一篇有关节日的英语作文最新19篇

The Spring Festival is my most favorite festival, because it’s time for family gathering. And the Spring Festival is a new start of a year. It brings me hope and courage. On Spring Festival, my parents usually take me back to my hometown. My hometown is a small town. Many of my relatives move to the larger cities, but we usually go home when the Spring Festival comes. During the gathering, we share our lives with others and care about each other. Of course, big meals are necessary. Families prepare for the big meals together. They all cook their specialty dishes. Therefore, our meals are always delicious. We often stay at home for three days and then we leave with others’ wishes. I like the Spring Festival, because I like family gathering.

春节是我最喜欢的节日，因为它是家人团聚的日子。春节也是一年中新的开始，它带给我希望和勇气。在春节这一天，我父母经常带我回老家。我的老家是一个小镇。我很多亲戚都搬到大城市去了，但是春节的时候我们经常回老家。团聚之时，我们相互分享各自的生活，互相关心。当然，大餐是少不了的。全家人一起准备丰盛的晚餐。他们都煮自己擅长的菜。所以，我们的晚餐总是很美味。我们通常在家一起待上三天，然后带着各自的祝福离开。我喜欢春节，因为我喜欢家人团聚。

The August Moon Festival orMid-Autumn Festival (Chinese characters above) is one of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Chinese legends say that the moon is at its brightest and roundest on this day. Based on the Gregorian calendar, this years August Moon Festival will be held on September 19.

The August Moon Festival is often called the Womens Festival. The moon (Chinese character on right) symbolizes elegance and beauty. While Westerners worship the sun (yang or male) for its power, people in the Far East admire the moon. The moon is the yin or female principle and it is a trusted friend. Chinese parents often name their daughters after the moon, in hope that they will be as lovely as the moon.

There are many festivals in a year, I love Children’s day, because on that day, I can have many candies from school.

In the school, I will play many games, there will be no class on Children’s day, everybody will have fun.

Children’s day is my favorite day, the day belongs to me. I enjoy that day so much. My parents will also celebrate it for me.

As important as Spring Festival .It is usually celebrated in September or

October. This festival is to celebrate the harvest and to enjoy the beautiful

moon light. To some extent, it is like Thanks Giving day in western countries.

On this day, people usually get together with their families and have a nice

meal.

After that, people always eat delicious moon cakes, and watch the moon. The

moon is always very round on that day, and makes people think of their relatives

and friends. It is a day of pleasure and happiness. Hope you have a wonderful

Mid Autumn festival!

Yesterday was mothers day, because my mother is the most important person to me,I went to a park with her in order to make her happy.

We played boat,shooting game,football game and taked many pictures.

After that,we went to a Italian restaurant to have a delicious dinner.

We felt very happy and my mother said I am the most important person to her too.

Far and away the most important holiday in China is Spring Festival, also

known as the Chinese New Year.

To the Chinese people it is as important as Christmas to people in the

West.

The dates for this annual celebration are determined by the lunar calendar

rather than the Gregorian calendar, so the timing of the holiday varies from

late January to early February.

To the ordinary Chinese, the festival actually begins on the eve of the

lunar New Year‘s Day and ends on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar

calendar. But the 15th of the first month, which normally is called the Lantern

Festival, means the official end of the Spring Festival in many parts of the

country.

Spring Festival is the most importantand popular festival in China.Before

Spring Festival ,the people usually clean and decorate their houses.And they go

to the Flower Fairs to buy some flowers.

During Spring Festival ,the adults usually give lucky money to

children.People often get together and have a big meal.Some people eat dumpling

for dinner.

I love Spring Festival .

导语：中国有很多传统节日，以下是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的相关作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

一、New years Eve

The Chinese New Year! I have been looking forward to the new years Eve has finally been looking forward to the. I got up early this morning, and I was ready to eat breakfast when I saw my father buy a lot of firecrackers. Mom and grandma are busy doing delicious food, we have a few children run east, West jump in the adults next to join the fun.

How time flies! All of a sudden in the evening. Dinner! The food on the table can be rich, there are rice cakes, fish, shrimp, crab, duck tongue, etc., are my favorite. After dinner, my brother can not wait to come up with my father to buy the firecrackers set up. With the sound of firecrackers, the sound of loud, my brother and I covered his ears jumped with joy. Set off firecrackers, I will wait for my grandfather, my father and relatives to send me a new years money. I got a lot of lucky money, and I put it under my pillow. Then we started a side while watching the Spring Festival Gala staying-up late on new years eve. The Spring Festival evening party is really wonderful. But I saw half asleep, in the dream, I dream of next years new years Eve as happy and happy as this year!

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一、除夕夜

过年啦!过年啦!我盼望已久的除夕夜终于盼到了。这天我早早的起来，正准备吃早饭的时候看到爸爸买了一大堆鞭炮，我高兴得跳了起来。妈妈和奶奶忙着做好吃的食物，我们几个小孩东跑跑，西跳跳在大人旁边凑热闹。

时间过的真快呀!一下子就到晚上了。吃饭啦!桌上的饭菜可丰盛了!有年糕，鱼，虾，螃蟹，鸭舌等等，都是我最爱吃的。吃完团圆饭我哥哥迫不及待地拿出爸爸给我买好的鞭炮放起来。随着爆竹啪，啪的声音，我和哥哥捂住耳朵高兴得跳了起来。放完鞭炮，我便等爷爷，爸爸亲人给我发压岁钱。我收到了好多压岁钱，我把它小心翼翼地放在我的枕头底下压岁。接着我们一家开始一边守岁一边看春节晚会。春光晚会真精彩呀!有小品，歌曲，还有舞蹈。可是我看到一半就睡着了,在梦里，我梦见明年的除夕夜也像今年的一样快乐幸福!

二、Celebrate the Spring Festival

February 7th, Sunday, sunny, today is a big day thirty, I went to my grandmothers home with mom and dad New Years day, in the grandmothers house, I saw a lot of relatives and friends. We ate dinner together, and then the adults have to grab a red envelope, and our children are together to see the Spring Festival Gala, I feel happy new year. To 12 in the evening, my brother went out with his father put the fireworks, very beautiful. So the new year began, I hope in this new year I want to study hard every day!

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二、过年

2月7日，星期天，晴，今天是大年三十，我跟爸爸妈妈一起去奶奶家过年，在奶奶家，我看见了好多的亲戚朋友。我们在一起吃了年夜饭，然后大人们纷纷抢起了红包，而我们小孩都在一起看春晚，我感觉过年好热闹。到了晚上12点后，哥哥跟爸爸一起出去放了烟花，十分的美丽。就这样新的一年就开始了，我希望在这新的一年里我要好好学习天天向上!

The Dragon Boat Festival is a lunar (阴历)holiday, occurring (存正)on the fifth

day of the fifth lunar month (农历史五月第五天). Dragon Boat Festival is my favourite

festival.During the holiday of Dragon Boat Festival,I got together with my

family to have a big meal.We ofen ate the zongzi.It tasted very nice.And we saw

the Dragon Boat Races.I felt excited because the race was bustling with noise

and excitement.At Dragon Boat Festival,we also drank realgar wine.Some people

thought drank realgar wine can protect themselves from illness.Dragon Boat

Festival was interesting and I like it very much.

The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant (有意义的)holiday celebrated

(庆祝)in China, and the one with the longest history (历史最悠久). The Dragon Boat

Festival is celebrated by boat races (龙舟赛) in the shape of dragons. Competing

teams (竞争团队) row their boats forward to a drumbeat (击古)racing to reach the

finish end first.

The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs

(传统习俗)to attempts to (试图)rescue (搭救) the patriotic poet (爱国诗人)Chu Yuan. Chu Yuan

drowned (溺死) on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. Chinese

citizens now throw bamboo leaves (竹叶) filled with cooked rice into the

water.

Therefore the fish could eat the rice rather than the hero poet. This later

on turned into the custom of eating tzungtzu and rice dumplings(棕子).

The celebrations is a time for protection (防护) from evil (邪恶) and disease

(疾病) for the rest of the year. It is done so by different practices such as

hanging healthy herbs on the front door, drinking nutritious concoctions (营养品),

and displaying (展示) portraits (画像) of evils nemesis(邪恶报应), Chung Kuei. If one

manages to (成功做...) stand (直立)an egg on its end at exactly 12:00 noon, the

following year will be a lucky one.

Today, people eat bamboo-wrapped steamed glutinous(粘的) rice dumplings

called zongzi (the food originally intended to feed the fish) and race dragon

boats in memory of Qus dramatic death.

My favorite festival is Spring Festival .On this day , I can receive some New Year Money from my grandparents . All of my family members will stay together and celebrate the new year . .In the afternoon, we can set fire works in the yard and dance together . At night , the adults will cook some delicious food for children . After meal , all the families will sit in front of TV and watch the Spring Festival Gala.

我最喜欢的节日是春节,在这一天,爷爷奶奶会给我压岁钱,家里人可以团聚在一起,共同庆祝春节,下午我们可以在后院放烟花,还可以在一起跳舞,到了晚上,大人们为我们做好了一顿美味的年夜饭.吃过年夜饭一会,我们一家人就可以坐在电视机前面观看春晚了.

导语：中国有许多传统节日，你最喜欢的节日是什么呢?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

My favourite festival is Spring Festival. It’s in January or February. People in China celebrate it, and there are many things to do. We often celebrate Spring Festival by having a big dinner, visiting relatives and friends, getting some red packets and letting off fireworks. We often have a big dinner from the first day of Spring Festival to the last day. We often go to our relatives’ home and have a big dinner and also we have a big dinner at home. We often have many things to talk and we are very happy. After dinner, we watch the TV programs of CCTV. There are many plays, and we often laugh at them. At midnight, we don’t go to bed but wait for the new day. We always let off fireworks. It’s very exciting and interesting! At Spring Festival, we always visit our relatives and friends too. We go shopping with them, and children are very excited to visit their relatives because they can get some red packets from their relatives. There is some money in it and children can use it to buy toys, books or some snacks.

Spring Festival is very interesting, isn’t it?

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我最喜欢的节日是春节。它在1月或2月。在中国人民庆祝，而且有很多事情要做。我们经常有一个大的晚餐，走亲访友，让一些红包，放烟花庆祝春节。我们往往有一个很大的晚餐从春节的第一天到最后一天。我们经常去我们的亲戚家有一个大的晚餐，我们也有一个大的在家里吃饭。我们往往有许多事情需要讨论，我们感到非常高兴。晚饭后，我们看中央电视台的电视节目。有许多戏剧，我们经常嘲笑他们。在午夜，我们不上床睡觉，但等待新的一天。我们总是放焰火。这是非常令人兴奋和有趣!在春节前，我们访问我们的亲戚和朋友。我们一起去逛街，和孩子们都非常兴奋探亲，因为从他们的亲属，他们可以得到一些红包。有一些钱，孩子们可以用它来购买玩具，书籍或一些零食。

春节是非常有趣的，不是吗?

Again beautiful Christmas, although this is not Chinas festival, but for us this group of crazy love make love kids, are worth celebrating. Every Christmas Eve, many teachers always comes out in the comments, and many fail. You hear: "we can dress up as all kinds of people on Christmas day, and bring their own small gifts."

The second day, I went to the classroom, its so beautiful. The Christmas tree is tower, wearing a green dress, small bell hanging on, gently touched, ding dong, ding dong sound; Golden small lights, like the stars in the sky blink of an eye; Small colorful lanterns, flash, hung above the students present.

Then look at the students dress up, see in our daily life are not seen: the princess, angel, wizards, hunters, grandpa... Some students even drag, I became a Santa Claus.

Then, we recognize each other, this is a small beautiful, she is the most beauty, as the princess; This is the little hero, he likes magic, dress up a mage... In the end, only two classmates didnt identified by us.

Then, we according to the student id, in turn, present from the Christmas tree with closed eyes to touch, I wish I can get a good gift.

This Christmas, more mysterious!

又到了美丽的圣诞节，虽然这不是中国的节日，可是对我们这群爱疯爱闹的孩子来说，是值得庆祝的。每到圣诞节前夕，教师里总会传出许多议论、许多鬼点子。你听：“我们可以在圣诞节那天打扮成各种各样的人，并带上自己的小礼物。”

第二天，我到了教室，真漂亮啊!圣诞树呈塔形，穿着一件绿衣裳，身上挂着的一个个小铃铛，轻轻一碰，叮当、叮当发出的声音;金色的小灯，好像天上眨眼的星星;五颜六色的小灯笼，一闪一闪的，上面挂满了同学们的礼物。

再看同学们的打扮，在日常生活中见都没见过：公主、天使、魔法师、猎人、老爷爷......甚至有同学男扮女装，我则打扮成了一个圣诞老人。

接着，我们互相辨认起来，这是小丽，她最爱美，打扮成了公主;这是小杰，他酷爱魔法，打扮成了魔法师......到了最后，只有两位同学没被我们辨认出来。

随后，我们按照学号依次从圣诞树上闭着眼睛摸取礼物，真希望我能得到一份好礼物。

这个圣诞节，快乐更神秘!

DragonBoatFestival, often known as Tuen Ng Festival or Duan Wu Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival held on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar. It is also known as the Double Fifth.[citation needed] It has since been celebrated, in various ways, in other parts of East Asia as well, most notably Korea.

The exact origins of Duan Wu are unclear, but one traditional view holds that the festival memorializes the Chinese poet Qu Yuan of the Warring States Period. He committed suicide by drowning himself in a river because he was disgusted by the corruption of the Chu government. The local people, knowing him to be a good man, decided to throw food into the river to feed the fishes to prevent them from eating Qus body. They also sat on dragon boats, and tried to scare the fishes away by the thundering sound of drums aboard the boat and the fierce looking dragon-head in the front of the boat.

In the early years of the Chinese Republic, Duan Wu was also celebrated as "Poets Day", due to Qu Yuans status as Chinas first poet of personal renown.

Today, people eat zongzi (the food originally intended to feed the fishes) and race dragon boats in memory of Qus dramatic death.

中文：

龙舟节，端午节经常或端午节，是一种传统的中国节日对中华历5月5日举行。它也被称为端五。[来源请求]它已经被庆祝，以各种方式在其他地区以及东亚，尤其是韩国。

端午确切的起源尚不清楚，但一种传统的观点认为，节日来源在中国诗人屈原的战国时期。他犯的河中溺死自己，因为他是由政府的腐败深恶痛绝楚自杀。当地群众，知道他是一个好人，决定投身到河里的鱼的食物，饲料，以防止吃屈原的尸体他们。他们还坐在龙舟，并试图吓唬由船上和激烈的寻找龙在船头头战鼓齐鸣声中的鱼了。

在中国民国初年，段坞也被“诗人节“庆祝，由于屈原作为中国的第一个著名的诗人的个人地位。

今天，人们吃粽子的曲的戏剧性死亡内存和龙舟比赛(原本打算饲料鱼类的食物)。

导语：重阳节，又称重九节、晒秋节、“踏秋”，为每年的农历九月初九日，中国传统节日。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Chongyang,the traditional Chinese festival for the elderly,is coming around .We are planning to visit the Nursing Home to celebrate the speacial day,and we would like to invite students from your school to join us.We have planned several activities,When we get there,we will visit the elderly in their rooms in groups,prensenting them with flowers and self-made cards to show our respect and love.Then we will do some cleaning and washing for them with the help of the nurses.

As some old people feel lonely,We may chat with them about their old days.changes of our city,or anything they are interested in.We may also give them some performanees,singing ,dancing and so on.

I am sure we will both gain a better understanding of the olderly in China.If you have any suggestions, please let us know.

Looking forward to your early reply.

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重阳，中国传统的老人节来了。我们打算拜访养老院庆祝特别的日子，我们想邀请你们学校的学生加入到我们的行列，我们计划了一些活动，当我们到达那里，我们将参观团体在他们的房间里的老人，提出用鲜花和自制贺卡来表达我们的爱和尊重。然后我们会做一些清洗在护士的帮助下。

一些老年人感到孤独，我们可以聊聊他们的过去，城市的变化，或任何他们感兴趣的。我们也可以给他们一些特性，唱歌，跳舞等等。

我相信我们都会获得一个更好地了解在中国的老年人。如果你有任何建议，请让我们知道。

希望早日得到你的答复。

今天是劳动节，我想困的问题可能取决于如何在床上一会儿，不想母亲和父亲匆匆地从我父亲说他山，我想让你妈妈买一个大市场光彩家具在家闲着你什么，你做的很长一段时间在你的工作不打扫完房间打扫你的房间啊，你离开。

Fathers work, then how can pyronaridine I do not sound lazy to climb up to wash clothes brush it started cleaning the garbage I have to say about a good clean-up to blame the sorry though I am a girl but the room was indeed a public In fact, the landfill vice table I put things out of the room to have a short while into the living room sofa table are filled with things I used Then I put the cloth to clean the table a second time to I have lived for half a table wiping the sweat as well as silk, such as rain fell like a short while, after all, summer is coming so hot on my hand wiped sweat not continue to the table that I am now seriously discredited it So the every corner of the floor had become dirty clean call me a bum sitting on the bed followed by breathing only clean up the garbage on the line out of the room worked hard in my finally clean.

父亲的工作，那么如何咯我不声音懒懒的爬上洗衣服刷开始清洗我所说的关于好的清理怪对不起，虽然我是一个女孩但房间的确是一个公共事实上垃圾，垃圾填埋场副表我把东西搬出房间有一会到客厅沙发桌子都充满了我然后我把抹布擦桌子一次，我住了半个桌子擦汗水以及丝绸的东西，如雨般的很短的一段时间，毕竟夏天来了，热得我手上擦去汗水不会继续的表，我现在严重怀疑这样的地板的每一个角落变得肮脏的干净的叫我一屁股坐在床上跟着呼吸仅清理垃圾就行了房间的努力我终于干净。

Although I am very tired but neat room, I watched very happy!

虽然我很累，但整洁的房间，我看了很高兴!

today is children‘s day.my father takes me to the zoo.there are many kinds of animals，the tigers， the pandas，the lions， the elephants，the giraffes and the bears.

they are different from each other ，some are shy， some are beautiful， some are interesting ， some are friendly， some are so cute. but i think these animals are unhappy， they should live in the forest，because the life in the zoo are different from that in the forest.

[节日英语作文欣赏

When the festival comes, I will be very excited, because it is a good time

for my families to get together and we share our happiness. My favorite holiday

is Mid-autumn festival. I can have moon-cake. It is so delicious for me. The

moon looks so bright and big, and we can appreciate it while playing the cards

in the balcony.

节日作文 关于春节的英语作文带翻译一：

The Lunar New Year

The Lunar New Year is a great occasion to the Chinese people. It lasts about the first four days of the year， during which people do not work except for the workers on duty. Students do not go to school， and shops are closed.

Several days before the new year， people begin to prepare. Farmers kill pigs， sheep， cocks and hens. City dwellers b

uy meat fish and vegetables. Houses are cleaned； coupletsare posted on the doors. Colourful lanterns are hung at the gate. On the eve of the new year， each family has its members gatherd together and eats a family reunion dinner. After the meal they watch TV until the clock strickes twelve. Then every family sets off long strings of small firecrackers and other fire works to welcome the new year. On the first day of the new year， almost everyone is dressed in his or her best. When people meet on the way， they say to each other "Happy New Year".

Friends and relatives pay new year calls and gives presents to each other. Children indulge themselves in games.

关于春节的英语作文带翻译一：

农历新年

农历新年是一个伟大的时刻对中华民族来说。它大约持续了四天的第一年，在这期间不工作，除了值班的工人。学生不上学，和商店都已关闭。

前几天在新的一年，人们就开始准备。农民杀了猪，羊，公鸡和母鸡。城市居民买肉鱼和蔬菜。房子干净; coupletsare门上张贴。色彩缤纷的灯笼挂在门口。

在新的一年的前夕，每个家庭都有自己的成员一起吃gatherd家人吃团圆饭。吃饭后，他们看电视，直到时钟strickes十二。然后，每个家庭衬托小爆竹等消防工程，长字符串迎接新年。在新的一年的第一天，几乎每个人都穿着他或她最好的。当人们在路上相遇，他们互相说“新年快乐“。亲戚朋友拜年，并给出礼物给对方。孩子沉迷于游戏本身。

The Mid-Autumn is a very important Chinese festival. It falls on the 15th day of August. A few days before the festival, everyone in the family will help to make the house clean and beautiful. Lanterns will be hung in front of the house. On the

evening there will be a big family dinner. People who work far away from their homes will try to come back for the union. After dinner, people will light the lanterns which are usually red and round. Children will play with their own toy lanterns happily. At night the moon is usually round and bright. People can enjoy the moon while eating moon-cakes which are the special food for this festival. They can look back on the past and look forward to the future together. It is said that there was a dragon in the sky. The dragon wanted to swallow up the moon. To protect the frighten the dragon away.

What a great festival!

中秋节是中国一个很重要的节日，在八月十五号。在节日来临的前几天，家庭中的每一个人都帮着打扫房子，把房子装扮得漂漂亮亮的，灯笼挂在屋前。 晚上有一顿美餐，离家在外工作的人也要回来团圆。晚饭后，人们点亮灯笼，一般是红色的圆灯笼。孩子们会高高兴兴地玩他们的玩具灯笼。 晚上月亮又圆又大，人们在赏月的同时吃着中秋节特别的食品——月饼。人们在一起回顾过去，展望未来。据说天上有一条龙，它要把月亮吞下去。为了保护月亮，孩子们要弄出很大的响动把龙吓跑。

中秋是个美好的节日啊!

Spring Festival

My best festival is Spring Festival. It is in Janurary or February. It is the most important festival for the Chinese people. On that day everybody dresses up. First they extend greetings to their parents. Then each child will get money as a New Year gift, wrapped up in red paper.

People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for breakfast, the shape of the dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure.Burning fireworks was once the most typical custom on the Spring Festival. I like spring festival very much. Its my favourite holiday.

我最喜爱的节日是春节，它在一月或者二月。对于中国人来说这是最重要的节日。在那天，每个人都认真打扮，他们会像父母问好，然后每个孩子会得到红包作为新年礼物。

北方人喜欢早上吃饺子或者汤圆。饺子的形状像中国的元宝，他们吃饺子来期盼财源广进。燃放烟花也曾一度是春节的传统习俗。我非常喜欢春节，它是我最喜欢的节日。

Lantern Festival

Lantern Festival is a Chinas traditional festival. It is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.

I,antern Festival is one of the biggest holidays in China. Several days before Lantern Festival, people begin to make lanterns. Lanterns are made in the shape of different animals, vegetables, fruits and many, other things. While making

lanterns people usually write riddles on lanterns. On the eve of Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up.

On Lantern Festival people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on the lanterns. Perhaps you call see some wonderful folk performances,Dragon Dance and Yangko. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy. Our life is rich and varied.

元宵节

元宵节是中国的一个传统节日。通常在阴历年的第一个月的第十五天庆祝。

一、假如你叫李华，5月11日母亲节那天 你为母亲做了很多有意义的事情。请你根据表格中所给信息，用英语写一篇日记。

上午 你用零花钱给母亲买了些鲜花，放在花瓶内

下午 你去市场买菜，为全家人做了一顿简单可口的饭菜

完饭后 你送给母亲自己制作的贺卡，并祝她节日快乐；告诉母亲要多注意自己的健康，不要过度劳累；你还保证今后会帮助她做一些家务劳动；母亲感动得留下了眼泪

注意：

1. 词数80—100 个左右

2. 日记的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

3. 日记必须包括所有内容要点，但不要逐句翻译，可以假如适当细节和适当发挥，使其通顺、连贯。

参考词汇：pocket money 零花钱vase 花瓶overwork 过度劳累be moved to tears 感动得流泪

11th May Sunday

Today is Mother’s Day. I love mother so much that I’ve done many things for her.

In the morning, I bought …

….

Today is a special day, warm and meaningful.

SomeHolidays are so much fun that they catch on outside of their culture. The most obvious exampleisprobably Christmas, which is celebrated around the world by people who aren’t even Christian. Similarly, in recent years, the Dragon Boat Festival has moved beyond China to become an international holiday celebrated by people who may know little about the holiday’s origins.

有些节日实在是很有趣，所以在本土文化以外的地方也很受欢迎。最明显的例子可能就是圣诞节，世界各地的人都会庆祝圣诞节，即使是非基督徒。同样，最近几年端午节已经不局限于中国，成为国际性节日，而庆祝的人可能对节日的由来并不太了解。

The Dragon Boat Festival is one of three majorChineseholidays, along with the Spring and Moon Festivals. Of the three, it is possibly the oldest, dating back to the Warring States Period in 227 B.C. The festival commemorates Qu Yuan, a minister in the service of the Chu Emperor. Despairing over corruption at court, Qu threw himself into a river. Townspeople jumped into their boats and tried in vain to save him. Then, hoping to distract hungry fish from his body, the people scattered rice on the water.

端午节与春节和中秋节并列为中国三大节日。这三个节日中，它可能是最古老的一个，可以追溯到公元前227年的战国时代。这个节日是为了纪念楚国的大夫屈原，他因为对朝廷的贪污腐败感到绝望而投河自尽。镇上的人纷纷冲上船去救他，却没有成功。后来大家把米撒到水里，希望把饥饿的鱼群从他的躯体边引开。

Over the years, the story of Qu’s demise transformed into the traditions of racing dragon boats and eating zongzi – a kind of rice wrapped in bamboo leaves. The races have certainly captured the imagination of people from all over the world. Every spring there are nearly 60 dragon boat races held outside of China in cities from Vancouver to Sydney, from Gdańsk, Poland to Cape Town, South Africa. Canada alone has nearly 50 dragon boat teams and Germany has nearly 30.

多年以后，屈原逝世的故事逐渐演变成赛龙舟和吃粽子(一种包在竹叶中的米食)的传统。这些竞赛显然激起了世界各地人们的想像，每年春天有将近60场龙舟赛在中国境外的城市举办，从温哥华到悉尼，从波兰的格但斯克到南非的开普敦。单单字加拿大就有将近50支龙舟队伍，德国则有近30个。

So what is it about the Dragon Boat Festival that appeals to foreigners? “It’s an unusual

sport,” says one racer from Germany. “It’s not like everybody’s doing it. That’s one of the reasons that there’s such great team spirit in a dragon boat team – everybody feels like we’re doing something special.” And what about the zongzi? “Ehhh, they’re not bad, I guess,” he says. “Something of an acquired taste. I just haven’t really acquired it yet.”

那么，为什么端午节赛龙舟会吸引外国人呢?“这是一项不寻常的运动。”一位来自德国的参赛者说，“这并不是所有的人都在从事的运动。这正是龙舟队的团队精神如此高昂的原因之一，每个人都觉得自己在做一件很特别的事。”那么粽子呢?“喔，我觉得它不难吃。”他说，“那是一种需要后天培养的品味。我只是还没培养出来罢了。”

The Dragon Boat Festival ,also called the Duanwu Festival ,is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the

Chinese calendar.People always eat rice dumplings and watch dragon boat races to celebrate it.

The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races,especially in the southern places where there are many rivers and lakes. Ití?s

very popular.

The rice dumpling is made of glutinous rice,meat and so on. You can eat different kinds of rice dumplings.They are very delicious.

And Dragon Boat Festival is for Qu Yuan. He is an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a

river.

Overall, the Dragon Boat Festival is very interesting!

初中二年级英语作文：我最喜欢的节日（春节）

My Favourite Festival

There are many traditional festivals in China. My favourite festival is the Spring Festival. It is a very important festival for Chinese. Before the festival, people will go to visit their relatives and friends. They usually have a big dinner together and give best wishes to each other. Most children in China love this festival because they can play fireworks and lucky money from their parents and relatives.