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我最喜欢的中国传统节日是春节。话说在远古时期有只叫“年”的大怪物每到新年的前一天就会出来吃人和牲畜。人们用爆竹和红色的桃符把“年”给赶走了。为了庆祝赶走“年”，便有了春节。

春节之前，妈妈总会提前买好爆竹、春联、门神和福字。在新年的前一天，我和爸爸会在门上贴上春联。我因为不知道怎么区分哪条是左边的，哪条是右边的，便去百度了一下。原来古代的人是从右往左从上往下读书的，而古代一般会以平声也就是一声、三声结尾。所以，最后以平声结尾的是贴在左边的。我和爸爸贴完春联就会去贴门神。左边是一个有着大胡子的将军，他手里拿着鞭。右边是一位有着络腮胡子的将军，他手里拿着锏。他们分别是唐太宗手下的两名大将尉迟敬德和秦叔宝。我小时候在珠海，一放爆竹我就“哇哇哇”地哭，现在我长大了，来到北京了。可是北京不让放爆竹，也不知道我怕不怕了。

原来春节有这么多有趣的习俗啊!

The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually

in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han

Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance.

This days important activity is watching lanterns. Throughout the Han

Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), Buddhism flourished in China. One emperor heard that

Buddhist monks would watch sarira, or remains from the cremation of Buddhas

body, and light lanterns to worship Buddha on the 15th day of the 1st lunar

month, so he ordered to light lanterns in the imperial palace and temples to

show respect to Buddha on this day. Later, the Buddhist rite developed into a

grand festival among common people and its influence expanded from the Central

Plains to the whole of China.

Till today, the lantern festival is still held each year around the

country. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets,

attracting countless visitors. Children will hold self-made or bought lanterns

to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited. "Guessing lantern riddles"is

an essential part of the Festival.

Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the

lanterns. If visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out

and go to the lantern owners to check their answer. If they are right, they will

get a little gift. The activity emerged during peoples enjoyment of lanterns in

the Song Dynasty (960-1279). As riddle guessing is interesting and full of

wisdom, it has become popular among all social strata.

People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also

called the "Yuanxiao Festival."Yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan. It is

small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour with rose petals, sesame, bean

paste, jujube paste, walnut meat, dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as filling.

Tangyuan can be boiled, fried or steamed. It tastes sweet and delicious. What’s

more, tangyuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation with "tuanyuan”, meaning

reunion. So people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the

family.

In the daytime of the Festival, performances such as a dragon lantern

dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yangge dance, walking on stilts and

beating drums while dancing will be staged. On the night, except for magnificent

lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful scene. Most families spare some fireworks

from the Spring Festival and let them off in the Lantern Festival. Some local

governments will even organize a fireworks party. On the night when the first

full moon enters the New Year, people become really intoxicated by the imposing

fireworks and bright moon in the sky.

春节到了，我们要回家过年，过完年就有回来了。

我们回来了我们村，大街上热闹极了，大家的欢声笑语传遍了整个农村，整个城市都弥漫着与众不同的气氛。

大街上人来人往、水泄不通，万物都在欢笑。人们在超市里购选实用的年货，大家的脸上都流露出可爱而迷人的笑容。小朋友们在广场上嬉戏，他们的手里都拿着各式各样的烟花爆竹，玩得不亦乐乎。广场简直成了人的海洋。到了晚上，将会有更加美丽的东西，那就是——烟花。

天上星星闪烁，地下炮竹声鸣。五颜六色的烟花都争先恐后的飞到了天上，就像一个个仙女在空中飞舞。爆一声，就证明新的一年来到了，大家又长大一岁了，要更加努力了。

春节是中国人民的传统节日，我爱春节。

I believe everybody has their own hobby. Different people have different

hobbies. For me, my hobby is music. I like music very much. It is magical for

me. It gives me the sense of happiness. It can make me happy when I am sad. I

will listen to music every day. I listen to it on my way home and school, before

fall asleep in bed and eat. Sometimes I will try to sing songs.

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Sincerely yours,

Li Hua

春天来了，万物开始复苏，白天逐渐击败黑夜，占据了时间上的上风。

这时春节也随之来临了。我喜欢过春节，喜欢这个中国的传统节日，每年的春节是中国最重要的节日，全家团团圆圆，辞旧迎新真的是一件欢乐开怀的事。随着时间的流动，春节的气息也越来越浓厚了。家家户户灯火通明，连大门口也挂上了红灯笼，各家商店也张灯结彩，准备在过年这几天大显身手。今年家里安排我去购买年货，我信心满满的接下了这个光荣而又伟大的任务。拿上钱走向超市。刚刚走到超市门口，我就被“汹涌”的人流挤了出来，好不容易挤了进去又被眼前的景象吓了一跳。购物的基本都是年长的人，偶尔有年轻点的也带着孩子，但是他们的战斗力也是非凡的。因为基本不来超市的缘故，找了好久也没找到自己想要的东西，这是看见身边有一个小弟弟，推着小车收获颇丰，我心底暗暗佩服。看看表时间也不早了自己却什么也没买到，我便加快了脚步，满超市寻找“宝藏”却又好似拿到了假的藏宝图一般……

费劲了九牛二虎之力我终于采购完毕，天也擦黑了。我想赶在天黑前到家，但到家后天还是黑了。到家后放下沉重的包袱深深地叹了一口气，“终于把这麻烦的事情干完了”我走到里屋，“下次再也不干了！”我心里想着。这是从客厅传来了声音，声音很大于是我便出去一看原来是弟弟妹妹在争抢零食，看到这一幕我心里的不悦全都随着声音消散了。这时窗外想起了鞭炮的声音，她们想换了两个人似的马上也不吵了，争着爬上窗台鞭伴着二踢脚更加震耳欲聋，这是天上又放出了礼花把黑漆漆的天空染上了五彩的颜色，望着这美丽的星空我觉得一切都和谐了起来，与弟弟妹妹坐在一起迎接新年的到来。

农历正月初一是春节，是我们最盛大，最隆重的节日。这天，我们都会走亲戚，给长辈拜年。拜年时，我们还经常说：恭喜发财。我们小孩子说了这句话，就会拿到一个红包，长辈还会再搭上一句：红包拿来!

晚上，我们还会吃汤团，意味着团团圆圆。汤团又香又糯，好吃极了。咬下一只，芝麻馅流了出来，糯火团一溜烟地滑进了我的肚子，只有芝麻馅还留在我的口中，那香甜，让我久久难以忘怀。

当然，我更喜欢放烟花。啪地一声，一团烟火直冲云霄，砰啪这团烟火散开了，像菊花一样，十分美丽。还有像梅花的，像桂花的各种各样的烟火多得数不清。

后来，我们还看了春节联欢晚会。有的节目让我们泪流满面，有的节目让我们哈哈大笑，有的让我们沉思。这些节目可真精彩呀!

春节，你让我难忘至今。啊，我爱春节!

夜幕降临，晚霞渐渐消失在天际，一轮如玉如盘的明月升上天空，一年一度的中秋节来临了！

中秋节的传统活动很多，有赏月，赏桂花，吃月饼我们全家坐在阳台的小桌旁，闻着园子里桂花沁人心脾的芳香，遥望着天空中的＂白玉盘＂，思念着远方的亲朋好友。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。正如诗中所说，我们即使相隔千里，也能共享这美好的月光。

月饼是中秋节必不可少的美食，它的种类有很多，比如说，五仁月饼，豆沙月饼，蛋黄月饼，冰皮月饼每次吃月饼的时候，我都非常好奇，这么美味的糕点是怎么做出来的呢？自从看了舌尖上的中国，我才明白，做月饼也是非常复杂的哦。首先，挑选好模具和馅，然后把月饼粉调成面团，再一块块切好并搓圆，中间塞上满满的馅，最后放到模具里一压，一个美味的月饼就诞生了。

观钱江潮是杭州人特有的中秋活动。每年中秋节前后，杭州人都会查好潮水的时间，聚集在钱塘江边观潮。钱江潮一层叠一层，宛如一条长长的银线。潮水发出轰隆隆的巨响，如万马奔腾。潮水靠近时，我看到江中的鱼儿，一群一群跃出江面，那是多么欢快的景象。

中秋节是那么快乐，又是那么短暂，我多么盼望下一个中秋节早些来到啊。

Do you like animal？ What’s your favorite animal？ My favorite animal is monkey. It is lovely and clever. People always say that our human beings are evolved from monkeys. In the other word， monkey looks a little like human being， which close the distance between it and me. It has a long tail. It can make different shapes by it. It likes eating bananas. It will peel off the skin just like human being. It is funny！ I love it.

最近的阴雨天气确实不怎么令人高兴，可过年的喜气早已满满地挤进了阴雨的天空。有时看见了街上的人们都提着大包小包的东西急匆匆地往家赶，每个人的脸上都是笑逐颜开，他们的手上还提着新衣服，这不禁使我联想到过新年穿新衣的习俗。 The nearest rainy weather is really not very happy, but the joy of the New Year has long squeezed into the rainy sky.Sometimes I saw people on the street rushed to the house with big bags and small bags. Everyones face was smiling, and their hands were still carrying new clothes.The custom of clothing.

小时候穿新衣总是那么高兴，不管新衣的式样和品牌，只要是新的，就会欢欣不已，就会觉得是过年最好的象征，是一年里最好的衣服。

早在春节降临前，为了接待亲戚朋友上门拜年，我们都会把住家里的里里外外，打扫得干干净净，还会在门上贴上一幅春联，祈求好运。传统的对联是在红纸上写上黑色或金色的联语，什么“财源广进”“步步高升”“富贵满堂”的，反正都是些吉祥的话语。

送灶神是过春节前的一件大事。听奶奶说，送灶神是在农历的十二月二十四日，这天灶神回天庭向玉皇大帝报告人间的事情。人们都希望灶神上天说好话，因此这一天人们都会特别准备了丰盛的供品拜祭灶神。

除夕这一天对人们来说是极为重要的。这一天人们准备辞旧迎新，吃团圆饭。一年一度的团年饭能充分地表现出家庭成员的互敬互爱。在吃完团圆饭后，就开始守岁了。

最值得小孩子们高兴的不仅仅是在过年的时候能穿新衣，玩鞭炮，最为重要的是能够收到大人们给的压岁钱，收压岁钱也可以说是收红包，因为红色象征活力、愉快与好运。大人们派发红包给未成年的晚辈，是表示把祝愿和好运带给他们。红包里的钱多少并不重要，主要是让孩子们开心，其主要意义是在红纸，因为它象征好运。

在爆竹声中，春节就早已过去了，但年味儿仍是挥之不去，仍给了人们无尽的回味。

Recently, the problem of environmental pollution is getting more and more

serious. The air pollution, noise pollution and water pollution are found on the

newspaper everywhere. It is obvious that we should do something to protect our

earth. Because we have only one home. We should try our best not to pollute the

environment and appeal the people around us make their effort to protect our

unique home.

盼啊，盼啊!终于盼到了春节的这一天。新年又到了，往事如风，把我以前的记忆全部都带走了，这一年又开端了我的重生活。

“新年到，新年到，我们大家放鞭炮……”早上5点，老爸换的新闹铃就把我叫起来，由于接下来还有一件重要的事情要做，妈妈给我和爸爸的任务——贴春联。我一手拿着透明胶，一手拿着尖利的剪刀，爸爸把对联按在墙上，我在远处指挥爸爸调整春联的方位。调整后，我一边剪透明胶，一手递给爸爸，由于我们协作的天衣无缝，所以很快就大功告成了。认真看看，那窗户上还贴这一张“福”，我看了之后困惑不解：为什么这“福”要倒着贴呢?奶奶看到我困惑不解的样子，笑道：“这样贴才干把福到家的意义表现出来呀!我听后豁然开朗，原来是这样啊!在我们贴春联的时分，还有一些亲戚、朋友过来拜年好不繁华!

元旦这天，我与朋友一同快乐地玩到了下午，回到家里，一桌的美味佳肴便让我垂涎欲滴。饭桌上，大家举杯同庆，相互传送祝愿：大人们祝小孩快乐生长，学习进步;小孩则祝愿大人们身体安康，财源广进。接下来当然是小孩子们最喜欢的节目喽——领压岁钱。捧着一叠叠厚厚的红包，心里别提有多快乐了，可却又让我们在快乐的同时伤心了——父母收走了我们的压岁钱。深夜11点59分55秒，“5，4，3，2，1，过年喽!”。新年的钟声敲响了，此时此刻，只听“碰、碰、碰”乌黑的夜空，，烟花炮竹随之响彻夜空，被焰火点亮了，更被人们那颗期盼新一年快乐的心照亮了。你看!多高兴的春节啊!家家户户都是红统统的`一片，贴对联，挂灯笼，包饺子，一家人忙都忙不过来。清晨，我怀着难以宁静的心情在炮竹声中慢慢入睡。

Dear Tom,

Thanks for your letter which finally caught up with me in London. I suppose youre keen to hear how the trip has been so far. So heres a short description of whats happened.

Well, you remember we left Sydney on Monday and arrived in London 24 hours later. After such a long and exhausting flight the first thing we did was to have a good, long sleep. And after that?a good meal to make up for all that horrible airline stuff!

The first real day of our holiday was spent just walking around London to get a feel of the place. After that, however, we were more particular and planned each day carefully.

First, we looked at all the historical sights, such as the Tower of London, the Houses of Parliament, the British Museum and the National Gallery. Then we visited some other famous places, such as Kew Gardens and Hampstead Heath. Finally, we took a one-day trip to Oxford, which is really the most marvelous town. You should make sure to go there when you visit England.

After we had seen a lot of London, we flew to Paris. A t first, we didnt like the place-I suppose because it was so different from London. Later, though, we began to really love it and started to appreciate its differentness.

The final stage of our trip is a visit to Rome, after which we will be staying in Singapore for two days before returning to Australia.

Hope everyone is well. See you soon.

我爱中国菜 I Love Chinese Food

Chinese food is famous all around the world. A lot of foreigners speak

highly of the delicious food when they come to this big country. For me， I like

spicy food， so hot pot is my favorite. I can eat what I like and put the food in

the spicy soup. The hotness makes me feel so cool. No matter where I go， Chinese

food is always my favorite.

中国菜闻名全世界，有很多外国人来到这个大国以后都会赞扬美味的食物。对我来说，我喜欢辣的食物，所以火锅是我的最爱。我可以把我喜欢吃的食物放进辣汤里就可以吃到自己喜欢的食物

了，辣味让我觉得太酷了。无论我去哪里，中国菜永远是我的最爱。

“噼噼叭叭”，阵阵清脆的鞭炮声迎来了大年初一，我与爸爸，妈妈一起去给亲戚们拜年。

“砰砰砰”，我们敲响了大姨家的门。门开了，大姨抱着妹妹笑吟吟地迎了出来。“大姨，妹妹，新年好!”我一进门就向大姨祝贺新年。大家互相问候着新年，大姨忙着给我们泡茶水，拿出了很多好吃的，最重要的是给了我一个二百块钱的红包呢!这时，我发现伯伯没有在家，我便问“大姨，伯伯呢”“唉，他呀，整天就知道忙工作，家里什么都不管。这不，大年初一都到单位值班去了。”她假装生气地说。可我才不相信她真的生气了呢，她脸上还带着微笑呢。

告别了大姨与妹妹，我们又踏上了去老家的火车。我外公外婆还有另一个大姨家在娄底，所以我们要向娄底进发了!坐了两个半小时的火车，终于到了娄底火车站。我外公家就是火车站旁边，我三步并作两步往外公家跑去。一进门，外公就迎上来了。“外公，恭喜发财，红包拿来!”外公笑得合不拢嘴，连忙给了我一个红包，我打开一看，嗨，又有二百元!呵呵，我今年可是收入可观呀!

在外公家吃了中饭，我们又来到了大姨家，哥哥早就等在楼下了，正在放鞭炮呢!看见哥哥是我最开心的事了，因为他总是能想出很多好玩的鬼点子。他迫不及待地拉着我一起到他家玩起赛车游戏，好刺激啊!

时间过得真快，转眼就到了快天黑的时候。大姨的厨艺在我们家族中可是最好的了，所以肯定要留下来品尝她为我们准备的丰盛晚餐啦!面对着一桌子香喷喷的饭菜，我们一大家子围坐在桌边，每个人脸上都洋溢着幸福的笑容，我真的感到了“生活比蜜甜”的滋味呢!

过年真好，我不禁开始盼望明年的新年了!

中国文化博大精深，有上下五千年的文化记载，作为一个中国人，我认为应该继承这些文化，重视中华优秀传统文化的继承和发展。

中华民族具有自己的文化本位，我们需要坚持民族文化的主体性。近年来，一些西方节日试图涌入中国，中国的一些年轻人深受这些带有浓郁宗教的节日吸引，却忽视了中国传统节日文化的学习和保护，我认为这种崇洋媚外的思想是不正确的。大家不能单单因为西方的节日带有异域风情、特殊思想文化，而在保护本国本位文化的道路上越走越远。这种现象不仅令人寒心。那么我们应该如何保护中国的优秀传统文化呢?

首先，中国共产党员以身作则起领导作用，在互联网上刊发了一篇评论《党员干部不应该过洋节》，以此来教育人们应如何对待过洋节这一问题，呼吁人们重视中国传统节日文化，万万不可被西方文化“牵着鼻子走”。

此外，中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅也引发了《关于实施中华优秀传统文化继承发展工程的意见》，要求“实施中国传统节日振兴工程，丰富春节、元宵、清明、端午、七夕、中秋、重阳等传统节日文化内涵”。这是中国情人节“七夕”首次写进中国办公厅文件。这有很好的示范作用，一定程度上抵制了洋节的涌入，使国人清醒地认识情况。

而且保护并重视中国传统节日文化，应从“小树苗”开始培养。我们应该从小教育、培养儿童的思想，毕竟他们是祖国的未来，祖国的将来需要他们来呢接受，我们应该在他们身上多下些心血，教育儿童重视中国传统文化，正确对待洋节。比如：教育他们中国传统文化背后的一些有趣的故事，便于他们最大程度的理解接受。万万不可在新一代手上出了差错，使将来出现更多数典忘祖的情况发生，那么这样的话，后果将一发不可收拾。

重视中国传统节日文化是我们每一个中国人的责任，我们一定要认真学习并继承这些传统节日文化。

I was in primary school through the fifth primary school, happy time for less homework, the teacher always tells stories. The first grade when I do not love learning, but after the third grade I began to love learning, because the teacher says learning fun for us, and we often have sports activities.

I will forever remember my elementary school schoolmate, elementary schoolteacher, also will forever remember my unforgettable elementary school life.

我的小学是在五小度过的,小学的快乐时光因为作业少,老师经常讲故事.一年级的时候我不太爱学习,但三年级以后我开始喜欢学习,因为老师给我们说学习的乐趣,还有经常的体育活动.

我会永远记住我的小学同学,小学老师,也将永远记住我难忘的小学生活.

国庆节早上我和爸爸妈妈一起看国庆节大阅兵。

胡锦涛同志坐上车，缓慢的向前驶去。每经过一个，都会高喊“同志们好，同志们辛苦了。”解放军就异口同声的回答：“为人民服务。”然后，我们的胡锦涛同志登上天安门城楼开始阅兵。

解放军一个方队一个方队的大步朝主席台过来。他们步伐非常整齐，铿锵有力。有步兵、炮兵、女子兵、后勤、炮弹等方队，炮弹方队里有最先进的导弹，这些导弹都是我国科学家用汗和血研制出来的。有了这些先进的武器，别的国家就不敢欺侮我们了。

我爱我的祖国，祝福我的祖国生日快乐!我长大了要当科学家，要让世界各国互相帮助，和平相处。

National Day morning and my father and mother together to see the National Day parade.

President Hu Jintao sat down and drove slowly forward. Every time after a force, will shout "comrades are good, comrades hard." Peoples Liberation Army replied in unison: "for the people." Then, our President Hu Jintao boarded the Tiananmen Square began parade.

Peoples Liberation Army a squad team a big step toward the podium. They are very neat pace, sonorous and powerful. There are infantry, artillery, women soldiers, logistics, shells and other side teams, shells side team has the most advanced missiles, these missiles are our scientists developed with sweat and blood. With these advanced weapons, other countries can not bully us.

I love my motherland, bless my motherland happy birthday! I grew up to be a scientist, let the world help each other, live in peace.

五月初五是我们中国一个重要的传统节日——端午节。

在端午节吃粽子是由来已久的习俗。据说，战国时楚国伟大的爱国诗人屈原投河自尽后，人们搜索他的尸体未果，为避免屈原的尸体被水中的鱼吃掉，人们就把糯米用叶子包起来，投入河中喂鱼。于是，吃粽子的习俗就这样流传了下来。

在我的记忆里，包粽子的粽叶是我和奶奶在春天的小河边采摘的。清晨，河边的雾气刚刚散去，奶奶提着一个小竹篮，大步流星地走着通往河边的土路上，我跟在她身后，哼着小调，蹦蹦跳跳地来到小河边。苇叶青青，在河边摇曳。我们探着身子，尽量挑又大又肥的苇叶采摘。有时候这种丰腴的苇叶长在水边，奶奶很担心我滑进河里，便故意把捆成一小捆的苇叶扔到河岸上的苜蓿地里，我在开着小小紫花的苜蓿地里奔跑着。太阳升起来了，跌跌撞撞的大蝴蝶和胖胖的蜜蜂被我惊得不知所措。芦苇丛里传来清脆的鸟叫声，真是惬意极了！

包粽子的米是自家地里产的。奶奶家每年都会长半亩地糯稻，中秋时候收在家里，到了第二年的端午节前碾成晶亮的糯米。家里用不了，还会给左邻右舍送点。如果纯用糯米，太粘牙，也不好消化。一般都要兑上2—3成的大米，放在清水里浸泡个一夜就行了。

端午节的前两天，奶奶总是很忙的。除了把米泡在大桶里。还要将我们晒在屋檐下的粽叶取下，浸泡，然后在一大锅里烧开，一股清香便弥漫在整个屋子里，整个村庄里这时都氤氲着这种甜甜的香味。

端午前一天，奶奶起个大早，她先将粽叶在清水里又洗了一遍，并且用剪刀剪去粽叶一端两个月牙状的东西，然后整齐的码放在桶里。米从水里捞出来了，放在一个有着牡丹花图案的新面盆里。包甜馅用的蜜枣、葡萄干和红豆，包咸馅用的香肠和腊肉，都盛放在青花瓷碗里。

包粽子开始了。只见奶奶先将三片青色的粽叶圈成一个锥形，再舀起两汤勺米倒入漏斗状的粽叶，接着从青花瓷碗里挖了一汤勺甜馅，然后再添上大半汤勺米，神了，奶奶倒入的糯米正好与那锥形口相平。奶奶又捏了一下锥形，用一根粽叶沿着锥形的口封住，最后用线绳把粽子捆上，这样一个可爱的四角清晰的粽子就诞生了。

真是一气呵成啊！我也迫不及待地拿起粽叶，照着奶奶的方法包起了粽子。可是在奶奶手里听话的粽叶，到了我这里却不听使唤了，还没等我拿绳子捆，馅就全散了。出师不利，我有点泄气。奶奶看出了我的情绪，笑笑对我说：“别着急，你看你的手那么小，拿三根粽叶拿不下呢。你从两根粽叶开始包吧！”边说边给我示范。听了奶奶的话，看着她一个个分解的动作。我跟着一点点地学。卷叶、加米、加馅、再加米、封口、捆绑，我包的第一个粽子终于“问世”了，虽然带着丑小鸭的稚拙，在那一堆漂漂亮亮的粽子里有些扎眼，但我心里还是乐开了花。

晚上，一家人包的粽子都汇集到一口大锅里，在清水中烧开，又用文火煮熟。这些当然是奶奶事后作为经验教给我的。我兴奋忙碌了一天，早就歪着脑袋睡着了。

端午节了。一大早就看见桌子上一瓷盆热气腾腾的粽子！扒开墨绿色的粽叶，那包着腊肉的粽子是红红的，油光可鉴；而那包着蜜枣的则是白白的，待咬开后才能觅得蜜枣的芳踪。

其实端午节活动很多，赛龙舟在本地也挺有影响，每年观看比赛的人都有很多，场面一度火爆。端午节小孩佩香囊，传说有避邪驱瘟之意，我是没带过哩！对我来说，跟端午节联系得最紧密的记忆就是包粽子。

期待着明年的端午还和奶奶在一起包粽子。

22 March 2006

Dear Mr. Wang,

Thank you for a rapid response to our invitation. Enclosed you will find an outline of events to take place during International Week here at the University of Montana. I will also list a number of possible speaking engagements so that you can choose those things in which you are most interested. As far as topics are concerned, the topics for classroom visits are generally determined by the professor, but most professors are very flexible. We have approximately thirty-five faculty members that teach courses in Asian Studies, ranging from language and culture to history and economics.

Here is a tentative schedule:

Sunday, April 8th

10 am - Cultural Exhibition opens

12 am - International Festival begins with a speech by the university president and an introduction of visiting dignitaries

1-5 pm - Opportunity to visit festival, interact with student performers, taste foods

6 pm - Dinner with Director of Mansfield Center Phil West, Ambassador Mark Johnson, and staff of Mansfield Center

As you can see, there is tremendous interest in China here at the University of Montana. Please let me know if this outline suits your purpose, and if not, please dont hesitate to offer any suggestions for changes. We can arrange as many or as few speaking engagements as you have time for.

Thank you for your attention and enthusiasm.

Yours sincerely,

Lily Ma

October 5, 2002

Dear Mike,

Your letter and package reached me yesterday. You really give me a great surprise. I was wondering what was in such a nice package until I carefully opened it and found that you sent me an attractive present for my birthday. Thank you very much for your kindness, and I like the present, which will give me pleasure for a long time to come.

Again it is thoughtful of you to send me the present on my birthday. Yesterday evening my colleagues held a birthday party for me, including John Liu---I think you can remember---a nice tall boy, who invited you and I to his birthday last October. We enjoyed ourselves, and all of us mentioned your stay with us. We hope that you will come to China soon, if possible.

Please accept my sincere thanks and best wishes.

Yours,

Peter Wang