3 . 假设你是李华，你的英国笔友Susan写信给你，想要了解对中国的传统节日——春节。请你根据提示，给Susan写一封e-mail介绍一下春节。内容包括：
1.写信目的；   2.庆祝活动和风俗习惯；   3.表达期待。
注意：词数80左右。
参考词汇； 春节Spring Festival， 春节联欢晚会Spring Festival Gala
燃放烟花set off fireworks， 压岁钱lucky money
Dear Susan,

I am delighted to learn that you have a special interest in the Spring Festival.

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Yours,

Li Hua

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A type of glazed pottery(釉陶)with the main colours of yellow, green and white was very popular in the Tang dynasty. It was later called tri-coloured glazed pottery of the Tang dynasty, or Tangsancai.

Tri-coloured glazed pottery was usually used as burial    1    (object). Those human and animal figures have smooth     2     graceful(优雅的)lines. The soldier figures have strong muscles and carry swords or arrows. The human figures stand quietly,     3    (look)natural and elegant. The animal figures are mainly of horses and camels.

Tri-coloured glazed pottery of the Tang dynasty was mostly produced in Xi’an, Luoyang and Yangzhou,     4     were important cities along the Silk Road. Camels were the major form of transport     5     the ancient trade route during the Tang dynasty. Seeing these glazed pottery artworks, we can imagine the travellers and camels making their hard journey across the desert, depending on one another for     6    (survive).

Tang people were open-minded     7    (accept)different cultures from all over the world. Foreign traders, officials, and artists travelled thousands of miles along the Silk Road to visit the Tang’s capital city Chang’an. The evidence of cultural integration can     8    (find)in tri-coloured glazed pottery of the Tang dynasty.

Tri-coloured glazed pottery is the     9    (high)point of Tang pottery and it developed     10    (successful)during the dynasty’s early and middle period.

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Adapted from Jin Yucheng’s award-winning novel, Fan Hua, the Tv series Blossoms Shanghai takes audiences back to the 1990s Shanghai. Now crowds of people     1     (equip) with cameras are flocking to the area in search of nostalgia, as well as delicious food.

Shanghai’s Huanghe Road used to be home to over 100 restaurants, many of     2     served high-end food only accessible to the rich. But everything started to change in the late 1990s. The iconic neon (霓虹) signs     3    (tear) from the buildings. Fried snakes     4     special dish were also banned. The Asian     5    (finance) crisis in the late 1990s, the SARS pandemic in 2003, and the rise of other gourmet streets (美食街) subsequently resulted in many restaurants here     6    (close) down.

Since its launch on Dec 27, Blossoms Shanghai has sparked lively discussions on social media. Many of these discussions are related to the authentic description of old Shanghai, as well as the use and     7    (preserve) of the Shanghai dialect. Visitor numbers to the Fairmont Peace Hotel (和平饭店), another landmark in the TV series     8    (rise), too. The hotel recently has launched a new menu comprising several dishes featured in the TV series     9    (take) advantage of the fanfare (热议，宣传) surrounding the road. Other Shanghai classics, such as pork chops and rice cakes, have also been massively popular     10     delivery orders increasing by 300 percent on Meituan.

7 . South Africa does have a calendar filled with more festivals than most people can think of. In fact, many of these festivals have won international popularity.

Aardklop Arts Festival

Every year during the last week of September, the southern region of the northwest province prepares itself for one of the country’s greatest cultural festivals. Held in the university town of Potchefstroom with its thousands of students, it offers a five-day feast of classical music, jazz, hard rock, visual arts, poetry and more, ending with the “OppiAarde” rock festival on the final day.

Grahamstown National Arts Festival

At the end of June each year Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape is transformed into one huge happening for a period of 11 days, when the Grahamstown National Arts Festival gets underway. It’ s a national phenomenon of arts. The festival offers more than 500 shows from opera, drama and jazz to stand-up comics and folk music.

Arts Alive International Festival

The Arts Alive International Festival , held in Johannesburg every September since 1992, is an annual festival of music, dance, theatre and performance-poetry. Over 600 artists take part in the four-day festival, which consists of a musical feast, dance performances and events , poetry readings , theatrical productions, and workshops. The festival ends with the popular “Jazz on the Lake“ held on the final day.

Cape Town Jazz Festival

Since its birth in the year 2000, the Cape Town Jazz Festival has grown into a successful international event. Arguably the best jazz festival in Africa, it takes place in Cape Town every last weekend in March. It features around 40 international and local artists. Performances are held on stages in exhibition halls throughout Cape Town, including one free , open-air show.

1. Which festival lasts the shortest?

A．Aardklop Arts Festival.	B．Cape Town Jazz Festival.
C．Arts Alive International Festival.	D．Grahamstown National Arts Festival,

2. Where should you go to enjoy“Jazz on the Lake”?

A．Potchefstroom.

B．Grahamstown.

C．Johannesburg.

D．Cape Town.

3. What can visitors do at all of the four festivals?

A．Enjoy music.	B．Taste cuisine.
C．Appreciate drama.	D．Experience local customs.

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Young Chinese bring hanfu to the world during Spring Festival

Young people dressed in hanfu, the traditional clothing of the Han ethnic group in China,    1     (spot) in many    2     (locate) around the world during this year’s Spring Festival holiday.

An initiative launched in late January by Xiaohongshu,     3     Chinese lifestyle-focused social media platform, invited users to upload photos or videos of themselves and friends wearing hanfu at landmarks around the world from January 28 to February 19.

The first two weeks of the initiative saw some 10,000 Xiaohongshu users share their photos     4     (take) from around 30 countries and regions around the world. One user even posted photos from Antarctica.

Many young Chinese people working or studying overseas also invited     5     (they) foreign friends to wear     6     (tradition) Chinese costumes to celebrate the Spring Festival together.

Hanfu, as well as other traditional forms of Chinese costume,     7     (experience) a surge in popularity in recent years. Clothes featuring traditional Chinese elements combined with modern designs,     8     are dubbed the “new Chinese style” have developed into a fashion trend among the     9     (young) generations not only in China, but also worldwide.

Analysts say the rise     10     “China chic” reflects young Chinese people’s confidence in their own culture. Wearing Chinese-style costumes not only reflects the wearer’s Eastern temperament, but also presents Chinese aesthetics to the world.

From: chinadaily.com.cn

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China celebrates the Chinese National Day on October 1st every year. The celebration marks the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

For centuries, a succession of different dynasties ruled China,     1     (follow) by the short-lived Republic of China (1912—1949). After a lengthy civil war, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) proclaimed China’s     2     (independent) and established the People’s Republic of China in 1949.

On October 1st, 1949,    3     official victory ceremony was organized in Tian’anmen Square,     4     Mao Zedong, the leader of the CCP, raised China’s first Communist national flag. On October 2nd, 1949, the day of foundation of China was officially declared    5     (be) National Day.

Since 1950, October 1st     6     (celebrate) as a great national festival in China every year and various    7    (activity) and events are organized annually to mark this day.

    8    (present), China’s National Day is celebrated over a one-week period. The 7-day holiday begins from October 1st and runs until the 7th, and this period is called “Golden Week” in China. China National Day holiday is the     9    (busy) travel period in China. Tourist attractions are crowded     10    hotels are fully booked.

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Cloisonné (景泰蓝) is the technique of creating designs on metal containers with colored-glass paste     1     (place) within enclosures (外壳) made of copper     2    (wire), which have been bent or hammered into the desired pattern.

Known as cloisons, the enclosures generally are either stuck or soldered onto the metal body. The glass paste, or enamel,     3     (color) and painted into the contained areas of the design. The container is usually fired at    4    relatively low temperature, about 800°C. Enamels commonly shrink after firing, and the process is repeated several times     5     (fill) in the designs. Once this process is complete, the surface is rubbed until the edges of the cloisons are visible. They are then covered with a thin layer of gold paint.

Cloisonné objects were intended     6     (primary) for the furnishing of temples and palaces, because their splendor was considered appropriate to the function of these structures     7     not well suited to a more simple and plain atmosphere, such as     8     of a scholars home. This opinion was expressed by Cao Zhao in 1388 in his     9     ( influence) Gegu Yaolun, in which cloisonné was dismissed as being suitable only for lady’s bedrooms. However, during the period of Emperor Xuande, Cloisonné     10     (come) to be greatly prized at court.