Unit 8 Let’s celebrate!

中国节日是传统文化的重要组成部分。你的外国朋友Molly对中国传统节日非常感兴趣，她发邮件向你询问有关端午节的事情。请你用英语给她回一封邮件，向她介绍端午节并谈谈你对这个节日的看法。

写作要点：

1. When is the festival celebrated?

2. What do people do during the festival?

3. How do you like it?

写作要求：

1. 文中不得出现真实校名和师生姓名；

2. 文章必须包括所有写作要点；

3. 词数100左右（开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数）。

Dear Molly,

How are you doing these days？_______________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,        

Xinyue

【写作提示】

1. 主题：介绍端午节

2. 人称：以第一人称和第三人称为主

3. 时态：一般现在时

4. 要点：节日时间、节日活动、个人感受

5. 写作思路：开篇先介绍端午节的基本信息，然后再介绍端午节的具体活动，最后阐述个人感受及端午节的重要性。

【范文赏读】

Dear Molly,

How are you doing these days？I’m glad that you are interested in Chinese culture. As you know, the Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most important traditional Chinese festivals. It falls on the 5th day of the 5th month in the Chinese lunar calendar.

The festival is celebrated to remember the great ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan. On that day, people usually get together with their family to eat zongzi and other delicious food. In southern parts of China, people often have dragon boat races. It is so exciting to watch the races. Besides, we also have a 3-day holiday during the festival. So we can take a short trip to relax and spend time with our family.

How interesting the Dragon Boat Festival is! I like it very much.

Yours,        

Xinyue

（文中黑体部分为亮点词汇或句型）