Question

一个英文网站面向中学生征稿。请你写一篇英语稿件，介绍中国“春节”及这个节日的主要活动。
写作要点：
它是中国的传统节日之一，是家人团聚的时候；
各家走亲访友，一起吃年夜饭；
大人给小孩压岁钱，燃放烟花爆竹。
注意：1、词数不少于80；
2、适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3、不必按照中文提示顺序来写，避免逐字翻译；
4、文章开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。
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!”

试题分析：本文是篇材料作文，材料非常简单，学生很容易把握写作要求和写作目的。考生在写作之前必须认真审题，首先要注意文章的时态，要求介绍中国“春节”及这个节日的主要活动。所以要用一般现在时。 它是中国的传统节日之一，是家人团聚的时候；各家走亲访友，一起吃年夜饭；大人给小孩压岁钱，燃放烟花爆竹。 适当增加细节，不能根据材料逐字逐句的翻译，还应该注意句子的衔接，从而提高作文的档次。
【亮点说明】文中使用了非常好的短语和句子为文章增色不少，比如Red Envelope，pocket money，be full of，还运用了-ing形式做定语等 较复杂的句式。并注意了句子开头的变化等等。