在这一部分，我们会按照词性分类：名词、动词和形容词部分，分别给出大家一些与话题“Festivals”相关的词汇和短语，并同时提供相应的例句，让大家能够更好的掌握相关的用法。

Spring Festival 春节

Qingming Festival 清明节

Dragon Boat Festival 端午节

Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节

考题：

How do you celebrate festivals in your country?

例句：

There are some important festivals in China like Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. For me, during these festivals I just spend time with my family members having meals and catching up.

go back to hometown回家乡

Reunite 团聚

Video chat 视频聊天

考题：

How do you celebrate spring festival?

例句：

This Spring Festival was a little special. Instead of going back to my hometown and reuniting with my family, I had to stay in Shanghai because of the Covid-19 pandemic. It felt a bit strange being away from my parents on the important occasion, but I did manage to video chat with them on Spring Festival Eve.

○ 形容词部分

Festive 有节日气氛的

Akin 相似的

Homesick 思乡的

考题：

What special food and activities do you have for these festivals?

例句：

On Spring Festival Eve, the most festive thing to do is set off firecrackers, and in the North China, people make dumplings or jiaozi as a traditional food. On Dragon Boat Festival, the traditional food people eat is rice dumpling, and in certain regions of China, people hold dragon boat races to celebrate it. Mid-Autumn Festival is akin to Thanksgiving, but instead of turkey, we eat mooncakes; and people who are not in their hometown can get homesick on that day.

在这一部分，我们会给出一些词汇和例句的进阶语料，大家在语料中除了会学到一些和话题相关的表达之外，也会从中得到一些较为抽象的观点，从而达到语言和思维合二为一的境界。

Importance of festivals 节日的重要性：

• to keep connected to our roots, our culture, our values, our origin.不忘我们的根、文化、价值观

• helps people come together and celebrate. 让人们聚在一起庆祝节日

• A time to forget all the chaos of life and to embrace good hopes. 忘记生活中的纷乱，拥抱新希望

考题：

What is your favorite festival?

例句：

Well, I got to say my favorite festival is Spring Festival. Living and working in Shanghai, I make sure that every year I go back to my hometown for Spring Festival because it helps to keep connected to my roots, my culture, my values, my origin. In other words, I can always feel a sense of belonging celebrating this festival with my family and friends in my hometown. Therefore, Spring Festival helps us come together and celebrate, which is really important because I spend most of the time in another city, practically disconnected with them. It is also a time to forget all the chaos of life and to embrace good hopes. Life is hard in a big city, so when I’m back to my hometown, a small city, I always feel relaxed and after the holiday, I get “recharged” and ready to face the life in Shanghai.