万圣节调查:1/3美国人迷信鬼魂

    Ghosts and goblins are more than Halloween decorations or costumes for many Americans who confessed they believe in the supernatural(超自然的，不可思议的) and returning from the grave.
    Thirty-seven percent of 2,100 adults questioned in a Zogby Interactive（相互的） poll said they think ghosts are real, and 23 percent believe they have been visited by a deceased relative or friend.
    Even the 22 percent who said they have not had any ghostly experiences themselves know someone who has.
    "More than a third of Americans have this belief that ghosts do exist," said a spokesman for Zogby, adding that the findings were surprising.
    Nearly half of those questioned said if they could be a ghost, they would choose to come back as themselves.
    But belief in the supernatural is not required to enjoy Halloween. Eighty-seven percent of parents said their children would be dressing¹ up for the holiday and 71 percent would be trick-or-treating.
    But 41 percent of adults said they were not celebrating Halloween, including 12 percent who cited religious reasons.
    Serial² killers³ were deemed to be the scariest costumes, followed by the walking dead and zombies.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

2 serial   

n.连本影片，连本电视节目；adj.连续的

参考例句：

• A new serial is starting on television tonight.今晚电视开播一部新的电视连续剧。
• Can you account for the serial failures in our experiment?你能解释我们实验屡屡失败的原因吗？

3 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。