高中英语作文节日介绍

节日介绍

一．文体概述

节日，有的源于传统习俗，有的源于宗教，有的源于对某人或某件事情的纪念，另有国际组织提倡的运动指定的日子。节日在人们生活中意义重大。因此，在英语作文说明文里,节日介绍是一个重要的话题。

注意事项：

1. 时态。一般描述用现在时，下一年的日期用将来时，如涉及历史典故则用过去时。

2. 说明顺序。一般从基本情况(名称、来源)到延伸内容(庆祝方式等)。

3. 避免开头指代不明。避免用it作主语引导第一句，而应该具体写出描述的节日。

常用语块

1. 春节______________________

2. 端午节______________________

3. 中秋节______________________

4. (某节日)是在(某月某日) ______________________

5. 三天的假期_____________________

6. 追溯到__________________________

7. 遵守风俗__________________________

8. 放烟花__________________________

9. 表演节目__________________________

10. 走亲访友__________________________

11. 给小孩压岁钱______________________

12. 对……表示尊敬______________________

13. 举行龙舟赛______________________

14. 吃粽子______________________

15. 观看升旗仪式______________________

二．套用句式

1.燃放烟花庆祝新年的到来是一种古老的传统。

2. 那是一个充满欢声笑语的日子。

3. 人们庆祝端午节是为了纪念我国古代伟大的诗人——屈原。

4. 中国有许多传统节日，但我最喜欢中秋节，因为它意味着丰收。

5. 在除夕夜，人们会和家人吃一顿丰盛的晚餐，说说笑笑。

三．习作修改(做短文改错，背经典范文)

Tomb Sweeping Day usually fall on April 4 to 6 every year. It is one of the Chinese traditional festival, in which people offer sacrifices their ancestors. According to the Chinese customs, people will bring along with some food, wine, paper money or some flowers to the cemetery of their ancestors. After slightly sweep the tombs, people offer food, and then burnt the incense and paper money, and bow before the memorial tablet. It is in this special day that people mourn over their ancestors and remember their greatly contributions to a development of our society.

课堂练习

假定你是李华，你校英文报“英语园地”栏目拟刊登介绍中国节日风俗的短文。请写一篇短文介绍端午节向该栏目投稿。要点如下：

1. 端午节的起源和意义。

2. 端午节的庆祝活动。

3. 你的看法。

注意：1. 词数100左右。

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

The Dragon Boat Festival, one of the Chinese traditional festivals, dates back to over 2,000 years. It is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar, and it will fall on June 9 next year. The festival is best-known for its dragon-boat races, especially in the southern places where there are many rivers and lakes. Besides, people always cook and eat rice dumplings made of glutinous rice and wrapped by bamboo leaves to celebrate it. People celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in honor of Qu Yuan, a great poet of ancient China. In my opinion, it is of great necessity to attach importance to our traditional festivals, for they’re part of o ur culture.

课外作业

假定你是李华，你的外国朋友Tom写信告诉你他们全家想来中国过春节，现在你回信欢迎他们并向他介绍春节。要点如下：

1. 春节的时间和意义。

2. 春节的庆祝活动。

3. 你的愿望。

注意：1. 词数100左右。

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3. 开头语和结束语已为你写好。

Dear Tom,

I am very happy that you are planning to have your vacation in China during the Spring Festival.

The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China, which lasts 15 days from the first day of lunar calendar to the 15th. People are busy doing cleaning, putting on the spring couplets and buying flowers. On the New Year’s Eve, people have a big dinner with their family, talking and laughing. Dumplings are the most popular food, for people believe they can bring good fortune. People, wearing new clothes, visit relatives and friends with the words “Happy New Year” on the f irst day and enjoy the traditional entertainment called lion and dragon dance, which dates back to 2,000 years. I am sure you will like it.

I am looking forward to your coming.

Yours,

Li Hua