本单元是围绕节日这一话题展开的，是大家较为熟悉的内容，要想写好这个话题的文章，首先要注意其体裁，通常是电子邮件式的说明文，介绍一两个中国的传统节日，内容涉及节日名称、时间、含义及主要活动，还应谈到你喜欢该节日及理由。

写作此类话题作文的常用表达有：

(1) I love…because…

(2) I think they are…to…

(3) You’ll have good luck in the New Year.

(4) Chinese people have been celebrating…for centuries.

【典型例题】

假如你是李磊，你的美国笔友Tom对中国传统文化很感兴趣。请你用英语给他写一封80 词左右的电子邮件。介绍一两个中国的传统节日、如春节、中秋节等。

【优秀介绍春节的范文】

Dear Tom：

I am very glad to tell you something about spring festival.

It’s a traditional festival in china. It comes in winter.

It’s time to get new. We usually clean and decorate our houses carefully before it comes. I always help my mother clean the windows and wash the clothes. We put>It’s time to say goodbye to the last year, and say hello to the New Year. Everyone goes home to get together with their families, no matter how far it is. They must have dinner together on that day. They must visit their relatives and friends and say “Happy New Year” to them. When the kids greet their grandparents, they can get money.

Yours,

Li Lei

编辑:Liuxuepaper.Com

作文地带知识拓展:

• ‌春节‌，又称农历新年，是中国最重要的传统节日之一，通常在农历正月初一庆祝，标志着新的一年的开始。

  春节：The Spring Festival; Chinese New Year; Lunar New Year.



• 传统，汉语词汇。拼音：chuán tǒng 传统，世代相传、从历史沿传下去的思想、文化、道德、风俗、艺术、制度以及行为方式等。

  传统英文释义：

  n.tradition; convention

  adj.traditional; conventional.

• 节日 [jié rì]‌ 是指生活中值得纪念的重要日子，是世界人民为适应生产和生活的需要而共同创造的一种民俗文化，是世界民俗文化的重要组成部分‌。

  节日英文：Festival; Red-letter day; Holiday.