Question

今年年初我國政府對法定節假日作出如下調整:

1. 五一節由3天調整為1天.

2. 清明節（Tomb-sweeping Day ）、端午節（Dragon Boat Festival ）、中秋節增設為國家法定節假日(legal holidays).

假如你是王平,是江蘇省南京市育才中學高三8班學生。最近,你班舉行了一個班會,對此法定節假日調整進行了一次熱烈的討論，討論結果如下：

75% 學生支持	25%學生反對
理由： 1.作為一個有著五千多年悠久歷史的古國，我們的傳統節日是中華民族文化遺產的一部分； 2. 每個傳統節日都有著它的特定的含義。如每年農歷五月初五端午節之際，人們以包粽子、賽龍舟的方式紀念古代大詩人屈原。清明節，人們以不同方式祭祖或向已故親人好友和英雄寄托哀思、表達崇敬之情。	理由： 1．五一黃金周的取消使很多人尤其是年輕人不能去長途旅游；三天時間度假不夠盡興。  2．黃金周的取消對于旅游業是個不小的損失。

今天是6月8日，正好是端午節, 你的美國筆友Jack想了解有關中國節假日方面的情況，請根據以上內容，用英語給他寫一封完整的英文信，向他介紹我國節假日的調整情況及你們班學生對此的不同意見，并就此調整談談你自己的看法.(至少兩點)

參考詞匯: 粽子: zongzi; 黃金周: golden week；取消：cancellation  n.

(注：本篇字數已大大超過了高考要求，內容僅供同學們做寫作時參考。另外，提醒同學們注意完整的書信格式。)

Answer 1

Class 8, Senior 3 , Yucai High School

                                                  Nanjing ,Jiangsu China

                                                    June 8,2008

Dear Jack,

  I’m writing to tell you something about the adjustment of our legal holidays .

The new holiday plan cuts May Day holiday from three days to one day and for the first time adds a day each ---the Tomb-sweeping Day , the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival to the list of legal holidays.

Recently our class has held a heated discussion about the adjustment .

Three quarters of the students are in favour of it . Their reasons are as follows. Firstly , as an ancient country with a history of over 5,000 years, traditional festivals represent part of the Chinese nation’s culture heritage. Secondly , every traditional festival has its special meaning. Take Dragon Boat Festival for example , people show great honor and respect for our ancient poet, Quyuan, in forms of wrapping and eating zongzi and holding dragon boat races. Another traditional festival ,Tomb-sweeping Day also provides people with a chance to show mourning or respect to their ancestors ,late friends, relatives or heroes .

However , one fifth of the students in our class don’t think it necessary to make such an arrangement . In their opinion, the cancel of May Day Golden Week has made them unable to take a long travel . And people especially young people can’t enjoy themselves thoroughly in the short three-day holiday.  Besides , the tourism industry has suffered a great loss as a result of the cancellation of the golden week.

As far as I’m concerned , the first adjustment is necessary . Although long holidays can contribute to the development of tourism , it causes all kinds of problems such as traffic jam and pollution. This new plan may solve these problems perfectly.

For my part , the second adjustment is much more meaningful than the first one. The three holidays are not only some traditions but also an important part of ancient Chinese cultures ,therefore, making these traditional festivals legal holidays will help protect folk customs and contribute to keeping them alive in the modern society where they are always forgotten.

Best wishes !

                                                              Yours ,

                                                        Wang Ping