假如你是学校英语校刊的一名编辑。校刊编辑部打算以中国传统节日为主题推出一期专刊,而你负责其中的元宵节部分。请你根据以下提示信息写一篇英语短文,介绍元宵节的习俗。

写作要求:
1. 要点齐全,语句通顺,语法正确,书写规范;
2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文流畅;
3. 80词左右 。
根据提示内容,本篇写作主要介绍元宵节的一些习俗,需结合自己对该节日的了解适当增加细节并进行总结。
◎ 主题:人与社会之历史、社会与文化
◎ 子主题:节假日与庆祝活动
◎ 时态:一般现在时、一般过去时
◎ 人称:第一人称
◎ 行文布局:
① 引出话题
The festival is celebrated with many fun activities.
② 介绍习俗
We make and eat sweet dumplings.
It’s great fun to admire the lanterns while we are trying to solve lantern riddles.
We can also enjoy fantastic folk performances.
③ 结尾
The festival not only brings us joy and happiness, but also makes us know more about our culture.
Let’s pay more attention to our traditional festivals.
◎ 必背句型:
* The festival falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month.
* First of all, …
* That’s why …
* Sweet dumplings are regarded as a symbol of reunion and perfection.
* The celebration includes many fun activities such as …
* There are beautiful lanterns in different colors and shapes along the street.
* It’s great fun to …
* The more we learn about them, the better we’ll love our culture.
* Spending time with family and friends is the best part of the celebration.
* The Lantern Festival is known for its colorful lanterns and folk performances.
The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month. It is also known as the Yuanxiao Festival, meaning “the first full moon night of the year”.
The festival is celebrated with many fun activities. First of all, we make and eat sweet dumplings. Sweet dumplings are round. That’s why we regard them as a symbol of reunion and perfection. During the festival, there are beautiful lanterns in different colors and shapes along the street. Some of the lanterns have riddles written on them. It’s great fun to admire the lanterns while we are trying to solve the riddles. Also, we can enjoy fantastic folk performances such as yangge, lion and dragon dances, and so on.
The festival not only brings us joy and happiness, but also makes us know more about our culture. So, let’s pay more attention to our traditional festivals. The more we learn about them, the better we’ll love our culture.
▍本文来源:《学英语》报 初中编辑部
▍封面图源:摄图网
▍编辑:杨 真
▍一校:李 叶 二校:刘瑞芳 三校:郭晓妮
▍初审:薄 杨 复审:李 娜 终审:申玉英
▍发布:小 倩