中秋节的习俗英语高中作文【汇集20篇】

Dear Maria,

Im very happy that you are interested in Chinese culture,especially the festivals.Now let me tell you something about the Dragon Boat Festival.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. It’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!

Your friend

Li Hua

Nowadays, many families have a dog or a cat as a pet. Some people think

that pets are good and helpful companies. Some of them even go so far as saying

that animals are as good as humans, and their rights should be respected .Senior

citizens are especially fond of keeping pet because they are always feeling

lonely at home and they see the cats or dogs as their partner.

But some other people do not like pets. They say that animals are noisy,

dirty and dangerous. They think laws should be made to forbid people from

keeping pets in cities and towns.

In my opinion, pets are loyal friends that will never betray us. Staying

with pets, we shall enjoy happiness and feel relaxed. Most important of all,

keeping pets helps people to reduce loneliness and forget their unpleasant

things for the time being.

中秋节的习俗一

舞火龙，是香港中秋节最富传统特色的习俗。从每年农历八月十四晚起，铜锣湾大坑地区就一连三晚举行盛大的舞火龙活动。这火龙长达70多米，用珍珠草扎成32节的龙身，插满了长寿香。盛会之夜，这个区的大街小巷，一条条蜿蜒起伏的火龙在灯光与龙鼓音乐下欢腾起舞，很是热闹。

香港中秋舞火龙的起源还有过一段传说：很早以前，大坑区在一次风灾袭击后，出现了一条蟒蛇，四处作恶，村民们四出搜捕，终于把它击毙。不料次日蟒蛇不翼而飞。数天后，大坑便发生瘟疫。这时，村中父老忽获菩萨托梦，说是只要在中秋佳节舞动火龙，便可将瘟疫驱除。事有巧合，此举竟然奏效。从此，舞火龙就流传至今。

不管这传说有多少迷信成份，但中国是龙的故土，在香港大坑中秋节舞火龙已有一百多年的历史，这是值得珍视的。如今大坑区的舞火龙活动规模颇大，除总教练、教练、总指挥及指挥外，安全组等等。轮番舞龙者达三万多人。

中秋节的习俗二

上海中秋节风俗，有祭月和烧香斗等。祭月时，当月亮升起，于露天设案，供以月饼、瓜果、毛豆、芋艿和藕等食物，还供有执着捣药杵站立的玉兔月宫符画。旧以月属阴，祭月时由妇女先拜，男子后拜，也有说是“男人不拜月”的，祭月完毕，一家吃团圆酒、赏月饭等。妇女回娘家暂住的，中秋夜必须返回夫家，因为这是团圆节的缘故。中秋夜出游赏月，上海人叫做“走月亮”。妇女们结伴夜游，称为“踏月”。上海小东门外的陆家石桥，桥下面水中荡漾的皎月倒影，与天空中的皓月形成美妙对照。因此中秋夜游人如织，争相观赏。这“石梁夜月”在上海很有名气，被称作“沪城八景”之一。

上海民间还有烧香斗的风俗。所谓香斗，也有称为斗香的，是由纸扎店制作的，形状四方，上大下小，大的四周各宽约有二尺多。香斗四周糊着纱绢，绘有月宫楼台亭阁等图画，也有的香斗用线香编绕而成，斗中插有纸扎的龙门魁星以及彩色旗旌等装饰。上海中秋节烧香斗的场面，向以南园为最盛。此外，城里城外许多大桥的桥堍都点燃有特制的大型香斗。

中秋节的习俗三

盼望已久的中秋佳节终于到了，人们兴高采烈，以各种节目形式来欢度这个传统节日。这天刚好是我叔叔的生日，大家一起在酒店里聚餐，庆祝生日，共度佳节。

来到酒店门口，哗！

那里人山人海，连泊车的位子都没有了，人们把酒店都围了个水泄不通。幸好我们预先订好了四张桌，看到整个饭店人头攒动，热闹非凡的

欢乐景象，我心里特别高兴，尽情地品赏着各种各样的海鲜和名菜。

吃完晚饭，我们就到海滨泳场看花灯。这时，一轮明月高高挂在天上，又大又圆，把整个大地都照得亮堂堂的。今年的天气特别好，九点十五分，我们来到目的地时，沙滩上已经灯火辉煌，游人如织了。我们沿着沙滩一边观赏一边向前走。走进大门，“奇灯异彩耀水湾，依山伴水放珠海”的巨副对联则提醒游人千万不要忘记了在此赏月的大好时光。进入泳场，只见偌大的泳场里到处都是火树银花，奇灯异彩。游人的欢歌笑语此起彼伏。沙滩上三五成群的珠海人摆开锅碗瓢盆，搞起烧烤；有的在沙滩上铺开塑料纸，放上月饼、饮料等等，围在一起，对月举杯；有的人还手拉手跳起舞；热闹无比。

今天晚上的花灯令我大饱眼福，真是流涟忘返。当我们怀着愉快的心情走在回家的路上时，圆圆的月亮也悄悄地跟在我们的后面。

[作文中秋节的习俗

25 Jinjiang Road

Nanjing

June 12,2011

Dear Yu Xin,

Glad to have got your letter. It makes me exciting that you are coming to

Nanjing and stay here for a week. I think we can meet each other and have a good

time together. Now, let me tell you something about Suzhou. Suzhou is famous for

its beautiful gardens. According to official datas, there are more than100 in

total. They have enjoy great popularity in history for a long time. Among them,

the Tiger Hill is my favorite. Thousands of years ago, a king was said to be

buried there with his treasure. For such a long time, many people explored these

treasure but nobody have found. Except for this legend, the scenery there is

beautiful and we can enjoy it there. I have taken some pictures there, and I

will send you some via e-mail. Suzhou is worthy of visting. I am look forward to

your coming early.

Truely yours,

Shi Yang

中秋之夜，天清如水，月明如镜，可谓良辰之美景，然而对此人们并未满足，于是便有燃灯以助月色的风俗。

在湖广一带有用瓦片叠塔于塔上燃灯的节俗。在江南一带则有制灯船的节俗。在近代中秋燃灯之俗更盛。

今人周云锦、何湘妃《闲情试说时节事》一文说：“广东张灯最盛，各家于节前十几天，就用竹条扎灯笼。作果品、鸟兽、鱼虫形及庆贺中秋等字样，上糊色纸绘各种颜色。中秋夜灯内燃烛用绳系于竹竿上，高树于瓦檐或露台上，或用小灯砌成字形或种种形状，挂于家屋高处，俗称树中秋或竖中秋。富贵之家所悬之灯，高可数丈，家人聚于灯下欢饮为乐，平常百姓则竖一旗竿，灯笼两颗，也自取其乐。满城灯火不啻琉璃世界。”看来从古至今中秋燃灯之俗其规模似乎仅次于元宵灯节。

又一说法是说，民间传说在很久以前，有一只神鸟因为迷路而降落人间，却被不知情的猎人给射死了。天帝知道后十分震怒，传旨下令，让天兵于正月十五到人间放火，把人间的人畜财产通通烧光。天帝的女儿心地善良，不忍心看百姓无辜受难，就偷偷来到人间，把这个消息告诉了人们。一个聪明人想出个法子，他让大家在正月十四、十五、十六这3天都在家里张灯结彩、点响爆竹、燃放烟火，这样一来，天帝就会以为天兵已经放过火了。到了正月十五这天晚上，天帝往下一看，发觉人间一片红光，响声震天，连续3个夜晚都是如此，以为是大火燃烧的火焰而作罢。为了纪念这次成功，从此每到正月十五，家家户户都挂灯笼，来纪念这个日子。

小结：中秋节的点灯笼传说是关于民间的人触犯了天庭，使得玉帝发怒，要火烧人间。之后玉帝的女儿把这件事情告诉了人间之后才会这么一出，但是这些都是神话传说，真实性无从考证，但是一直都有流传下来。

Life is each person s wealth, because the world with life and colorful, full of vigour, let us love and cherish own life, seize every minute of life. Life is short, be gone for ever, human life is fleeting, time can not be reversed, we can only in a limited life infinite brilliance.

That day, my good friend clay came to my house to play, my mother know, immediately do a lot of delicious to clay. When we have fun when, suddenly, clay fainted. Mom saw mud, immediately sent to hospital. After the doctor s detailed inspection, the final judgment is had leukemia. Doctor for my mother said: oh! The child to live no longer than four months, if you come a little earlier treatment, it is no big deal. But now... Alas! Mother pale, said to the doctor: doctor, do not save? The doctor reluctantly shook his head. At that moment, I have tears in eyes is the best, but couldn t flow down. I think: why the event would fall in my good friend why, why! My mother said to me: my daughter, you don t cry. We don t know if that mud, mud know she will be very sad, you promised mom don t tell clay, okay? I cried and said: Mom and I promise you, I will not tell her.

We came to the clay ward, pretending to be happy. For I in the four months to make clay can happy every day, make clay in full every day, I spend a lot of time. But time always flies so fast, I am very sad, because I know the clay have not much time.

[热爱生命高中生英语作文

Mid-autumn day is a special festival in China, which is one of the

traditional Chinese festivals. Itfalls on the 15th day of august lunar month

every year. Our Chinese will celebrate it on that day. I think there are not too

many people can reject he temptation of it. I like this festival very much. I

have two reasons.

First of all, mid-autumn has the deep meaning of reunite. In china, people

regard mid-autumn day as very important, so no matter where they are, they will

come back to their family if there is a chance. They don’t like celebrate this

festival outside, which will make them feel lonely. Thus, they will go home by

all means. Luckily, the government also pays great attention to this traditional

festival. There are laws to make sure people have holidays in that special day.

In the other word, mid-autumn festival gives a chance for family get

together.

Secondly, every family will prepare a big meal in that day. All the food is

delicious. It is good to have a big meal. I think nobody will not interest in

delicious food. The mooncake is a necessary decoration for mid-autumn day. It

tastes good, too. It is the traditional for a long time. How pleased to enjoy

the glorious full moon with mooncake!

This is why I love mid-autumn festival so much. It is funny and happy

time.

许多人心目中，中秋节似乎只与赏灯、赏花、赏月这些充满着浪漫色彩的事情有关，却不知，其实中秋节也是一个缅怀祖先、孝敬长辈的日子啊——今天，我就度过了这样一个充满浓浓亲情的节日。

上午一大早，当许多人还赖在床上享受这难得的懒觉时，妈妈就把我叫醒了。这一天我们要去爷爷奶奶家祭祖，又要回姥姥家拜祭姥爷，还要帮姥姥准备晚上拜月亮的供品。我还肩负着活跃气氛的任务，让姥姥走出失去姥爷的悲伤阴影。

我们开始分头行动起来。妈妈先把我送去爷爷奶奶家，陪爷爷奶奶吃午饭。

傍晚时分，我来到姥姥家。因为姥爷去世了，孤单的姥姥常常以泪洗脸。“每逢佳节倍思亲”，在这团圆佳节里，我想，姥姥一定会更加想念已故的姥爷，看到姥姥脸上的愁容，我的心一阵阵刺痛，暗下决心要让姥姥高兴。

晚饭后，家人都在客厅陪姥姥拜月亮，我和姐姐躲在房间里，精心打扮着，希望这意外的装扮能博得姥姥开怀一笑。我将红底白点的塑料袋套在头上，手腕套着水果泡沫，只有一只脚穿着鞋，还是很破的那种，肩上搭着一条色彩鲜艳的布。看着镜子里奇怪的我，我心想：这身打扮，不把奶奶逗乐才怪呢!

“啷里个啷，啷里个啷，啷里个啷里个啷里个啷”，我在姐姐的伴奏中，胳膊一甩一甩地走出来，大家被这出其不意的一幕逗得哈哈大笑，奶奶也笑得眼睛眯成了一条缝。看到奶奶那久违的笑脸，我如释重负。

接着，我们一边赏月，一边聊天。我和姐姐都抢着向奶奶汇报最近取得的好成绩，奶奶听了笑得合不拢嘴，直夸我们是乖孩子。爸爸妈妈也跟奶奶谈单位上的新鲜事。我发现奶奶脸上的愁容没了，取而代之是舒心的笑容。我想奶奶今晚一定能睡个好觉了。

晚上十点多，我们一家子完成使命，打道回府了。车子开到绿化带时，我打开天窗，伸出脑袋，仰望天空，只见皎洁的月亮镶嵌在乌黑的天幕中，显得格外明亮。晚风习习，悠扬的吉他音乐在夜空中回荡。顿时，我感到自己很幸福!因为我拥有这么一个美满又温馨的家。我向月亮许了一个愿：我的家庭会永远美满幸福!

回到家，夜已经深了。我枕着这浓浓的亲情和感恩的心情，甜甜地进入梦乡。

刚刚开学就迎来了传统的中秋佳节，由于最近一直奔波于苏州上海之间，所以我决定留在了学校度过高中学习中的第一个中秋节。下午的时候就听说我们要自己做饭，然后和汪老师一起吃月饼赏月，在忙碌中就到了晚上六点多，师妹来了，匆匆地催我们，汪老师已经去了，快点吧。等到的时候，看到了偌大的桌子上，摆满了菜，连碗筷酒杯挤在空隙里，丰盛的大席。真的感叹，现在的体育系师弟真厉害，这样的一桌菜都能给做出来，且色香味俱全，体育出生的男生找女友时要更加的抢手了。赏月的环节大家比较八卦，调侃了身在美国的郭强博士，并给他传递了中秋的祝福，并向他炫耀我们吃到了汪老师珍藏的冰月饼。

欢声笑语中，我们感受到的是汪老师和善可亲、幽默风趣和率直真诚，这与平时的雷厉风行、严格要求和精益求精的风格完全不一样。都说做汪老师的学生很苦，很累，而也只有付出才会有收获，更何况人都是有惰性的，自觉得偏向悠闲安逸的生活，而这种生活又很容易让我们“停滞不前，被生活所累的”。一件接一件的事情锻炼了我们处理事情的能力和效率;一个个挑战性的任务在撞击我们的能力底线，让我们不得不从头开始学起;一次次的修改培养了我们追求完美、凡事做到让自己满意，负责的态度。我发现汪老师这里有我永远也学不完的财富，能再次成为她的学生我感觉的是幸福。

I like the Mid-autmun Festival also because a legend .According to the legend,long time ago there was a beautiful girl called Chang

e ,and HouYi was her husband.They loved each other deeply.But one day,Change ate the elixir of life by mistake,and then flied to the moon. That is the widely known story of The Goddess Changs fly to the moon. It is said that people can see Change in the moon at a full-moon night of the Mid-autumn Festival .

我喜欢中秋的同时也是因为一个关于中秋节的传说。据传，很久以前，有一位漂亮的姑娘叫嫦娥，她的丈夫叫后羿。他们深爱这彼此。但是有一天，嫦娥误食了不死药，飞向了月亮。这就是广为人知的“嫦娥奔月”的故事。据说，中秋月圆之夜，人们便可以在月亮上看到嫦娥。

Dear ______ ,

①I am ______(自我介绍). ②I am writing to see if it is possible for you to provide me with information regarding ______(要询问的内容).

③First of all, what are ______(第一个问题)? ④Secondly, when will ______(第二个问题)? ⑤Thirdly, is ______(第三个问题)?

⑥I would also like to inquire ______(将最重要的问题单独成段). ⑦Could you be so kind as to send me some relevant booklets on the above-mentioned aspects?

⑧Thank you for you kindness, and your prompt attention to this letter will be highly appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

Li Ming

Good morning. It is my honour to come here for this interview.

First let me introduce myself to you. My name is Wendy. I am 17 years old, and was born in Jinan, Shandong Province. I was graduated from ** Middle School.

I am always studying hard, and I have achieved lots of fruitful results, including many certifications.

I am optimistic and open-minded. I have made a lots of good friends in my school.

In my spare time, I like reading and listening to the music. Sometimes, I also like to play basketball.

I hope I have the chance to enter the school. And I also believe that where there is a will, there is a way.

That is all. Thanks for your attention.

january 18 XX

i have rested for a week. i began to feel bored. so i went out with my friends. they are my best friends in the middle school. we didn’t go to someplace special. we just saw the other. we had lunch together. while we were having lunch, we were still talking about the new school and new friends. yes! a year later, we have grown riper. and we learned much more things and got new life. we haven’t enough time to play, to waste and to lose the way. we only have two years. two years to go, we will get the real life which belongs to us.

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1月18日XX

我已经休息了一个星期。我开始感到无聊。所以我和我的朋友出去。他们是我最好的朋友在中学。我们没有去特别的地方。我们只是看到了其他。我们一起共进午餐。当我们吃午饭,我们仍在谈论新的学校和新朋友。是的!一年后,我们变得成熟。和我们学到了更多的东西,得到了新的生活。我们没有足够的时间去玩,浪费和损失。我们只有两年。两年去,我们会得到真正的生活,是属于我们的。

january 19 XX

i have stayed in shanghai alone for a week. it’s time for me to go to my real home—it is in beijing. my parents are waiting for me. although outside is no matter how beautiful, beijing is still my home. in fact, there is many fresh things. like red bayberries. in the afternoon, i took a bus to beijing. i was very unlucky that my mp3 was stolen. i was very sad. i didn’t know why thieves went to steal other’s things. why don’t they hunt for a job? i don’t why! i hope there is no thief in our motherland.

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1月19日XX

我独自在上海呆了一个星期。我去的时候我真正的房屋,它是在北京。我的父母正在等我。虽然外面是无论多么美丽,北京仍然是我的家。事实上,有很多新鲜的东西。喜欢红色月桂树。下午,我乘公共汽车去北京。我很倒霉,我的mp3被偷了。我非常伤心。我不知道为什么小偷去偷别人的东西。为什么他们不寻找工作吗?我不为什么!我希望没有小偷在我们的祖国。

january 20 XX

when i got home, it was very dark. why? there is no electric. every year in beijing, there is lack of electric to supply. because there are a lot of factories. and it is very cold in winter. so the government decided: supply electric to resident and the factories must stop working. my house is in the manufacturing district. i was unlucky. it was very cold. so my father use the electric making machine to make electric. oh! what a unlucky winter!

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1月20日XX

当我回到家,它很黑。为什么?没有电。每年在北京,有缺乏电力供应。因为有很多工厂。在冬天,它很冷。所以政府决定:电力供应居民和工厂必须停止工作。我的房子在制造业。我真倒霉。它很冷。所以我父亲使用电力电气制造机。哦!多么不幸的冬天!

january 21 XX

it was cooler than yesterday. one of my father’s friends invited me to eat red bayberries. you must know it is unusual. because we will climb the hill to eat red bayberries. there is no chance to eat red bayberries in the hill for the people who don’t live in beijing. on the hill, you can breathe the fresh air, you can listen birds singing and you can eat red bayberries. it was enjoyable. it is said there are wild pigs in the hill. what a beautiful natural.

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1月21日XX

这是比昨天凉爽。我父亲的一个朋友邀请我去吃红月桂树。你必须知道它是不寻常的。因为我们将爬山吃红色的月桂树。没有机会吃红杨梅山上的人不要住在北京。在山上,你能呼吸新鲜空气,你可以听鸟儿唱歌,你可以吃红月桂树。这是令人愉快的。据说山上有野猪。多么美丽的自然。

每年的八月十五日就是中秋节，那一天夜晚，家家都吃着月饼，抬头赏月，那天的月亮特别的圆，如一张金黄的饼。

在八月十五日，爸爸、妈妈和我在一起吃着晚饭，晚饭过后，我们拿出一大盒月饼，那个包装月饼的盒子十分漂亮，一张硬纸板做成的盒子，盒子上用塑料纸贴着，红红的、黄黄的，在灯光下还会不停地闪烁着，特别华丽。我想：里面的月饼也一定很好吃。我迫不及待地打开包装箱，里面是一个个油滑滑的月饼，月饼的外面竟然还有一张透明的塑料纸包着，从包装纸外往里看，这月饼的形状有圆的、方的、多边形的······我撕开包装纸，月饼的香味一下子从中跑出来，跑进了我的鼻子里，跑进了爸爸、妈妈的耳朵里，我忍不住吃了一口，说：“这个月饼真是有点儿难吃，就是着月饼里面的馅是水果味的，是我最不喜欢吃的，我只喜欢豆沙、椒盐、瓜子仁、花生仁这种月饼。”我一口吐出了月饼，而爸爸和妈妈却吃着月饼，还有说有笑的。我飞快地跑到窗前看着月亮，这个月亮还真美丽，金黄色的，就像刚出炉的包饼一般，被烤得金黄金黄的，看着就像吃。月亮上还有无数个环形山，大环套小环，大小不一，形状也不一。这月亮真是圆，圆得就像一家人在一起团团圆圆的一样。

中秋节的月饼让我很失望，但是中秋节的月亮真是美啊!让我赏心悦目。

Since we went to school, we have been educated to be polite, no matter to

the young or old people. People follow the manner rules and have a nice

communication between each other, but some people ignore the rules and they

treat their rude behaviors as something cool. Today, people advocate the

individuality, so the young generation wants to do something different and catch

peoples attention. For example, they dont care other peoples feeling and

criticize others as they like, or just interrupt when other people is talking,

they just show what they want to say and they believe they are special and cool.

This is very rude behavior that they dont respect others and have the wrong

idea about individuality. We can do something special on the base of respect

others and follow the rules, or we are just the rude people.

20XX年X月X日 晴

The importance of English rests with the language being used in most countries in the world as a communicating tool. For example, a German and a Chinese cant speak opposite sides language, but they both know English. And then there is no problem between their language communication. We must know the importance and learn the language earnestly.

The key to learn English well is to recite words. Words are the bricks of language building.Only keeping them in our mind, can we master them. To learn English well,we need to listen more English broadcast and contact with more foreingers so that we can practise our listening comprehansion. Only in this way, can we study for the purpose of application.

Its Sunday today. I got up early and did my homework on the table. All of a

sudden I remembered the mothers day, a picture of my mind, remembering a past

thing that moved me.

Thats the case. After coming home from school that afternoon, my mother came

back. I found that my mother was very tired, his eyes were squinting, and I

yawned. So she sent me to do my homework at home. But I felt very sad to see my

mother working so hard, so I decided to share the housework for my mother. I

began to pick up the stuff in my home, first fold the newspaper, and then the

glass was cleaned.

I put the glass on the pot filled with water, and then picked up the cloth, a

brush up. I found a little dirty in a cup, and I took some detergent to wash it.

Suddenly, the cup from the hand slipped, piercing sound startled me. I hastened

to pick up the pieces of glass on the floor. At this time, I found that my

mother was standing in front of me, and she said, "dont pick up the pieces with

your hands. Let me come." I stood up and bowed my head embarrassed and said,

"Im sorry, mom, Im too careless." I thought: this must be closed. Mother

walked over and touched my head and said, "kid, dont frighten you?" Let mommy

pack up, you go out and watch TV. " Mothers words are very gentle, but make me

more difficult, unwittingly I cry.

Looking back on this, I felt very warm. It told me that maternal love is

selfless and great, and I want to repay my mother on Mothers day.

每年的端午节我们都要吃粽子、赛龙舟、悬艾叶、我最喜欢看赛龙舟的比赛了，这比赛并不是为了争谁第一水第二，是为了在观众面前展示他们娴熟的技能与美好的姿态。

我先来说说粽子吧。粽子是用墨绿色的芦叶包裹一着糯米和枣子。煮熟后，剥一开芦叶，只见米一团一里仿佛镶着几颗深红油亮的玛瑙，很好看。粽子的的味道美极了，芦叶散发着清香，咬一口粽子，甜而不腻。

粽子还有一个悠久的故事。传说吃粽子是为了纪念古代诗人屈原。屈原一生写过许多著名的诗篇，提出过许多爱国的政治主张，但是君王不采纳。后来君王沦丧，他满怀忧愤跳江自尽。人民还念他，崇敬他。两千多年来，人们把粽子投入江中，当做献给诗人的祭品。——这就是粽子的由来。是的，每逢端午节，人们怎么会忘记伟大的诗人屈原呢?

民谚说："清明插柳，端午插艾"。在端午节，人们把插艾和菖蒲作为重要内容之一。家家都洒扫庭除，以菖蒲、艾条插于门眉，悬于堂中。并用菖蒲、艾叶、榴花、蒜头、龙船花，制成|人形或虎形，称为艾人、艾虎;制成花环、佩饰，美丽芬芳，妇人争相佩戴，用以驱瘴。

艾，又名家艾、艾蒿。它的茎、叶都含有挥发性芳一香油。它所产生的奇特芳一香，可驱蚊蝇、虫蚁，净化空气。中医学上以艾入药，有理气血、暖子一宫、祛寒湿的功能。将艾叶加工成"艾绒"，是灸法治病的重要药材。

Summer can be very hot in southern taibei where the temperature usually goes up to 32"C or more. Because of the heat it is a trying experience to go to school or do anything else in a place that is not air-conditioned. Also because of this I stay at home most of the time during the summer vacation and only occasionally go to the beach to plunge myself into the cool water as a way to keep my body less sticky. Actually I like swimming and think nothing is more refreshing than a swim. In the summer vacation that has just ended I went swimming many times with my classmates and we all had a good time. This summer vacation, however, was not spent entirely in seeking fun. As a second-year senior student I had to prepare myself for the college entrance examinations that were only a year away. In other words, I must find time to study, too. So I divided my time between work and play during the summer vacation and derived much benefit from this arrangement.

I spent this summer vacation in quite a different way. I used to run about every day in previous summer vacations, but this summer vacation I simply could not afford to do so. I would soon be in the last year of my high-school education and would after graduation be up against the college entrance examinations. Though those examinations were still a year away, I had to start early to make myself well prepared by reviewing all those things I had learned at school and this summer vacation was the ideal time for me to do this. At first I was rather dismayed at the thought of this, but later I thought it was better this way because by working hard this summer I could count on endless happy summers to come. With this in mind I then set to work like anything and only occasionally went out for a change or did some physical. I was not at all bored by this kind of life, for I was sustained by a hope.

As the saying goes, "A friend in need is a friend indeed". Friends play a very essential role in our daily life. However, how to make goods friends is a problem for most of us. As for me, I have three principles to choose friends.

正如谚语所说的那样，患难见真情。朋友在我们日常生活中扮演着非常重要的角色。然而，如何交到一个好朋友是我们大多数人都遇到过的问题。

In the first place, good friends should have their own principles. We should take into account the fact that people who insist on their principles have high quality. Therefore, it is worth making friends with them.

首先，好朋友应该是有他们自己的处事原则。我们应该认识到这样一个事实，坚持自己原则的人一般都是具有高尚的品格。因此，这样的人值得我们去交朋友。

Then, I want to point out that good friends should be full of trust. This kind of person has a pure heart, so we can communicate with each other by heart.

然后，我想说的是，好的朋友应该是充满真诚的。这样的朋友有一颗赤子之心，我们能用心来彼此交流。

Finally, active friends are just like beautiful sunshine. They can light up our blue mood, drive away the dark clouds and give us courage.

最后，拥有积极心态的朋友就像美丽的阳光。他们能够照亮我们忧郁的心情，驱走乌云，给我们鼓励。

Friends who have above three characteristics will be great wealth for us.

能交到有以上三个特征的朋友将会是我们巨大的财富。

The Mid-Autumn Day

August 15th in Chinese Lunar Calendar is the Mid-Autumn Day. It is one of the most important traditional festivals in China.

On that day people usually go back home to have family reunion . Each family will have the members get together to have a big dinner. The most popular food is moon cakes. They are round and look like the moon.

The moon is the brightest this night. People eat the delicious food while they are enjoying a beautiful full moon in their yard. At this time, some old people would like to tell many past events and tell the children a story about the rabbit on the moon . The children really believe that there is a rabbit on the moon. They hope to go to the moon and have a look one day.

What a great festival!

中秋节

农历八月十五日是中秋节，在中国它是最重要的传统节日之一。

在那一天，人们通常回家与家人团聚，一家人聚在一起饱餐一顿。最流行的食品是月饼，它们圆圆的就像月亮。

中秋节晚上的月亮特别地圆。人们都在自家的院子里一边赏月一边吃着可口的月饼。这个时候 ，一些老人会讲述许多古老的故事，如月亮上的玉兔，孩子们信以为真，他们真想有一天登上月球看个究竟。

中秋是个美好的节日啊!