“节假日”类 基础写作学案

1 “节假日”类 基础写作学案

名词：

感恩节 Thanksgiving

万圣节Halloween 圣诞节 Christmas 复活节 Easter 礼物 present/gift

holiday 节假日 vacation 节假日 festival 节假日（一般指中国传统节日）

gathering: 聚会 reunion: 团聚 lunar calendar: 农历 solar calendar: 阳历 occasion: 场合，重大时刻

feast: 丰盛的宴会 动词：

庆祝 celebrate 举行 hold 装饰 decorate 珍惜treasure 纪念honor

形容词：传统的 traditional

宗教的 religious 副词：传统地 traditionally

广泛 widely

take/go on a vacation: 度假 ten-day vacation/holiday: 十天的假期 have … day(s) off: 放假 …… 天 in honor of/in memory of 为了纪念

be decorated with: 用 …… 装饰 be introduced into: 被引进

exchange gifts: 交换礼物

date from起源于 be traced back to: 追溯到

某国际性英语刊物有一个介绍各国风俗习惯的专栏，请用英语为该专栏写一篇短文，简要介绍中国的农历新年--- 春节。内容包括以下要点：

1） 春节是中国人的重要节日； 2） 春节在农历（the lunar calendar）哪一天；

3） 除夕一家人吃团圆饭（have a ......feast） 4） 大年初一亲朋好友拜年；

5） 孩子们的压岁钱（lucky money） ; 6) 狮子舞（lion dances） 及其他节目是节日不可缺少的活动内容，要延续三天左右。

The Chinese Lunar (农历) New Year is the most important festival for the Chinese, which falls on (介词) the first day of the first month in the Chinese lunar calendar. On the New Year’s Eve they have a family feast . Then they stay up till midnight to welcome the New Year with firecrackers. On

2 New Year ’s Day, people visit their relatives and friends to exchange New Year ’s greetings while children receive “Lucky money” in red paper or envelope. Lion dances and other performances are also parts of the celebrations , which usually last for about three days.

1. Traditionally , on mid-autumn Day, the whole family will gather in the moonlight, eating moon cakes and admiring the beautiful moon.

传统上，中秋节的时候，一家人会聚在月光下，一边吃月饼，一边赏月。

2. The most common way for Chinese students to celebrate their birthday is to hold a birthday party. 中国学生过生日最常见的方式是举办一个生日宴会。 3. Thanksgiving Day is a traditional holiday celebrated to express people’s gratitude to God. 感恩节是一个传统的节日，用来表达对上帝的感激之情。

4. Generally speaking, people canChinese Lunar New Year.

一般来说，人们在农历新年有七天假。 5. The origin of admiring the moon can far as the ancient Xia and Shang Dynasties. 赏月的起源可以追溯到古代夏商时期。

I. 参考话题词汇，翻译下列句子。

1. 国庆节时，我们通常都会有三天假. _________________________________________________

2. 春节是一个家人团聚的日子。______________________________________________________

3. 在新年的`第一天，每个人都穿上新衣服，向亲戚朋友祝贺。

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4. 感恩节的由来要一直追溯到美国历史的发展。

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5. 十二月二十五日是圣诞节，这个节日是由西方引入我国的，在这个节日里人们带着美好的祝福互换礼物。

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3 II. 基础写作

请你根据下表提示，介绍端午节。

The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races, especially in southern places eat zongzi on that day. The dragon Boat Festival is in honor oftime to have family get-together.

我国中秋节的情况如下表所示：

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