Section Ⅴ Writing--介绍节日

[写作技法指导]

　　[文体指导]

　　本模块的写作任务是介绍节日，可以是西方节日，或中国传统节日等。因不同的节日具有不同的风俗及特点，介绍节日时一般应包括以下内容：

　　1．内容：介绍节日须包括节日的起源，为期多长时间，什么地区，节日的主题、目的，如何庆祝，也可介绍相关内容，如人们的服饰、饮食、音乐、游戏等。

　　2．重大意义：庆祝节日的重大意义是要了解它的文化内涵，引起人们对节日文化的思考。

　　注意：介绍节日时，常用一般现在时。

　　[亮点句式]

　　1．The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the lunar month.

　　2．The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Lantern Festival.

　　3．The Lantern Festival takes place on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

　　4．The Mid­Autumn Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month.

　　5．To people all over the world，Christmas is a season of giving and receiving presents.

　　6．The custom of worshiping the moon can be traced back as far as the ancient Xia and Shang Dynasties.

　　7．Chinese people usually put up the Spring Festival couplets(春联) on the front gates of their houses.

　　8．Zongzi is the traditional food for the Dragon Boat Festival.

　　9．It is a time to get together with family and friends.

10．Christmas Day is probably the most widely celebrated religious occasion in the West.