话题10 节假日活动（Festivals， holidays and celebrations）

肖兵华

一、命题预测

命题人可能要求考生写介绍本国某节日的风俗特点、庆祝某次节日的集体假日活动安排、庆祝个人生日活动安排，毕业典礼等，这些都和节假日活动有关。

二、常用短语

1. fall on/take place（节日）落在/发生

2. be celebrated（节日） 被庆祝

3. date back to追溯到

4. dress up as打扮成

5. pray for为……祈福

6. on the eve of在……的前夕

7. a symbol of reunion 团员的象征

8. It is a folk custom to...做……是习俗

9. in memory of=in honor of为了纪念

10. have family reunion 家庭团聚

11. enjoy the full moon赏月

12. race dragon boats赛龙舟

13. light the lanterns点灯笼

14. set off firecrackers放烟花

15. enjoying sth with sbs family和某人的家人一块享受

16. express best wishes to the beloved ones表达对亲人的问候

三、套用句式

1. Along with the Spring Festival and the Mid-autumn Festival， the Dragon Boat Festival is one of the major traditional festivals celebrated by Chinese people.跟春节以及中秋节一样，端午节是中国人们庆祝的主要传统节日之一。

2. It has long been a practice that we have a variety of great celebrations held by the national government and by local governments. 一直以来的惯例是，国家政府和地方政府会举行各种各样的庆祝活动。

3. According to Chinese tradition， people will not only solve the puzzles on the lanterns but also eat glutinous rice balls during the Lantern Festival， which has been handed down from generation to generation.根据中国传统，人们在元宵节期间猜灯谜吃汤圆，这是一代又一代人传承下来的。

4. On the eve of the Spring Festival， it is a folk custom to stay up late or even all night and a get-together banquet with dumplings is usually a must for most Chinese families. 在春节除夕，人们有熬夜甚至熬通宵的习俗，并且聚在一块吃饺子是许多家庭的习惯。

5. For many children， the Spring Festival offers them a special chance to receive “lucky money”. 许多孩子有机会得到“压岁钱”。

四、习作修改（做短文改错，背经典范文）

The Mid-autumn Festival， one of the most important traditional festival in China， falls on August 15th of the Lunar calendar every year. Not only is it popular with China but also it is celebrated in many Asian countries. People believe that the moon is the symbol of family reunion， luck and fortune，but it is a folk custom to express best wishes to the beloved ones. Whats more， many lovers choose to get married at this particularly time. On that day people usually go back home to have family reunion， enjoy a large meal with your family. They also ate moon cakes， which are the round ones with meat， eggs， nuts and other things inside.

五、课堂练习

假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Tom对中国的传统佳节春节（The Spring Festival）极为感兴趣，想通过电子邮件对此作详细的了解，请你在电子邮件中用英语向其介绍中国春节的习俗，内容如下：

1. 节日的时间。

2. 节日主要习俗。

3. 庆祝方式。

注意：1. 词数100左右。

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3. 开头和结语已为你写好。

Dear Tom，

Im so glad to know that you are interested in one of the traditional Chinese festivals， the Spring Festival， and I hope the following introduction will help you know better about it.

…

Im looking forward to receiving your early reply.

Yours，

Li Hua

[过程指导]

第一步，认真审题。

1. 审文体：说明文，介绍春节的习俗。

2. 审时态：以一般现在时为主，节日习俗从古至今一直没变。

3. 审人称：以第三人称为主，介绍节日时间，习俗和庆祝活动。

4. 审要点：审题时，写作要点不仅仅是下面的1、2、3，还包括写作任务开头的背景介绍。所以每次开始写作前，要从头到尾默读写作任务的所有要求，以及出题人已经给出的文章开头和结尾。

第二步，信息表达。

根据各要点间的逻辑顺序等列出应用的句型和短语组词成句，注意添加适当的主语等成分，使句子结构完整。如It has long been a custom that...； one of the major traditional festivals celebrated by等。还要通过添加适当的过渡衔接语使短文连贯。如Whats more， Besides， In addition等。

第三步，检查核对。

第四步，规范誊写。

六、课外作业

假如你是李华，计划和同学去敬老院（nursing home）陪老人们过重阳节（the Double Ninth Festival）。请给外教Laura写封电子邮件，邀她一同前往，内容包括：

1. 出发及返回时间。

2. 活动：包饺子、表演节目等。

注意：1. 词数100左右。

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3. 开头和结语已为你写好。

Dear Laura，

…

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours，

Li Hua

参考答案与范文

四、习作修改

本文是是一篇节日活动介绍短文，主要介绍有关中国传统佳节中秋节的概况，包括中秋节节日时间，节日习俗和节日活动等。

1. festivals→festival 因one of 后要接可数名词复数。

2. with→in 因be popular with sb.； be popular in some place。

3. many后加other 在比较级中，被比较对象不应包含在另一比较对象内。

4. the symbol→a symbol 因a symbol of family reunion为习惯搭配。

5. but→and 此处前后为并列关系。

6. particularly→particular 修饰名词用形容词。

7. enjoy→enjoying 因enjoy前没有并列连词，应是非谓语动词。

8.your→ their 与前面的people后面中的they可知，用their才一致。

9. ate→eat 介绍节日习俗用一般现在时。

10. 去掉 the round ones中的the 此处是泛指而非特指。

五、课堂练习

Dear Tom，

Im so glad to know that you are interested in one of the traditional Chinese festivals， the Spring Festival， and I hope the following introduction will help you know better about it.

The Spring Festival， one of the major traditional festivals celebrated by Chinese people， falls on the first day of the Lunar calendar every year， which usually lasts fifteen days. It has long been a practice that we have a variety of great celebrations held by the national government and by local governments. A week before the festival， every family makes preparations by shopping and doing a thorough cleaning. On the eve of the Spring Festival， it is a folk custom to stay up late watching the National Spring Festival Gala on TV. Whats more， a get-together banquet with dumplings is usually a must for most Chinese families. Besides， people wear new clothes， set off firecrackers， post couplets on the gates and visit relatives and friends. For children， the Spring Festival offers them a special chance to receive “lucky money”.

Im looking forward to receiving your early reply.

Yours，

Li Hua

六、课外作业

Dear Laura，

Id like to invite you to join us for a visit to the nearby nursing home next Saturday for the Double Ninth Festival. It is the day for the elderly in our culture. Well go and make dumplings and cakes with the elderly people there. Well also spend some fun time together singing， dancing and playing games， which we hope will make them happy. We should be back around 4 oclock in the afternoon. If you are able to come with us， please let us know and well wait for you at the gate at 9 in the morning.

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours，

Li Hua

（作者单位：广东深圳市松岗中学）

责任编辑 蒋小青