1: How do you celebrate festivals in your country?

Useful expressions:

have some traditional food 吃传统的食物

get together/spend time together /time of family reunion团聚

a fast-paced society 快节奏的社会

Sample:

Well, different festivals are celebrated in different ways.

But mostly families will get together and have some traditional food on these days

Because festivals are time of family reunion, it’s a perfect chance for family members to spend time together, which is important for people living in such a fast-paced society

2: What special food and activities do you have for these festivals?

Useful expressions:

Mid-autumn Festival 中秋节

a time to celebrate family reunion,peace and happiness

一个庆祝团聚 平静和幸福的时刻

Light lanterns 点灯笼

appreciate the full moon 欣赏满月

have moon cakes吃月饼

a kind of Chinese pastry with different fillings and flavors

一种有不同馅料和口味的中式糕点

Sample:

We have rich and colorful activities and food to celebrate these festivals.

For example, on Mid-autumn Festival, a time to celebrate family reunion,peace and happiness. We’d like to light lanterns, appreciate the full moon and have moon cakes which is a kind of Chinese pastry with different fillings and flavors.

3: How do you celebrate Spring Festival?

Useful expressions:

make dumplings包饺子

hang Spring Festival couplets贴春联

light firecrackers点鞭炮

These are traditional customs that have been passed down for hundreds of years

这些是被传承数百年的传统习俗

Sample:

Spring Festival is the most important festivals in China, it’s a time of family reunion.

On that day, family members will travel from wherever they are back home to make dumplings, hang Spring Festival couplets and light firecrackers together.

These are traditional customs that have been passed down for hundreds of years and have already become a part of Chinese culture.

4: What is your favorite festival?

Useful expressions:

enjoy 7-day holiday 享受7天假期

have a good rest 好好休息

spend time with families 与家人相聚

do whatever we like 做我们喜欢的事情

Sample:

Well, that must be Spring Festival.

Not just because it celebrates the beginning of a lunar new year.

More importantly, we can enjoy 7-day holiday to have a good rest, spend time with families and do whatever we like. I just can’t imagine anything better than that.