十六、节日简介 ——介绍端午节
[时间] The Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. It dates from over 2000 years ago, which falls on June 6th this year. [方式] On this day, Chinese people prepare Zongzi — glutinous(粘黏的) 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. [意义] The Dragon Boat Festival is in memory of Qu Yuan, a great poet of ancient China.
十七、兴趣爱好 —— 我最喜欢的运动是游泳
My favorite sport is swimming. 【喜欢的程度】I first became interested in swimming when I was eight in primary school. Now I am a member of my school swimming team and I keep on swimming every day in the river near my home even in winter. 【喜欢的原因】I like swimming because it can not only help me build up my body, but also enrich my life. 【最喜欢的运动员】In this sport, although I like Liu Yu, I admire Michael Phelps, who is one of the best athletes in the world and got 8 gold medals in Beijing Olympics. 【愿望】How I wish to be an Olympic champion some day!
十八、通知 —— 举办“中学生才艺大赛”的通知
Notice
A “High School Students Talent Show” will be held in Guangzhou Television Station on May 1. There will be eight kinds of talents, including speeches, songs, dances, and musical instruments playing etc. One 1st prize, three 2nd prizes and five 3rd prizes for each type of talent will be offered at the show. If you’d like to have a try, please go to the TV station to sign up before April 30. It’s a good chance for you to show your special talent.
The Students Union
十九、分析原因 —— 分析极端天气出现的原因
[指出现象与引出原因] Reasons for extreme temperatures are varied. [分析原因] For one thing, human’s activities like burning fossil fuels produce carbon dioxide, which make the globe warmer, causing the global temperature to go up. For another, people’ s cutting down trees that can absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide for furniture also contributes to the warming of the earth, which gives rise to extreme temperatures.
二十、问题解决 —— 建设绿色校园
In order to build a green campus, we need to take the following steps. (学校) On the one hand, the school should make rules and regulations to prevent students doing something harm to our green campus.(学生) On the other hand, students should take some classes to raise their awareness. I don’t doubt that our campus will be more beautiful if we work together.
