2012年英语专业四级作文范文
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2012年英语专四考试作文题目：端午节
The Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated 1 on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. This festival is to commemorate 2 the death of QU Yuan, an upright and honest poet and statesman who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river.
The most important activity of this festival is the Dragon Boat races. It symbolizes 3 people's attempts to rescue Qu Yuan. In the current period, these races also demonstrate the virtues 4 of cooperation and teamwork.
Besides, the festival has also been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous 5 rice). Zong zi is made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves. People who mourned the death of Qu threw Zong zi into the river to feed his ghost every year.
With the changes of the times, the memorial turns to be a time for protection from evil and disease for the rest of year. People will hang healthy herbs on the front door to clear the bad luck of the house. Although the significance of the festival might be different with the past, it still gives the observer an opportunity to glimpse a part of the rich Chinese cultural heritage.
1 celebrated
adj.有名的，声誉卓著的
- He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
- The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
2 commemorate
vt.纪念，庆祝
- This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
- We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。
3 symbolizes
v.象征，作为…的象征( symbolize的第三人称单数 )
- The use of light and dark symbolizes good and evil. 用光明与黑暗来象征善与恶。
- She likes olive because It'symbolizes peace. 她喜欢橄榄色因为它象征着和平。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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