中秋节英语作文小短文：欢度中秋节（带翻译）

The Mid-Autumn Festival

　　The Mid-Autumn is a very important Chinese festival. It falls on the 15th day of August. A few days before the festival， everyone in the family will help to make the house clean and beautiful. Lanterns¹ will be hung in front of the house.

　　On the evening there will be a big family dinner. People who work far away from their homes will try to come back for the union². After dinner， people will light the lanterns which are usually red and round. Children will play with their own toy lanterns happily.

　　At night the moon is usually round and bright. People can enjoy the moon while eating moon-cakes which are the special food for this festival. They can look back on the past and look forward to the future together. It is said that there was a dragon in the sky. The dragon wanted to swallow³ up the moon. To protect the frighten⁴ the dragon away.

　　中秋节中秋节是中国一个很重要的节日，在八月十五号。在节日来临的前几天，家庭中的每一个人都帮着打扫房子，把房子装扮得漂漂亮亮的，灯笼挂在屋前。

　　晚上有一顿美餐，离家在外工作的人也要回来团圆。晚饭后，人们点亮灯笼，一般是红色的圆灯笼。孩子们会高高兴兴地玩他们的玩具灯笼。

　　晚上月亮又圆又大，人们在赏月的同时吃着中秋节特别的食品——月饼。人们在一起回顾过去，展望未来。据说天上有一条龙，它要把月亮吞下去。为了保护月亮，孩子们要弄出很大的响动把龙吓跑。

1 lanterns   

n.灯笼( lantern的名词复数 )；灯塔

参考例句：

• There were two red lanterns hanging over the door. 门前吊着两盏红灯。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Instead of electricity, there were kerosene lanterns. 没有电，有煤油灯。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 union   

n.联合，合并，结合，联盟，协会

参考例句：

• The President gave his speech on the state of the Union.总统发表了国情咨文演讲。
• Even the union leaders hoped that the strike would die quietly. 甚至连工会领袖们都希望罢工会无声无息地结束。

3 swallow   

n.燕子；vt.吞下，咽下，忍受；vi.咽口水

参考例句：

• She like to watch the swallow flying.她喜欢看燕子飞。
• It's hard to swallow.这真是难以下咽。

4 frighten   

vt.使惊恐，吓唬；vi. 惊恐，害怕

参考例句：

• He tried to frighten me by showing me a knife.他用刀子吓唬我。
• You'll find that I don't frighten easily.你会发现我不是轻易就会害怕的。