中考英语满分作文:中秋节The Mid-Autumn Festival

 　　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.

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。