person or animal.
Listen to this short conversation:
Man: Are you scared?
Woman: Why?????
Man: Do you believe in ghosts?
Woman: Don’t be ridiculous.
Man: Well look behind you now....I think I just saw a....
Woman: Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Woman: A Mask
Man: A Mask is something that you wear to cover your face, or part of your face. These can be protection masks for work, or party masks for fancy dress parties.
For example
Woman: Where did you get that mask? It’s fantastic you actually look like BatMan.
Man: Do you like it? I saw it at a fancy dress shop in the centre, it’s a bit hot though, I have sweat running down my face.
Woman: “Trick-or-treating.”
Man: “Trick or treat” is a Halloween tradition, whereby, children dressed up as ghosts, witches etc go to people’s houses, shout “trick or treat,” and if you don’t give them “ a treat” such as a bag of sweets, they will do “a trick,” such as throw flour on your car, or eggs at your house.
For example:
Woman: Here we go again, another group of kids, have we got any chocolates left?
Man: Oh yes, they’re all ready by the door, I’m not having my car trashed again, it took me 2 hours last year to clean up all the flour & eggs.
Woman: A custom.
Man: Is similar to a tradition. It is a way of behaving, which a particular group of people or society has had for a long time.
For example:
Man: What on earth are you doing now?
Woman: Making a lantern out of a pumpkin. It’s custom to do this in England on Halloween. Up north we use turnips, but, I couldn’t find any down here. But, this will do, look, now I’ve lit the candles inside, doesn’t the face look cute?
Man: Mmm, and where are you thinking of putting this?
Woman: In the window of course, so the kids know they can get sweets here when they start “trick or treating.”

Woman: Now let’s listen to some information on the origins of Halloween, adapted from www.historychannel.com

Halloween's origins date back to an ancient Celtic festival . The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the British Isles and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1st . This day marked the end of summer and the beginning of winter. Celts believed that on the night October 31st the ghosts of the dead returned to earth (terra). People would wear masks when they left their homes after dark so that the ghosts would mistake them for fellow spirits. This is how the tradition of dressing in costume for Halloween originated. The tradition of "trick-or-treating" probably dates back to the early All Souls' Day parades in England: poor citizens would beg for food and families would give them pastries called "soul cakes" in return for their promise to pray for the family's dead relatives. This custom was encouraged by the Church to replace the ancient practice of leaving food for roaming spirits.