Question

假如你是李华，请给外教Trey写封邮件介绍清明节（Tomb Sweeping Day），内容包括：

1．活动时间；

2．活动内容。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文流畅；

3. 开头已给出。

Dear Trey,

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Yours,

Li Hua

Answer

Dear Trey,

I’m writing to introduce you the Tomb Sweeping Day.

Also known as Qingming Festival in China, it is a day for paying respect to the dead. It falls on April 5. On this day, people go to sweep the tombs of their ancestors to express one's grief for his lost relatives. While sweeping the tombs, the family members often get emotional and sometimes cry. Besides tomb-sweeping, there are many other activities on the Tomb-sweeping Day, such as, spring outing, kite-flying, tree-planting and so on. People always have fun together when they do these activities. So Tomb-sweeping is the day filled with tears as well as laughter.

If you want to learn more about this festival, please don’t hesitate to write to me.

Yours,  

Li Hua

【解析】本文请你给外教Trey写封邮件介绍清明节（Tomb Sweeping Day），内容包括：活动时间；活动内容。写作时阅读前面的提示，然后确定文章的主题（介绍清明节）、人称（第一人称）和时态（一般现在是）。要点已给出，但是要点只是提纲，考生还要在此基础上增加细节，在介绍活动内容时很多考生容易忽略的地方是只介绍清明节扫墓，但清明节还有其他活动。这一点要求考生对节日的习俗要有一定的了解。同时注意谋篇布局的顺序，运用合适的连接词连接全文，同时选择高级的词汇和语法项目让文章更有文采。

【名师点睛】

本文内容齐全，重点突出，结构布局合理，文中使用高级词汇和句子。Also known as Qingming Festival in China, it is a day for paying respect to the dead.句中使用过去分词做状语；While sweeping the tombs, the family members often get emotional and sometimes cry.现在分词做时间状语；the day filled with tears 过去分词做后置定语；If you want to learn more about this festival, please don’t hesitate to write to me.句中if引导条件状语从句；另外，Besides tomb-sweeping, and so on，as well as使文章连贯流畅。