高一英语作文中秋节（2）：Mid-Autumn Festival

 　　Mid-autumn Day is a Chinese festival. It usually comes in September or October .On that day we usually eat a big dinner and mooncakes. It is said¹ "Hou Yi" missed his wife，so he made² mooncakes. It looks like the moon.

　　There are many kinds of mooncakes. They are small round cakes with meat， nuts³ or something sweet inside⁴ . eating mooncakes has been our custom⁵. Families stay outside in the open air eat a big dinner and mooncakes. The most important⁶ thing is looking at the moon， On that day， the moon kooks brighter and rounder. We call this moon the full moon.

　　On that day， families get together， so we call this day getting together. This is Mid-autumn Day. I love it very much. Because on that day I can eat mooncakes. And my brother comes back home. He works⁷ outside all year. Only that day and the Spring Festival. He comes back. So that day I am especially⁸ happy. On that day my family gets together.

1 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

2 made   

v.make的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• They were not made in china.它们不是中国制造的。
• The monkey made a long arm for the peach.猴子伸臂去摘桃子。

3 nuts   

adj.发疯的；傻的；热爱的；迷恋的n.螺母（ nut的名词复数 ）；坚果；对…着迷的人；疯子

参考例句：

• Birds feed on nuts and berries in the winter. 鸟类靠坚果和浆果过冬。
• First loosen the nuts, then take off the wheel. 先松开螺母，然后卸下车轮。

4 inside   

n.内部，内脏，内幕；adj.内部的，秘密的，户内的；prep.在...之内

参考例句：

• Two minutes later we were inside the taxi.两分钟以后我们已经坐在出租车里面了。
• He will be back inside two days.他将在两天内回来。

5 custom   

n.习惯，习俗，风俗习惯

参考例句：

• This custom has been carried down from the 18 th century.这一习俗从18世纪一直传到现在。
• They kept to the custom to hold their wedding.他们按当地风俗举行婚礼。

6 important   

adj.重要的；重大的；严重的

参考例句：

• It's important to find out what he is doing.弄清他在干什么是重要的。
• This is a very important problem.这个问题很重要。

7 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

8 especially   

adv.特别，尤其，格外；专门地，主要地

参考例句：

• I like to swim,especially in the sea.我喜欢游泳，尤其喜欢在大海中游泳。
• I am especially by math problems.我对数学问题特别感兴趣。