【写作训练】
某英语刊物有一个介绍各国风俗习惯的专栏，请为该专栏写一篇短文，简要介绍中国的农历年（春节）。词数100左右。
要点提示：1．贴春联，放鞭炮，迎新年；
2．合家团圆，吃年饭，共同守岁；
3．着新衣，互拜年，逛庙会。
参考词汇： stick New Year couplets（贴春联）；
the lunar calendar（农历）； firecrackers（鞭炮）；
go to temples（逛庙会）
【参考范文】
①The Spring Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. It falls on the first day of the first month in the Chinese lunar calendar.
②Before the day, people are busy preparing for it and they stick New Year couplets on the doors. On the Eve, the whole family usually get together to have a feast. Then they stay up, watching wonderful programs on TV until midnight, to welcome the new year with firecrackers .In the daytime, people dressed in new clothes go to visit friends with good luck to each other. During the holiday, they can enjoy a variety of activities, such as going to parks or temples.
Now people in China are leading a happy life, and their Spring Festival is much more interesting than ever.
【参考译文】
中国是中国最重要的传统节日之一。它在中国农历一月一日来临。
在这天之前，人们都忙着为它做准备。他们在门上贴上春联。在除夕，全家人通常会聚餐。然后他们守岁，看着精彩的电视节目直到午夜，用鞭炮来迎接新年。在白天，人们盛装去拜访朋友互送祝福。在假期期间，他们会参加各种活动，例如去公园或者寺庙。
现在，中国人过着幸福的生活，春节也比以往有趣得多了。
【背前理解】
1. 体裁：说明文。
2. 时态：一般现在时。
3. 文章结构：
第一段：春节重要性，举行时间。
第二段：春节期间人们都干些什么。
第三段：总结。
4. 表达：
1) one of the most important traditional festivals
最重要的传统节日之一
2) on the first day of the first month in the Chinese lunar calendar
正月初一
3) be busy doing sth
忙于做某事
4) prepare for
为……做准备
5) get together to have a feast
聚餐
6) stay up
熬夜
7) (be) dressed in
穿着
8) a variety of
各种各样的
9) lead a happy life
过着幸福的生活
10) more …than ever
比以往更……
5. 语法：
①The Spring Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. It falls on the first day of the first month in the Chinese lunar calendar.
②Before the day, people are busy preparing for it and they stick New Year couplets on the doors. On the Eve, the whole family usually get together to have a feast. Then they stay up, watching wonderful programs on TV until midnight（现在分词短语作伴随状语）, to welcome the new year with firecrackers(动词不定式作目的状语) .In the daytime, people dressed in new clothes （形容词短语作后置定语）go to visit friends with good luck to each other（with复合结构作伴随状语）. During the holiday, they can enjoy a variety of activities, such as going to parks or temples.
Now people in China are leading a happy life, and their Spring Festival is much more interesting than ever.
