Welcome to English as a second language podcast number 73. You´re listening to English as a second language podcast episode [1] I´m your host Doctor Jeff McQuillan from the Center [2] Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California. Today´s podcast [3] all about Halloween. Trick or Treat!

As a [4] I always liked Halloween. I liked dressing up in [5] costume that I pick out at the store or, [6] often, we made out of odds and ends at [7] The best part was going trick-or-treating. Some years, I [8] with my brothers and sisters. When I got a [9] older, I went with my friends. We would go [10] the houses in our neighborhood and knock or ring [11] doorbell. When the door opened, we would yell, “Trick [12] treat!” We never played tricks and always got treats. [13] neighbor would put some candy and chocolate bars in [14] bags. We would go home at the end of [15] night and eat them to our hearts’ content.

To get ready for Halloween, my parents would buy [16] from the market or from the make-shift pumpkin patches [17] the side of the road so that we could [18] jack-o-lanterns. We took each pumpkin and cut off the [19] scooped out the seeds from the inside, and carved [20] on the front. At night, we would put candles [21] the jack-o-lanterns and put them on our doorstep. Sometimes [22] carved scary faces and sometimes they were funny ones.

I remember that one year, we had a [23] party. Our friends came over dressed up as witches, [24] superheros, cartoon characters, and anything else you can think [25] We would play party games like bobbing for apples, [26] we even created a haunted house in our backyard. [27] was a blast! Halloween is truly a holiday for [28]

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