Question

一個英文網站面向中學生征稿。請你寫一篇英語稿件，介紹中國“春節”及這個節日的主要活動。
寫作要點：
它是中國的傳統節日之一，是家人團聚的時候；
各家走親訪友，一起吃年夜飯；
大人給小孩壓歲錢，燃放煙花爆竹。
注意：1、詞數不少于80；
2、適當增加細節，以使行文連貫；
3、不必按照中文提示順序來寫，避免逐字翻譯；
4、文章開頭已為你寫好，不計入總詞數。
The Chinese Spring Festival
The Chinese Spring Festival falls on the 1^st day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. ____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Answer 1

One possible version:
Being one of the traditional festivals in China, it is a time for family reunion, as many overseas friends have known. During this time, anyone who works away from their hometown will find his way back.
One day before the festival, like Christmas Eve, we Chinese celebrate the New Year’s Eve, when we visit relatives and friends, and we always have a feast to celebrate the completion of the previous year and the arrival of a new year. Children are always excited, because they always receive the “Red Envelope” containing pocket money from their aunts and uncles. When the clock strikes 12, the sky will be full of fireworks and the air laden with the smell of hope. Everyone, with a look of promise and prospect, shouts with delight and joy, “A new year has come!”

試題分析：本文是篇材料作文，材料非常簡單，學生很容易把握寫作要求和寫作目的�？忌�在寫作之前必須認真審題，首先要注意文章的時態，要求介紹中國“春節”及這個節日的主要活動。所以要用一般現在時。 它是中國的傳統節日之一，是家人團聚的時候；各家走親訪友，一起吃年夜飯；大人給小孩壓歲錢，燃放煙花爆竹。 適當增加細節，不能根據材料逐字逐句的翻譯，還應該注意句子的銜接，從而提高作文的檔次。
【亮點說明】文中使用了非常好的短語和句子為文章增色不少，比如Red Envelope，pocket money，be full of，還運用了-ing形式做定語等 較復雜的句式。并注意了句子開頭的變化等等。