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我国政府决定从2008年起增设清明、端午、中秋为国家法定节假日，这有利于弘扬和传承民族传统文化。请你为校报“英语园地”栏目写一篇短文介绍端午节。

写作内容：

名称：端午节(the Dragon Boat Festival)，中国传统节日。

时间：农历五月初五；追溯到两千多年前；今年6月8日是端午节。

庆祝方式：赛龙舟，特别是在南方河流、湖泊多的地方；包粽子，用竹叶包裹的粘黏的米饭饺子。

意义：纪念中国古代的伟大诗人屈原。

写作要求：

用5个句子通顺连贯地表达全部内容。

参考词汇：calendar(日历)；date from(追溯到)；glutinous(粘黏的)

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解析：

Possible version： 　　The Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month on the lunar calendar．It dates from over 2000 years ago, which falls on June 8th this year．On this day, Chinese people prepare Zongzi, glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves．As the festival name shows, people have dragon boat races to celebrate it, especially in the southern places where there are many rivers and lakes．The Dragon Boat Festival is in memory of Qu Yuan, a great poet of ancient China．